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[Paul C. Gorski]

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from Paul C. Gorski & EdChange.org
November 6, 2006
 
Lawsuit charges ICE racism, harassment
World War 4 Report - Brooklyn,NY,USA
ATLANTA -- A civil rights group sued the federal government Wednesday on behalf of five Hispanic citizens who say they were detained and harassed by agents ...
 
King children criticize site for proposed civil rights museum
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer - Columbus,GA,USA
ATLANTA - Two of Martin Luther King Jr.'s children say a proposed civil rights museum should be near their father's grave instead of in the city's tourism hub. ...
 
Undocumented immigrants' Children request the ending of ...
Dominican Today - Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic
WASHINGTON.- A group of 40 American children, sons and daughters of undocumented immigrants, marched today to the White House to ask president George W. Bush ...
 
EPA chief met by protesters
Anchorage Daily News - Anchorage,AK,USA
... and an appointment like this reflects their unwillingness to so," said Jeri Sundvall-Williams, executive director of the Environmental Justice Action Group, in ...
 
NAACP: New image, methods for 21st century
Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jackson,MS,USA
... Today's problems include substandard housing, inequitable education funding, environmental justice and predatory lending practices - concerns that do not ...
 
Sexism alive and well in Canadian politics
Alberta Daily Herald Tribune (subscription) - Grande Prairie,Alberta,Canada
... The Spector view that a cabal of media women is fomenting the news is proof positive that sexism is not exclusive to political parties. ...
 
300m youths live below poverty line 
The Tide - Port Harcourt,Niger Delta,Nigeria
More than 300 million youths are currently living below poverty line globally, says the International Labour Organisation (ILO). ...
 
Be Honest And Identify Root Cause Of Poverty, Says Abdullah
Bernama - Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
... Badawi has called on members of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) to be honest with themselves and identify the root cause of poverty in Muslim ...
 
US Imperialism to Hit Australia
P2P File Sharing - Palo Alto,CA,USA
Australia has had a relatively reasonable and flexible copyright policy. But a Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the US is changing that. ...
 
Va. shouldn't legislate discrimination
Daily Press - Newport News,VA,USA
... rights and whose basic belief is that all men are created equal and supposedly have inalienable rights, do we assign a person a life of discrimination? ...
 
Does White Privilege Exist in America?
ABC News - USA
... "Whiteness allows those of us who have it, and the privileges that come from it, of not knowing black and brown truth," he says. ...
 
Apocalypse No! Christian Fascism And The Nazi Legacy
CounterCurrents.org - India
... whose mass imprisonment has been met with silence by the white nation – and ... tenets of Christian civilization: a faith in its cultural supremacy and destiny ...
 
Greenpeace protest aims to fire up Congress over global warming
Miami Herald - FL,USA
... From above people also formed a head and hand engulfed by the water holding an umbrella. The words: ''Stop Global Warming'' is etched in the sand. ...
 
Russia's xenophobia erupts
WEAR - Pensacola,FL,USA
... salute. Liberal groups held an authorized counter-rally to protest the rise of xenophobia and to promote tolerance. In St. Petersburg ...
 
Protesters march against global warming
ABC Regional Online - Australia
... Organisers of the Walk Against Warming say Tasmanians are noticing the effects of global warming, with a record dry winter this year and recent bushfires. ...
 
Defending Nat Turner
The Nation. - New York,NY,USA
... of benevolent paternalism; once again the Negro and his hard-won abilities are willfully by-passed in favor of an image of white superiority, white supremacy. ...
 
Rights groups file lawsuit against Escondido housing ordinance
North County Times - Escondido,CA,USA
SAN DIEGO ---- A coalition of civil rights groups and private attorneys filed a lawsuit Friday aimed at striking down an Escondido ordinance that prohibits ...
 
Sharpton: Let's Focus On Social Justice
CBS News - New York,New York,USA
... for focusing too much political discussion on abortion and same-sex marriage, and said black churches should turn their attention to social justice issues like ...
 
 

 
 

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