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from Paul C. Gorski
April 29, 2007

 <http://www.mehrnews.ir/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=477571> Poverty casts its
dark shadow over the masses
MehrNews.com - Tehran,Iran
Two million are living in extreme poverty. They cannot even afford to pay
for their daily meals and are in dire need of assistance from a government
which ...

<http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7BA5938383-1773-4CCD-B330-B0C48B97
AFA1%7D)&language=EN> US Plunges into Poverty
Prensa Latina - Havana,Cuba
Washington, Apr 28 (Prensa Latino) A study by the NGO, The Center for
American Progress (CAP), revealed a significant increase of poverty in the
United ...

 <http://www.arabamericannews.com/newsarticle.php?articleid=8416> US
discriminates against Muslim immigrants
Arab American News - Dearbom,MI,USA
WASHINGTON (IPS) — US immigration practices towards thousands of Muslim
immigrants over the past six years received a searing indictment in a study
released ...

 <http://www.spokesmanreview.com/features/story.asp?ID=186912> RISKS OF RACE
The Spokesman Review - Spokane,WA,USA
As the Whitworth students point out, environmental justice has been an issue
in America for least about 40 years. In 1968, the Rev. ...

<http://www.businessrecord.com/Main.asp?SectionID=40&SubSectionID=75&Article
ID=3716> Confront racism in America
Des Moines Business Record - Des Moines,IA,USA
We know racism not only exists but is thriving today. The overtly racist
acts of the past have mutated into a stealth form that shows up subtly
today, ...

 <http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=35&objectid=10436713>
Gay students bullied at school
New Zealand Herald - Auckland,New Zealand
Up to 10 per cent of high school students are gay, lesbian, bisexual or
transsexual, and vulnerable to homophobic bullying, says the Post Primary
Teachers' ...

<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Rest_of_World/Tibetans_recount_Chi
nese_oppression/articleshow/1974211.cms> Tibetans recount Chinese oppression
Times of India - New Delhi,India
KATHMANDU: More than three decades ago, Tenzin Dorjee's family was forced to
flee to India from Chinese-controlled Tibet in search of freedom and rights.
...

 <http://www.sundayherald.com/news/heraldnews/display.var.1362905.0.0.php>
Women still losing out after years of equality laws
Sunday Herald - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
GENDER INEQUALITY remains entrenched in Scotland despite decades of equal
opportunities legislation, new initiatives and social change, a major new
report ...

 <http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2007/apr/apr28/news06.php> UN experts
stress on eliminating caste based discrimination
Nepalnews.com - Kathmandu,Nepal
UN human rights experts have stressed the need of eliminating caste based
discrimination and social exclusion in the country. ...

 <http://socialismandliberation.org/mag/index.php?aid=788> Bush tour puts
spotlight on Latin American people’s struggle
Magazine of the Party for Socialism and Liberation - USA
The latter three countries are ruled by regimes that are stalwart allies of
US imperialism. But the governments of Lula in Brazil and President Tabaré
...

<http://www.esseclive.com/actualite-media/debat-vous/09003-the-digital-divid
e.htm> The digital divide
ESSEClive - Cergy,Ile de France,France
Even if this technologic breakthrough appears as a very powerful tool to
make knowledge available to everyone, and thus reduce inequality, IT leaves
behind ...

 <http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20070427124450531>
Captalism: Gilded Once More
Infoshop News - USA
Income inequality — which began rising at the same time that modern
conservatism began gaining political power — is now fully back to Gilded Age
levels. ...

 <http://www.themilwaukeechannel.com/news/13207714/detail.html> Local Group
To File Discrimination Complaints Against Mayfair Mall
Milwaukee Channel.com - Milwaukee,WI,USA
The Associations Of Community Organizations For Reform Now, or ACORN, said
the complaints cover 68 incidents of discrimination. ...

<http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070426/REPOSITOR
Y/704260407/1013/NEWS03> New Orleans Blacks face housing discrimination
after Katrina
Concord Monitor - Concord,NH,USA
lacks seeking rental housing in the New Orleans metropolitan area face
significant discrimination and fewer accommodations to choose from since
Hurricane ...

 <http://www.thevillager.com/villager_208/youngwomenseekways.html> Young
women seek ways to combat street harassment
The Villager - New York,NY,USA
In response, Girls for Gender Equity — with the help of 10 teenage interns
from one of their subprograms, Sisters in Strength — has organized a summit
on ...

 <http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2007/abril/vier27/17nicaragua.html> 100 days
of justice after 16 years of neoliberalism
Granma International - La Habana,Cuba
While that was an important event, even more so is the progress made in
these first 100 days on the program of inclusion and social justice promised
by ...

 <http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=7&entry_id=15890>
'Law & Order: SVU' Exec Reprimanded for Racism on Set
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA
An executive producer of the hit TV show "Law & Order: SVU" has been accused
of making racist and sexist remarks toward members of the filming crew ...

<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jessica-valenti/full-frontal-feminism_b_47031
.html> Full Frontal Feminism
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
When I was finishing up Full Frontal Feminism and started thinking about
dedications, only one name came to mind: Miss Magoo. Miss Magoo wasn't an
imaginary ...

<http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070427/OPIN
ION/704270326/1006> My Turn: Integration reduces school inequity
BurlingtonFreePress.com - Burlington,VT,USA
Here in Burlington, the school board has had the courage to address this
"structure of inequity" issue by commissioning a task force to investigate
the ...

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