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Tue Apr 10 20:53:39 EDT 2007

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from Paul C. Gorski
April 10, 2008

<http://winnipegsun.com/Entertainment/SceneTeen/2007/04/10/3970686-sun.html>
Code of inequality
Winnipeg Sun - Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada
By RICK DAMSEL, FOR SUN MEDIA. The code is a set of societal norms developed
by community leaders and seems to be targeted at immigrants. ...

 <http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2007/04/10/unhealthy_inequality.php>
Unhealthy Inequality
TomPaine.com - Washington,DC,USA
Congress has not passed significant legislation to reduce health care
inequality since 2000, despite bipartisan efforts led by the Congressional
minority ...

<http://watchingthewatchers.org/news/1211/wealth-and-inequality-rationalizat
ions> Wealth and Inequality: Rationalizations From the Mount
Watching the Watchers.org - USA
So what would the wealthy, those winners in the inequality sweepstakes, do
to combat the potential backlash from the vast majority of Americans who are
the ...

 <http://www.spokesmanreview.com/opinion/story.asp?ID=183601> Class
disparities unfair
The Spokesman Review - Spokane,WA,USA
The after-tax share of income that the top 1 percent gets each year has
jumped even more dramatically, returning the country to the level of
inequality just ...

 <http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0410/poverty.html> One-in-five at risk of
poverty - CORI
RTE.ie - Ireland
CORI will today publish a document called 'Addressing Inequality' which says
that the benefits of the country's economic success are uneven. ...

<http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/davidpostman/archives/2007/04/seattle
_teachers_union_calls_wasl_decision_racist.html> Seattle teachers' union
calls WASL decision racist
Seattle Times - Seattle,WA,USA
This pure and simply is the definition of Institutional Racism and
Institutional Privilege. SEA and SPS are working to eliminate the horror of
Institutional ...

 <http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/64762.html> Teachers and parents bash
standards
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
Teachers and parents fed up with the mandates of the federal No Child Left
Behind Act gave Democratic Rep. Dennis Moore an earful during a listening
tour ...

<http://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2007/04/10/40061/disability-discrimi
nation-act-does-not-make-it-easier-for-disabled-people-to-find.html>
Disability Discrimination Act does not make it easier for disabled ...
PersonnelToday.com - UK
Disabled people do not feel getting a job has become any easier since the
Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) gave extra responsibilities to
employers, ...

 <http://newsroom.eworldwire.com/view_release.php?id=16793> Wall Street
Women And Discrimination: WrongedWay Exposes The Industry
Eworldwire (press release) - Succasunna,NJ,USA
NEW YORK/EWORLDWIRE/April 10, 2007 --- Wall Street women share stories of
their experiences as financial advisors facing discrimination in the branch
office ...

<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph-a-palermo/don-imus-and-barack-obama_b_
45429.html> Don Imus and Barack Obama
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
His brand of racism reaffirms that sense of privilege and entitlement that
the beleaguered white men of his target demographic love to feel. ...

 <http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2007/04/09/no_escape_from_poverty.php> No
Escape From Poverty
TomPaine.com - Washington,DC,USA
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. recognized that we were "inextricably connected"
to our brothers smothering in the airtight vault of poverty. ...

 <http://www.koin.com/Global/story.asp?S=6345906> Wilson High's Anti-War
Signs
KOIN.com - Portland,OR,USA
In February, students from Wilson's Social Justice Club painted the messages
- expressing peace in different languages and symbols - in part to publicize
an ...

 <http://www.dailyevergreen.com/story/22134> White activism fliers
distributed in Wilson Hall
The Daily Evergreen - Pullman,WA,USA
On March 27, graffiti with white power messages was spray painted in
Pullman. Also in recent weeks, orange stickers for a white supremacy group
on the East ...

 <http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Apr07/Bullard09.htm> People of Color More
Concentrated Near Hazardous Waste Facilities ...
Dissident Voice - Santa Rosa,CA,USA
It also includes testimonials on the progress of the environmental justice
movement by some of its founders and key leaders. There are also two
detailed ...

<http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070409/OPINION04/
704090306/-1/NEWS04> Gay civil rights shouldn't stop at schoolhouse door
DesMoinesRegister.com - Des Moines,IA,USA
In the advancement of civil rights, interference from the government (or the
courts) is often the only medicine that works, difficult though it may be
for ...

<http://thecalifornian.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070409/OPINION/70409
0319/1014> Fight for equality is fight for everyone's rights
The Salinas Californian - Salinas,CA,USA
Yet just as the battle for equal (civil) rights continues, we must pause to
remind ourselves and each other of two things: ...

<http://blog.nj.com/ledgerupdates/2007/04/civil_rights_leaders_demand_re.htm
l> Civil rights leaders demand resignation of Imus
Newark Star Ledger - Newark,NJ,USA
Civil rights leaders stepped up their calls for the resignation of radio
host Don Imus today as the embattled broadcaster asked to meet with members
of the ...

 <http://blogher.org/node/17900> How can you coach kids to be critical of
what they see on TV?
BlogHer - San Jose,CA,USA
And how do you strike a balance between allowing your children to enjoy
great storytelling and educating them to be conscious of racism and sexism?
...

 <http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_5624950> Blumner: The new US economy: A
story of rags to . . . rags
Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
Income inequality is now the worst it has been since the Depression. In
2005, the last year that figures are available, the top 1 percent of
Americans saw ...

<http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070408/FOSTERS01/104080
160> No dollar left behind: NH educators say federal education funding ...
Foster's Daily Democrat - Dover,NH,USA
Federal funding under the No Child Left Behind law continues to lag and
changes are overdue, education experts in New Hampshire say. ...

 <http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/apr2007/atto-a09.shtml> More calls for
attorney general to resign over firings of US attorneys
World Socialist Web Site - Oak Park,MI,USA
The White House has refused to allow its aides to testify, citing executive
privilege. It has also withheld internal White House documents on the
planning ...

 <http://wjz.com/local/local_story_098175411.html> Muslim Patient Sues
Hospital For Discrimination
WJZ - Baltimore,MD,USA
(AP) BALTIMORE A radiologist who was kicked out of the University of
Maryland Medical Center after he performed a Muslim ritual has filed a $30
million ...

 <http://www.anarkismo.net/newswire.php?story_id=5319> Insurrection vs.
Organization
Anarkismo.net - USA
On the one hand, this could be the insistence that white supremacy is
nothing but a tool and invention of capitalism, perfectly explainable in
economic ...

 <http://www.gulfnews.com/world/U.S.A/10116904.html> Thousands of immigrants
march to protest against Bush proposal
Gulf News - Dubai,United Arab Emirates
Los Angeles: Thousands of people marched through downtown Los Angeles on
Saturday, demanding a way for the country's estimated 12 million illegal
immigrants ...

 <http://www.suntimes.com/sports/slezak/331893,CST-SPT-carol08.article>
There's no quieting hate speech
Chicago Sun-Times - Chicago,IL,USA
I realize many people don't like thinking about racism or sexism. They like
to pretend it doesn't exist. They especially like to pretend it doesn't
exist in ...

 <http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/22094/> Call for
Iran to Release Women's Rights Activists
Kansas City infoZine - Kansas City,MO,USA
The Iranian government should immediately release two women's rights
activists arrested on April 1 and end its harassment and persecution of
human rights ...

 <http://www.timesnews.co.ke/08april07/nwsstory/opinion5.html> Globalisation
no panacea for our economic malaise
Kenya Times - Kenya
Globalization has spurred inequality -both in the wealthiest countries as
well as the developing world. China and India compete globally, and yet only
a ...

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