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[Paul C. Gorski]

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from Paul C. Gorski
December 22, 2006
 
UN upholds rights of disabled ( http://www.pww.org/index.php/article/articleview/10355/1/352 )
People's Weekly World - USA
UNITED NATIONS The UN General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the first human rights treaty of the 21st century ...
 
Rating 'No Child Left Behind' a failure ( http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061221/OPINION02/612210341/1039/OPINION )
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester,NY,USA
(December 21, 2006) — The No Child Left Behind law is a fraud. ... No Child Left Behind is deceptive in social and economic ways as well. ...
 
Inequality Equals Illiteracy in Brazil ( http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B354F861D-D7BF-413A-95A6-CCFD733BE5B7%7D&language=EN )
Prensa Latina - Havana,Cuba
Ana Lucia Saboia, IBGE social indicator manager, noted that of these 14.9 million illiterate people, racial inequality persists, with blacks having double the ...
 
Racism is present in church, US archbishop says, offering apology ... ( http://www.catholic.org/national/national_story.php?id=22439 )
Catholic Online - Bakersfield,CA,USA
(Catholic Online) – Racism is present ... But he pointed to the presence of racism in the church in the past and its existence today that it must work to purge. ...
 
African Female Scholars Share Virtual Lifeline ( http://www.worldpress.org/Africa/2611.cfm )
World Press Review - USA
... years after South Africa's transition from apartheid to democracy, to expose African researchers and intellectuals to the importance of gender equity and to ...
 
India must get rid of Caste discrimination: European Parliament ( http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/144112/1/ )
OneWorld.net - London,England,UK
... Chair of the Committee, Louisa Morgantini of the Socialist group reacted to the testimonies by Divakar and Manorama saying that caste discrimination in India ...
 
HIV-positive employee wins discrimination case ( http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid40570.asp )
The Advocate - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... Robert Hickman, Donna Curry Investments, which owns the franchises where he worked, will adopt written policies banning discrimination against qualified ...
 
THE PRICE OF POVERTY: Living wage: a definition ( http://www.centralpennbusiness.com/weekly_article.asp?aID=57606666.58426102.767195.6914352.4987956.101&aID2=59006 )
Central Penn Business Journal - Harrisburg,PA,USA
Most people would not be able to survive on todayâ€*s minimum wages, and generally accepted poverty levels do not accurately portray that, observers said. ...
 
Despite low poverty rate, one in seven families is low-income ( http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2006/12/21/despite_low_poverty_rate_one_in_seven_families_is_low_income )
Boston Globe - United States
DURHAM, NH --Despite the state's low poverty rate, at least 48,000 low income families struggle to make ends meet, according to a University of New Hampshire ...
 
Racist ICE raids terrorize immigrants ( http://www.workers.org/2006/us/raids-1228 )
Workers World - USA
By John Parker. This time of year an added emphasis is put on sharing with children. However, for the children of Swift and Co. meatpacking ...
 
Study: LAUSD, other districts, spend more money in wealthy areas ( http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_4873549 )
Los Angeles Daily News - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... budget and allocation figures at individual school levels and examine budgeting and contracting provisions that perpetuate the funding inequity to be able to ...
 
Nigeria: Rising Urban Poverty ( http://allafrica.com/stories/200612200185.html )
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
... an organ of the United Nations that deals with housing and environment issues, released yet another damning report on the scourge of urban poverty in Nigeria. ...
 
Human rights and gender justice in India ( http://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/view/2169/40/ )
PunjabNewsline.com - Mohali-Chandigarh,Punjab,India
... Whose main task is the protection of human rights of each and every human around him/her-all the humans present on this mother planet the Earth. ...
 
The Making of Democracy 2006: How the New Media and the Old Media ... ( http://www.huffingtonpost.com/e-j-dionne-jr/the-making-of-democracy-2_b_36754.html )
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
... What a privilege it is to be able to give this lecture in honor of Theordore White, one of the most creative and thoughtful political journalists in our ...
 
Blame violence not on Islam but on poverty, oppression, injustice ( http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061220/OPINION02/612200369/1039/OPINION )
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester,NY,USA
... fears. However, it is not religion but political oppression, insecurity and economic and social injustices that cause violence. ...
 
 
 
 

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