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[Paul C. Gorski]

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from Paul C. Gorski
January 1, 2007
 
Few openly gay teens tell their doctor: survey ( http://today.reuters.com/News/newsArticle.aspx?type=healthNews&storyID=2007-01-03T210406Z_01_SP162295_RTRUKOC_0_US-HOMOSEXUALS-TEENS.xml&WTmodLoc=HealthNewsHome_C2_healthNews-1 )
Reuters - USA
When asked what a doctor could do to make talking about being gay, lesbian or bisexual more comfortable, 64 percent said, "Just ask me."
 
GLAAD Identifies Anti-Gay Defamation Offenders of 2006 ( http://www.commondreams.org/news2006/0103-60.htm )
Common Dreams (press release) - Portland,ME,USA
... Chris Matthews" and NBC News' "The Chris Matthews Show") used an exchange about "Brokeback Mountain" to engage in a sophomoric display of homophobia. ...
 
UK acts to curb homophobic violence ( http://www.evolutionpublishing.com.au/sxnews/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1411&Itemid=41 )
SX News - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
... using penalty notices to discourage homophobic crime; encouraging parents and pupils to report schools which do not take homophobia seriously; ...
 
Conversation With: Chinua Achebe - Renowned author speaks his mind ( http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20070103/news/news6.html )
Jamaica Gleaner - Kingston,Jamaica
We still struggle with our own demons of the past; there may not be overt racism here but classism is alive and well; we still look at shades of skin with a ...
 
The Problem with Solutions ( http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Jan07/Jensen03.htm )
Dissident Voice - Santa Rosa,CA,USA
... patriotism? How many of us have dared to stare down the ugliness and raw brutality at the core of white supremacy and patriarchy? ...
 
Global Warming Endangers America's Wildlife, from Arctic to ... ( http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070102/OPINION04/70101016 )
Louisville Courier-Journal - Louisville,KY,USA
... Unfortunately, the bear's decline is the tip of the iceberg, an early sign of the dangers America's wildlife faces with global warming. ...
 
James Brown on Racism & Music Biz [VIDEO] ( http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/46184/ )
AlterNet - San Francisco,CA,USA
This entertaining and touching out-take from Jon Alpert's doc on the music industry have James Brown and a young Al Sharpton dishing on the music industry and ...
 
Let's act on poverty and racism in '07 ( http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=hamilton/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1167691810707&call_pageid=1020420665036&col=1112188062581 )
Hamilton Spectator - Ontario, Canada
... people. The other issue that has been around for some time is the idea of making Hamilton a model community when it comes to racism. ...
 
In new book, Nigerian priest decries racism he finds in America ( http://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=22545 )
Catholic Online - Bakersfield,CA,USA
... In addition, he said "it is time for the church to be more active, more vocal" in condemning racism in American society and challenging it in all its forms.
 
Global inequality and class conflict ( http://www.freepress.org/columns/display/4/2007/1479 )
Columbus Free Press - Columbus,OH,USA
... the worldâ€*s total wealth. There is tremendous inequality of wealth between nations, the UN report notes. The United States, for ...
 
Racial inequality still evident in Mental Health Bill, says BMHUK ( http://craegmoor.co.uk/news/industry/18020820.aspx )
Craegmoor News (press release) - UK
Black Mental Health UK (BMHUK) has called for the Commission for Racial Equality to look into the Mental Health Bill after concerns were raised over the ...
 
One Reason (Among Many) That No Child Left Behind Cannot Work ( http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gerald-bracey/one-reason-among-many-t_b_37157.html )
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
The phrase often comes to mind when I think about the No Child Left Behind law, especially the provision that requires 100 percent of all students be ...
 
The new American imperialism in Africa ( http://www.anarkismo.net/newswire.php?story_id=4569 )
Anarkismo.net - USA
by Michael Schmidt - ex-ZACF, southern Africa Tuesday, Jan 2 2007, 12:52pm. In pursuit of its "long war" on terrorism and alleged ...
 
Discrimination and democracy ( http://www.newstatesman.com/200701020002 )
New Statesman - London,England,UK
The introduction of electronic voting in the recent US mid-term elections resulted in fears that some people had been disenfranchised. ...
 
 
 
 

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