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[Paul C. Gorski]

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from Paul C. Gorski
April 26, 2007
 
Virginia Tech happens every day in Iraq (
http://www.pulsetc.com/article.php?sid=3131 )
Pulse of the Twin Cities - Minneapolis,MN,USA
We also have the greatest extremes of economic inequality. The top 10
percent earning over $100000 a year now get 48.5 percent of the total
income. ...
 
Racism, bigotry and inequality are 'alive and well' (
http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2007/04/25/news_opinion/letters/568ac9b9fb2abc4c862572c7007a475e.txt
)
Sioux City Journal - Sioux City,IA,USA
Yes, slavery is largely over with, but racism, bigotry and inequality
are alive and well in Sioux City and all across America which prevents
equal access ...
 
Survey Finds Housing Discrimination Against Blacks In New Orleans (
http://www.kotv.com/news/national/story/?id=125907 )
KOTV - Tulsa,OK,USA
NEW ORLEANS (AP) _ Blacks already feeling the pinch from a housing
shortage in the New Orleans area after Hurricane Katrina are facing
racial discrimination ...
 
How hip-hop got blamed for Imus (
http://www.socialistworker.org/2007-1/629/629_13_DaveMarsh.shtml )
Socialist Worker Online - Chicago,IL,USA
How do we deal with the fact that white supremacy pervades everything
that’s happened to anybody, white or Black, every hour of their life?
...
 
House extends civil rights protection to gays (
http://www.whotv.com/Global/story.asp?S=6427950&nav=2HAB )
WHO-TV - Des Moines,IA,USA
Ralph Rosenberg, who heads the Iowa Civil Rights Commission, says the
bill sends a strong message about equal rights. Governor Culver says
he plans to sign ...
 
Labor, Civil Rights Groups Praise Introduction of Anti ... (
http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/5182/1/254/ )
Political Affairs Magazine - New York,NY,USA
The National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC), a Washington DC-based
civil rights organization dedicated to empowering Black
same-gender-loving, lesbian, gay, ...
 
West’s double standard on Muslim issues blasted (
http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=Local_News&subsection=Qatar+News&month=April2007&file=Local_News200704262327.xml
)
Peninsula On-line - Qatar
It is a defeat for globalisation since ensuring social justice
globally is its motto. The credibility of the international community
is at stake. ...
 
Making the case for socialist feminism (
http://www.workersliberty.org/node/8279 )
Workers' Liberty - London,UK
Over 60 people attended Workers' Liberty's "The case for socialist
feminism" dayschool at the University of East London's Docklands
campus on Saturday 21 ...
 
Protest banner prompts racism allegations (
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2007/04/25/protest_banner_prompts_racism_allegations/
)
United Press International - USA
HARRISBURG, Pa., April 25 (UPI) -- A banner used by a gun-rights
group during a protest in Pennsylvania that urged the hanging of a
lawmaker has prompted a ...
 
Racism plagues NO area rental housing market (
http://southernstudies.org/facingsouth/2007/04/racism-plagues-no-area-rental-housing.asp
)
Facing South - Durham,NC,USA
The discrimination did not involve the use of racial slurs or
outright statements of racism, the audit found: Instead, strategies
were covert. ...
 
Q&A: Billie Jean King on tennis and Title IX (
http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2007/april25/qa-042507.html
)
Stanford Report - USA
Stanford Report touched base with King last week to hear some of her
thoughts in advance about the landmark law that established gender
equity in schools. ...
 
Polish homophobia reminiscent of Thatcher years, MEP says (
http://euobserver.com/9/23931 )
EUobserver.com - Brussels,Belgium
It has been involved in the most recent calls for a statement on
homophobia from the European Commission and EU presidency to be
presented on Wednesday (25 ...
 
Church of Scotland admits institutional homophobia (
http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/5137 )
Ekklesia - UK
By staff writers. An influential group of ministers in Scotland's
largest Protestant church has said that its clergy and congregations
have been "sinfully" ...
 
Global Empire - Environment, Globalization, and Genocide (
http://www.temoust.org/spip.php?article2083 )
Temoust - Niger
The environment is the straight line link between globalization and
genocide. The policies and practices of globalization institutions
(such as the IMF and ...
 
Equal pay for women still unreached goal (
http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2007/04/25/news/wyoming/85186476df48817b872572c8000294c0.txt
)
The Casper Star Tribune - Casper,WY,USA
"Pay inequity penalizes families, and this inequity has been enhanced
due to the energy boom in the state," Groh said in a release. ...
 
What’s Really Squeezing the Middle Class? (
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/25/business/25leonhardt.html?em&ex=1177646400&en=6a897dad734bd632&ei=5087%0A
)
New York Times - New York,NY,USA
The first one is about inequality. The top 0.1 percent of earners *
that’s one taxpayer out of every 1000 * now brings in 11 percent of
the nation’s total ...
 
UNAMI issues its 10th report on the situation of human rights in Iraq
(
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/LSGZ-72LGEC?OpenDocument
)
ReliefWeb (press release) - Geneva,Switzerland
Baghdad, 25 April 2007-- The UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI)
issued its tenth report on the human rights situation in the country
covering the period ...
 
Former UN Human Rights Chief Says US Needs To Sign Small Arms Treaty
( http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7007144633 )
All Headline News - USA
New York, NY (AHN) - In the wake of the shootings at Virginia Tech
University, the former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNCHR)
Mary Robinson says ...
 
Child's civil rights were violated during immigration raid ... (
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/04/26/BAGBUPG38111.DTL
)
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA
(04-26) 12:39 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- The American Civil Liberties Union
and the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights filed suit in San Francisco
today on behalf ...
 
Women on Penn State medical faculty sue over alleged gender bias (
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/103-04262007-1336970.html )
phillyBurbs.com - Philadelphia,PA,USA
... in medical-school salaries, and that the group of women who sued
have been pushing for gender equity at the medical school for more
than seven years. ...
 
TV producer accused of racism, sexism (
http://www.reuters.com/article/televisionNews/idUSN2634619020070426
)
Reuters - USA
By Carl DiOrio. LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - A Hollywood union
has accused an executive producer of "Law & Order: SVU" of making
racist and sexist ...
 
Mayfair Mall Accused of Racism against Blacks (
http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/7211336.html )
WTMJ-TV - Milwaukee,WI,USA
Wauwatosa-- A community group for low and moderate-income families
plans to file 68 complaints of racism against Mayfair Mall. ...
 
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual And Transgender Health Issues Getting Short
... ( http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=68329
)
Medical News Today (press release) - UK
Aside from HIV/AIDS, health issues affecting the lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgender population are not likely to show up in
research and lesson plans ...
 
MEPs walk out of homophobia debate (
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-4229.html )
PinkNews.co.uk - UK
A European Parliament debate on homophobia yesterday went ahead
despite a mass walk-out of MEPs led by Polish delegates. Konrad
Szymanski, who leads the ...
 
Youth political organisations call for adoption of Resolution on ...
( http://www.gruene-jugend.de/aktuelles/nachrichten/336043.html )
Gruene Jugend - Berlin,Germany
We are not only shocked by the rising tide of homophobia currently
engulfing the EU, but also by the apparent blindness of many of the
European leaders to ...
 
Study concludes Virginia is a 'leader' in wage inequity (
http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2007/042007/04262007/275288 )
The Free Lance-Star - Fredericksburg,VA,USA
By PAMELA GOULD. College seniors: Look around the room in one of the
classes in your chosen major. Think it would be hard to guess who will
be earning more ...
 
 
 
 

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