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[Paul C. Gorski]

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from Paul C. Gorski
November 16, 2006
 
Censoring Huck is self-defeating ( http://www.easternecho.com/cgi-bin/story.cgi?31507 )
Eastern Echo - Ypsilanti,Michigan,USA
... at work here. Throughout the book Twain makes a mockery of the idea that whiteness should be a passport to superiority. The lead ...
 
Report: No Child Left Behind is out of step with special education ( http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/4379.html )
Indiana University - Bloomington,IN,USA
EDITORS: The No Child Left Behind Act is scheduled for reauthorization in 2007. ... How has the No Child Left Behind Act affected students with disabilities? ...
 
Species extinctions will rise from global warming: study ( http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2006/11/15/global-warming-study.html )
CBC News - Canada
Global warming has already caused extinctions in the most sensitive habitats and will continue to cause more species to disappear over the next 50 to 100 years ...
 
Democrats to elevate global warming, other environmental issues ( http://www.eagletribune.com/local/local_story_319115614 )
Eagle Tribune - North Andover,MA,USA
... She replaces Oklahoma Republican James Inhofe, who says global warming is a hoax and wanted to abolish the Environmental Protection Agency established by ...
 
Environmentalists sue Bush Admn over global warming ( http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=335762&sid=ENV&ssid=26 )
Zee News - Noida,India
San Francisco, Nov 15: Environmentalists sued the Bush administration for failing to produce a report on global warming's impact on the United States ...
 
Republican in racism spat wins top US Senate post ( http://rawstory.com/news/2006/Republican_in_racism_spat_wins_top__11152006.html )
Raw Story - Cambridge,MA,USA
Washington- A US Senator who quit the Republican Party's top post in the chamber four years ago in a racial scandal was elected Wednesday to the party's number ...
 
School Programs Discuss, Promote Racial Diversity ( http://www.the-signal.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=34300&format=html )
Signal - Santa Clarita,CA,USA
... Across racial lines, he said there is a lingering status quo of white supremacy in America that needs to be addressed, and that change can begin with people ...
 
Trent Lott Rises Again ( http://campusprogress.org/tools/1292/crib-sheet-trent-lott-rises-again )
Campus Progress - Washington,DC,USA
... 1992: Addresses the white-supremacy group the Council of Conservative Citizens, saying, "The people in this room stand for the right principles and right ...
 
Mozambique: Investing in Education for Women ( http://allafrica.com/stories/200611150289.html )
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
... Deputy Education Minister Antonia Xavier defended in Maputo on Tuesday the need to value investment in education for women as a means to promote gender equity. ...
 
Black Students Give IUPUI New Deadline To Address Inequity Claims ( http://www.theindychannel.com/news/10306443/detail.html )
INDYchannel.com - Indianapolis,IN,USA
INDIANAPOLIS -- Black students at Indiana University/Purdue University at Indianapolis are demanding a campus center for black students, an African-American ...
 
Lineswoman row "hurts women's sports" ( http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=sportsNews&storyID=2006-11-14T163215Z_01_L14344308_RTRUKOC_0_UK-BRITAIN-SOCCER-WOMEN.xml&WTmodLoc=NewsLanding-C6-Sport-3 )
Reuters.uk - UK
... A row over Luton Town manager Mike Newell's disparaging remarks about a woman official at the weekend has highlighted the underlying sexism in British sport ...
 
Disparities in income still persist, says Bank report ( http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/economy.aspx?ID=BD4A318238 )
Business Day - Johannesburg,South Africa
INCOME inequality persists in SA, as skilled labour continues to fall short of demand, according to the Reserve Bank’s Labour Market Frontiers report, which ...
 
War, social inequality and the crisis of American democracy ( http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/nov2006/dn2-n15.shtml )
World Socialist Web Site - Oak Park,MI,USA
... A study was recently done by two economists from UCLA, Piketty and Saez, entitled “Income Inequality in the United States, 1913-1998.” It is based on ...
 
Strange liberators indeed: Imperialism and rogue states you want ... ( http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_1432.shtml )
Online Journal - Silver Springs,FL,USA
... In the era of "humanitarian imperialism" the discourse of the ruling class has unfortunately had a "trickle down" effect on far too many of those who ...
 
Anti-homophobia play could bring drama to Manteca school ( http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061115/A_NEWS/611150334/-1/A_NEWS01 )
Stockton Record - Stockton,CA,USA
By Christian Burkin. Principal John Alba wants to bring a play about homophobia and teenage coming-out to East Union. On Monday night ...
 
Gay couple accuses British Airways of homophobia ( http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-3005.html )
PinkNews.co.uk - UK
A South African gay couple are demanding 80, 000 rand in damages and an apology from British Airways after claiming they were deliberately stopped from sitting ...
 
South Africa: Gay, Lesbian Groups Welcome Passing of Civil Union ... ( http://allafrica.com/stories/200611150385.html )
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
The gay and lesbian community has welcomed the National Assembly's decision to pass the legislation that recognises same sex marriages. ...
 
Aboriginal rights bill rejection tarnishes our rep: critic ( http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Canada/2006/11/15/2364661-sun.html )
Edmonton Sun - Alberta, Canada
OTTAWA -- Canada's global reputation as champion of human rights could be blackened by the Harper government's refusal to back a United Nations pact on ...
 
Human rights activists want Rumsfeld to face justice ( http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent/stories.php3?ca=30&si=1724241&issue_id=14891 )
Unison.ie - Bray,Ireland
HUMAN rights activists yesterday launched an attempt to persuade German prosecutors to open a war crimes investigation against former US Defence Secretary ...
 
The Persecution Of Muslims In Australia ( http://www.countercurrents.org/au-hassan151106.htm )
CounterCurrents.org - India
... domination of Australia by white Anglo settlers over the native and nonwhites prevailed, racist notions emerged as justification for white privilege and power. ...
 
Fighting sexism in the streets ( http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/44282/ )
AlterNet - San Francisco,CA,USA
... One of the most pernicious attributes of sexism is regard for "male" as the norm, which manifests in usage of terms like mankind, as opposed to humankind ...
 
Pastor Faces Defrocking Over Lesbian Wedding ( http://www.365gay.com/Newscon06/11/111406pastor.htm )
365Gay.com - USA
... In the invitation she said that she hopes the trial results in open and frank discussions within the denomination on the role of gay, lesbian, bisexual and ...
 
Gay vets appeal 'don't ask, don't tell' ( http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1110AP_BRF_Military_Gays.html )
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
BOSTON -- Twelve gay and lesbian veterans appealed a federal judge's decision to throw out a lawsuit challenging the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy. ...
 
'Resist discrimination, including homophobia' ( http://iafrica.com/news/sa/416450.htm )
iAfrica.com - Cape Town,South Africa
South Africa needed to fight and resist all forms of discrimination and prejudice, including homophobia, to completely break from the past, Home Affairs ...
 
Home ownership, poverty disparity persists in state ( http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5141551,00.html )
Rocky Mountain News - Denver,CO,USA
By News staff. The US Census Bureau survey found large gaps in income, home ownership and poverty among racial and ethnic groups in Colorado. ...
 
US Human Rights Record Comes Under Scrutiny at UN ( http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B06FC3B7F-0518-472A-9A1E-744CFD6C07BE%7D)&language=EN )
Prensa Latina - Havana,Cuba
United Nations, Nov 14 (Prensa Latina) The draft resolution "Situation of democracy and human rights in the United States of America" is about to be introduced ...
 
 
 
 

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