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from Paul C. Gorski
April 12, 2007

 <http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/5111/1/252/> The I Man
Cometh, Racism, and Rutgers
Political Affairs Magazine - New York,NY,USA
The I Man's bosses issued a corporate apology that reduced his gang's
vicious racism and sexism to "insensitivity." Me publicly criticizing a
student with a ...

 <http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/20070411/cm_huffpost/045532> Jon Landau:
Imus' Words: Recognizing Real Racism
Yahoo! News - USA
In essence, in America the accusation that someone is playing the "race
card" is taken much more seriously than any charge of "racism" itself. ...

 <http://www.madison.com/tct/mad/topstories/index.php?ntid=128893&ntpid=0>
Behind the curve: Activists decry Wisconsin's regression on gay issues
The Capital Times - Madison,WI,USA
Outreach, Madison's gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community center,
is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the bill - which made it illegal to
...

<http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/04-1
1-2007/0004563564&EDATE=> GLSEN's Day of Silence Set for April 18 in Schools
Nationwide
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
A project of GLSEN, or the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, in
collaboration with the United States Student Association, the 11th annual
...

<http://www.philly.com/dailynews/opinion/20070411_How_to_hit_Imus_where_it_h
urts.html> How to hit Imus where it hurts
Philadelphia Daily News - Philadelphia,PA,USA
There's the white privilege. If a black host called a team of mostly white
women "stringy-haired sluts" or something even more offensive, he'd be off
the ...

<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/colleen-turner/an-open-letter-to-the-rut_b_45
593.html> An Open Letter to the Rutgers Women's Basketball Team
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
Most of all, I am thrilled you are teaching Americans and the rest of the
world about racism and sexism that all too often goes unchallenged in the US
and ...

 <http://www.kq2.com/news/default.asp?mode=shownews&id=5256> Poverty pounds
young families in the Midland Empire
KQTV - St. Joseph,MO,USA
Choosing between child care and putting food on the table is the decision
facing families that live near the poverty line. That choice is no choice at
all, ...

 <http://news.uky.edu/news/display_article.php?category=2&artid=2169> Center
for Poverty Research Hosts National Conference
UK News - KY,USA
... legislation just over a decade ago, many called it a major step toward
ending the cycle of poverty and dependency on government economic programs.
...

 <http://www.raisethehammer.org/article/561/> From Economic Apartheid to
Political Revolution
Raise the Hammer - Canada
We have a plutocratic corporate state that now has taken economic inequality
to new levels - in fact to what now is a sick and shameful condition of ...

<http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070411/NEWS
01/70411037> Groups want more attention paid to pollution's effect on kids
Poughkeepsie Journal - Poughkeepsie,NY,USA
The groups also reported that environmental hazards affect minorities
disproportionately. According to Cecil Corbin Mark of WEACT for
Environmental Justice, ...

<http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-toxic12apr12,0,4408158.story?coll=l
a-home-headlines> California leads nation in minority concentration near
hazardous ...
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
But Briggum, who served on a national environmental justice task force
several years ago, acknowledged the problems highlighted by the study. ...

 <http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2007/04/11/32morrill.h26.html> Monopoly
and 'No Child Left Behind'
Education Week News - Bethesda,MD,USA
If Americans truly want no child left behind, they need to "take
responsibility" and make sure that each and every child in our society has
what he or she ...

 <http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_5638790> Teacher disdain high, study says
San Bernardino Sun - San Bernardino,CA,USA
Four in five Southern California teachers surveyed by researchers at UC
Riverside disliked No Child Left Behind, a federal law that requires a
certain ...

 <http://mathaba.net/news/?x=553507> War on Terror Is Now War on Human
Rights, Says Amnesty International
Mathaba.Net - London,UK
Larry Cox, the executive director of Amnesty International, the London-based
international human rights group, condemned the labeling of detainees at ...

 <http://www.365gay.com/Newscon07/04/041107iowa.htm> Iowa Pastors Call For
Passage Of Gay Civil Rights Law
365Gay.com - USA
(Des Moines, Iowa) Saying they want to show not all religious leaders oppose
LGBT civil rights more than a dozen church leaders from throughout Iowa have
...

<http://www.pacificu.edu/calendar/detail.cfm?CALENDAR_ID=2418&CATEGORY_ID=1>
CWGE Presents: Equal Pay Day
Pacific University - Forest Grove,OR,USA
To draw attention to the wage gap between women and men, the Center for
Women & Gender Equity will sell home baked cookies to men for $1 and to
women for ...

 <http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2007/april11/tanner-041107.html>
Race remains a central issue in America today, economist argues
Stanford Report - USA
... in terrible schools and without adequate health care, should we think
that real progress toward social justice had been achieved? I don't think
so." ...

 <http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/kissam100407.html> Why US Trade Unionists
Should Attend the US Social Forum
Monthly Review - Herndon,VA,USA
... (including Jobs with Justice, UE, and FLOC) in setting up the organizing
process that will lead to a US Social Forum (USSF) being held in Atlanta,
...

<http://www.blackbritain.co.uk/news/details.aspx?i=2419&c=uk&h=Govt+accused+
of+racism+over+increased+immigration+fees> Govt accused of racism over
increased immigration fees
Black Britain - UK
The director of an organisation representing a sizeable black and minority
ethnic London community has accused the government of racism for imposing
...

<http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=75f664df-f1fc-4c16-8b
69-79741ef2be6e&k=0> Feds clueless on global warming impacts: experts
National Post - Don Mills,Ontario,Canada
OTTAWA - The federal government is neglecting the scientific evidence and
research on the impact of global warming, a panel of senior Canadian climate
...

<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-abrams/latest-rightwing-junk-sci_b_45538
.html> Latest RightWing Junk Science on Global Warming: "It's the Sun ...
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
We all know why the radical rightwing has to debunk the human contribution
to global warming---recognizing it requires some regulation of their
businesses. ...

 <http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/04/10/18393403.php> Immigrants:
50000 March for Immigration Reform
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
More than 50000 immigrants and immigrant rights advocates filled the streets
of Downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, April 7, 2007, to rally support for
fair ...

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