[EdChange] Social Justice News

[Paul C. Gorski]

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from Paul C. Gorski
January 2, 2007
 
Court: Prisons subject to anti-discrimination law (
http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2006/12/29/court_prisons_subject_to_anti_discrimination_law
)
Boston Globe - United States
MONTPELIER, Vt. --Vermont's prisons are subject to the state's public
accommodations law and must respond to a subpoena brought ...
 
More Discrimination Charges Filed Against LAPD (
http://www.nbc4.tv/news/10633130/detail.html )
NBC4.TV - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... lack of concern, in our opinion, for the health, safety and
well-being of LAPD officers who are the victims of repeated acts of
discrimination, harassment and ...
 
Muslim family claims discrimination by racial profiling at airport (
http://www.kget.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=4153898d-6402-4f85-bb73-68088f320f9c
)
KGET 17 - Bakersfield,CA,USA
BAKERSFIELD - It was supposed to be a fun family reunion, but instead
a Bakersfield family claims their Muslim father had a hard time
getting to Bakersfield ...
 
Too many people are living in poverty (
http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/news/editorial/16361445.htm
)
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Fort Wayne,IN,USA
... Not because they choose to but because society has flaws that
create a nearly inescapable circle of poverty. As of 2000, the Census
...
 
Mozambique: Fight Against Poverty Major Challenge for 2007 (
http://allafrica.com/stories/200701010029.html )
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
The major challenges facing Mozambique in 2007 remain implementing
"the national agenda for the struggle against poverty", and fighting
the obstacles that ...
 
Gerald Ford: The Conflicted President On Civil Rights (
http://www.blacknews.com/pr/gerald_ford_civil_rights101.html )
BlackNews.com (press release) - Long Beach,CA,USA
... That went nowhere. Civil rights leaders pounded Ford for his
bussing opposition, and vowed to work for his defeat. During the
campaign ...
 
Firms in North face new gay discrimination laws (
http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=205769348&p=zx577xx54
)
Ireland Online - Dublin,Ireland
... "We cannot call ourselves an inclusive society unless we give
equality of opportunity to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered
people. ...
 
Home Office defends anti-homophobia campaign (
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-3385.html )
PinkNews.co.uk - UK
... Office today launched a campaign promoting effective ways of
reporting and stopping homophobic crime which includes using schools
to teach against homophobia. ...
 
Schools not tackling homophobia, says report (
http://education.guardian.co.uk/pupilbehaviour/story/0,,1979847,00.html
)
Guardian Unlimited - UK
The government paper said pupils and parents should be encouraged to
report schools that fail to take homophobia seriously and that they
should be able to do ...
 
Hiding behind Democracy (
http://usa.mediamonitors.net/content/view/full/39259 )
Media Monitors Network - CA,USA
... In Egypt, where the Brotherhood had started, the reality of
puppet regimes' oppression and atrocities never made it to the
headlines of Western media. ...
 
Xenophobia on the rise (
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/16353278.htm )
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
... A wave of xenophobia has gripped much of Russia. ... Russia is in
the throes of its worst wave of xenophobia since the 1991 collapse of
the Soviet Union. ...
 
Wealth inequity rising, even at the top (
http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2006/12_31-55/BUS )
Annapolis Capital - Annapolis,MD,USA
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Goldman Sachs had a good year. The investment
house is giving its top employees $16 billion in bonuses. The author
...
 
Civil rights groups to push agenda in new Congress (
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061231/LOCAL21/612310302/-1/ZONES04
)
Indianapolis Star - United States
WASHINGTON -- With Democrats set to take control of Congress, civil
rights groups are pressing for an aggressive agenda that includes a
ban on racial profiling ...
 
Who's Counting: Health, Wealth and Hapiness (
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=2759812&page=1 )
ABC News - USA
First wealth. A recently released study says that the inequality in
wealth throughout the world is extreme and growing more so. ...
 
HIV/AIDS Gender Discrimination (
http://www.gorkhapatra.org.np/content.php?nid=9405 )
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,Nepal
... men about how HIV/AIDS is transmitted and how to prevent
infection, and what little they do know is often rendered useless by
the discrimination and violence ...
 
ND analyst alleges discrimination against American Indians (
http://www.minotdailynews.com/news/articles.asp?articleID=7800 )
Minot Daily News - Minot,ND,USA
... senior managers. Thomas Bird Bear, originally from New Town, is
alleging racial discrimination against American Indians by OST. He
...
 
 
 
 

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