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[Paul C. Gorski]

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from Paul C. Gorski
November 4, 2006
 
Most families of disabled children 'living in poverty'
Yorkshire Post Today - Leeds,Yorkshire,UK
THE majority of families with disabled children are living in poverty because their needs are not being met, Yorkshire researchers have warned. ...
 
The advantages of poverty
Times of India - India
Globalisation has for the first time in history made poverty an advantage. It obliges companies to search the globe for ways to cut costs. ...
 
Black students threaten to sue IUPUI over alleged inequities
Fort Wayne News Sentinel - Fort Wayne,IN,USA
AP. INDIANAPOLIS - A group of black students at Indiana-Purdue University-Indianapolis is threatening to sue the college over alleged discrimination. ...
 
Joel McNally: No denying that history is calling upon Obama
The Capital Times - Madison,WI,USA
... They had long been demonized by whites for doing the necessary work of knocking down racial barriers and attacking white privilege. ...
 
Sexism: the funny kind of prejudice
Arizona Daily Wildcat - Tucson,AZ,USA
... In fact, we have actually advanced in the way Chisholm predicted: Racism is practically taboo for most citizens of the US, while sexism is still acceptable to ...
 
Ombudsman for prisons notes blatant discrimination against ...
Canada First Perspective - Scanterbury,Manitoba,Canada
... Métis and Inuit people who are being incarcerated only compounds the seriousness of the Report's findings of pervasive discrimination against Aboriginal ...
 
US imperialists increase efforts to recolonize Sudan
Party for Socialism and Liberation - USA
... Under US imperialismâ€*s logic of conquest and greed, Sudan, a sovereign nation, is a threat to the United States because its government controls its own oil ...
 
Russia: US Violates Cubans' Human Rights
Houston Chronicle - United States
... Russian lawmakers on Friday called for international condemnation of the United States' economic blockade of Cuba, calling it a "massive human rights violation ...
 
We too sing America. The struggle for African American equality ...
People's Weekly World - USA
... Is it a commitment to fair play, justice and social mobility, or is it white supremacy and an inherently exploitative economic system — an inhumane system? ...
 
Order Pies For Peace for the Holidays
Pacific University - Forest Grove,OR,USA
... All proceeds go to Mercy Corps, a Portland-based humanitarian relief organization. Pies for Peace is associated with the Center for Women and Gender Equity.
 
Support for GLBT civil rights lacking
Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
... Yet not much is known of their views on issues affecting Florida residents with the fewest civil rights -- the GLBT community. Where ...
 
Speaker describes allure of racism
Kentucky.com - Lexington,KY,USA
By Jillian Ogawa. RICHMOND - He was raised as a conservative Christian and dreamed of owning a bakery, but ended up joining white ...
 
International conference on Islamic feminism
Zee News - Noida,India
... three-day international congress underscores a new reality: even as religious intensity is growing in parts of the Muslim world, "Islamic feminism" -- the name ...
 
MLK's neice: Ban is a civil rights issue
Sioux Falls Argus Leader - Sioux Falls,SD,USA
By Monica LaBelle. The effort to end abortions in South Dakota, in some minds, parallels the civil rights movement. And on Wednesday ...
 
Rights groups decry US treatment of illegal immigrants
JURIST - USA
... Network [group websites] and six immigrant workers [descriptions of petitioners, PDF] in order to draw attention to the six million illegal immigrants who make ...
 
 
 

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