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[Paul C. Gorski]

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from Paul C. Gorski
November 28, 2006
 
At the Johor State Assembly: Poverty a cause for high student ... ( http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Tuesday/National/20061128112242/Article/local1_html )
New Straits Times - Persekutuan,Malaysia
THE surge in the number of dropouts in secondary schools this year in Johor has been attributed to students losing interest in studies and poverty. ...
 
Mexico asked to improve fight against womenâ€*s discrimination ( http://www.heralddemocrat.com/articles/2006/11/27/texas_news/state08.txt )
Sherman Denison Herald Democrat - Sherman/Denison,TX,USA
MEXICO CITY— If Mexico wants to eradicate discrimination against women, it needs to follow up its promises with action, a United Nations report said Thursday ...
 
The hype of women's empowerment ( http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=291279&area=/insight/insight__comment_and_analysis/ )
Mail & Guardian Online - Johannesburg,South Africa
... It is not enough for leaders of political formations of various sorts to mouth commitment to gender equity when they excuse misogyny spoken in their midst. ...
 
Study: Immigrants boost rural economies ( http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=3655 )
Central Valley Business Times - Stockton,CA,USA
An influx of immigrants can rescue sagging rural economies but if too many immigrants arrive, small towns can be overwhelmed, says the report written by Leif ...
 
Civil rights panel says sheriff discriminated against black deputy ( http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=59777 )
WKYC-TV - Cleveland,OH,USA
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The Ohio Civil Rights Commission has ruled that a county sheriff was racially motivated when he suspended a black deputy. ...
 
NJ Bill: Rights for Gays, Siblings ( http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/27/AR2006112701079.html )
Washington Post - United States
... Some lawmakers, backed by gay civil rights leaders, are pushing for full marriage rights _ and the name _ for gays. Gay rights activists ...
 
Admitting racism is part of the cure ( http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/news/opinion/16105654.htm )
Philadelphia Daily News - Philadelphia,PA,USA
... One of my wishes is that we admit racism is alive and well instead of pretending that marches on Selma, Ala.,and proclaiming Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday ...
 
National Gay Rights Organizations Team Up to Create 'First of Its ... ( http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061127/clm519.html?.v=46 )
Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
27 /PRNewswire/ -- The Human Rights Campaign and the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association announced today a first-of-its-kind tool to rate the healthcare ...
 
Gore's Global Warming Film Comes Out on DVD ( http://kcbs.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=247742 )
KCBS - CA,USA
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) -- Former Vice President Al Gore is looking forward to millions of people being exposed to the truth about global warming, the topic of ...
 
Environmental Racism in the United States ( http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/61869/Environmental_Racism_in_the_United_States )
DigitalJournal.com - Canada
... "We don't really call it environmental racism in Canada," Joy Kennedy of the 'ecological justice co-ordinator for Kairos, the Canadian Ecumenical Justice ...
 
No Child Left Behind law deemed a burden on schools ( http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061127/REPOSITORY/611270348/1024/NEWS08 )
The Journal News.com - Westchester,NY,USA
In the case of the federal law known as No Child Left Behind, a powerful lot of modification is needed to make it right, a study of NCLB's effects on Rockland ...
 
Support nonviolent efforts to end oppression in Salem ( http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061127/OPINION/611270318/1050 )
Statesman Journal - Salem,OR,USA
Issues of social inequality have recently been brought to the attention of Willamette University administrators, students, faculty and also the Salem community ...
 
Fostering inequality ( http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2006/11/26/fostering_inequality )
Boston Globe - United States
ALTHOUGH THE nation's colleges and universities say they are eager to improve the prospects of poor and minority students, the trends are not all positive. ...
 
Why the NC uprising of 1898 matters today ( http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/opinion/16100440.htm )
Charlotte Observer - Charlotte,NC,USA
... It worked. In an editorial Nov. 17 the Observer apologized for its role in campaign of racist propaganda that helped restore political white supremacy. ...
 
Poverty drives woman to commit suicide ( http://www.chennaionline.com/colnews/newsitem.asp?NEWSID=%7BF15237B9-6134-4632-B37A-4BE2CE5DAD11%7D&CATEGORYNAME=Tamil+Nadu )
Chennai Online - Chennai,India
Salem, Nov 26: A poverty-stricken 30-year-old woman committed suicide after throwing her two children into a well at Mecheri, 45 km from here. ...
 
We must win war against gender based violence ( http://www.eastandard.net/hm_news/news_s.php?articleid=1143961603 )
Standard - Nairobi,Kenya
... Violence. The key players remain the United Nations and human rights groups, particularly those that promote the gender equity. ...
 
Workers World fought gay oppression before Stonewall ( http://www.workers.org/2006/us/lavender-red-79 )
Workers World - USA
Years before the 1969 Stonewall Rebellion, the leadership of Workers World Party understood the need to fight oppression as a many-headed hydra. ...
 
Let's confront festering racism ( http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061126/OPINION01/611260304/1035/OPINION )
DesMoinesRegister.com - Des Moines,IA,USA
... But this isn't primarily about insults. It's about how close beneath the surface racism simmers. Just scratch a little and watch it ooze. ...
 
The American Thanksgiving: Rejoicing in Genocide and White ... ( http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/cgi-bin/blogs/voices.php/2006/11/26/the_american_thanksgiving_rejoicing_in_g )
The People's Voice - Nashville,TN,USA
... White America embraced Thanksgiving because a majority of that population glories in ... whole, good about their heritage: a cornucopia of privilege and national ...
 
 
 
 

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