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[Paul C. Gorski]

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from Paul C. Gorski
January 26, 2007
 
Homophobia undermines fight against HIV and AIDS in Caribbean (
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid41363.asp )
The Advocate - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Widespread ignorance about HIV and AIDS is undermining efforts to
fight the spread of the virus in the Caribbean, which has the
second-highest rate of ...
 
Euro survey reveals attitudes to diversity (
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-3559.html )
PinkNews.co.uk - UK
A survey carried out across the EU has found that the Italians are
the most attuned to homophobia, while Swedes are the quickest in the
European Union to ...
 
Merkel: Take globalization fears seriously (
http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=52&story_id=35845
)
Expatica - Netherlands
Davos (dpa) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned that
globalization fears should be taken seriously and called for a new
global economic order based on ...
 
Income inequality rising in East Asia: UN labor agency (
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/worldbiz/archives/2007/01/26/2003346444
)
Taipei Times - Taipei,Taiwan
As the powerhouse economies of China and South Korea transform East
Asia, the region faces new challenges, including greater inequality in
incomes, ...
 
China's Durable Inequality: Legacies of Revolution and Pitfalls of
... (
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=103&ItemID=11949
)
ZNet - Woods Hole,MA,USA
Often eclipsed in this glowing picture of reform are enduring, indeed
exacerbated, structures of inequality and the vibrant forms of popular
resistance ...
 
Income inequality up, minimum wage down (
http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/01/24/minimum_inequality/ )
Salon - USA
What would inspire How the World Works to pair an item about the
minimum wage with an item about expanding income inequality during the
Bush presidency? ...
 
Upcoming Controversial PBS Documentary Critiques Sexism, Violence ...
(
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,50383.shtml
)
Earthtimes.org - USA
LOS ANGELES, Calif., Jan. 25 -- A special preview screening of the
groundbreaking new PBS documentary HIP-HOP: Beyond Beats and Rhymes
connects young ...
 
What will bring the troops home? (
http://www.workers.org/2007/editorials/iraq-0201 )
Workers World - USA
This is pure imperialism, an attempt to conquer the area containing
the richest concentration of valuable natural resources. The new Iraqi
hydrocarbons law, ...
 
Two sides of us (
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1076434&CatID=19 )
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India
We must face the fact that the rhythmic beat of the deep rumblings of
discontent from Asia and Africa is at bottom a revolt against the
imperialism and ...
 
Tudeh Party condemns Bush threats (
http://www.pww.org/article/articleview/10458/1/356 )
People's Weekly World - USA
US imperialism has targeted the sovereignty of our country in line
with its militaristic policies and unlimited war against terror,
aiming to expand ...
 
Gov't funding for nonprofits to be assessed for anti-Arab ... (
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/818055.html )
Ha'aretz - Tel Aviv,Israel
By Jack Khoury. Government policies on supporting nonprofits are
about to come under scrutiny. Finance Ministry Accountant General
Yaron Zelekha announced ...
 
Century 21 Being Sued for Discrimination (
http://www.wlns.com/Global/story.asp?S=5989229 )
WLNS - Lansing,MI,USA
The National Housing Alliance says a recent undercover investigation
proves the real estate company practices racial discrimination. ...
 
Discrimination lawsuit settled in favor of fired city woman (
http://www.readingeagle.com/re/news/1618248.asp )
Reading Eagle - Reading,PA,USA
Allstate Insurance Co. has agreed to pay $115000 to settle a race
discrimination lawsuit filed by an employee who was fired in 2002
from a company division ...
 
Mayors launch effort to fight poverty (
http://today.reuters.com/News/newsArticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2007-01-25T234220Z_01_N25465025_RTRUKOC_0_US-USA-POVERTY-MAYORS.xml&WTmodLoc=USNewsHome_C1_%5BFeed%5D-7
)
Reuters - USA
"More than 37 million Americans are counted as officially poor and
more children grow up in poverty in the United States than in any
other leading ...
 
No excuse for grinding poverty in Canada: advisory council report (
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=ab89cf2d-9acb-4ab7-bbea-af9c1514756e&k=81277
)
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
OTTAWA (CP) - Poverty in Canada can be beaten with the right plan and
enough political will, says the National Council of Welfare. ...
 
ABC examines poverty-stricken lives (
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/tv/1401AP_TV_Sawyer_Poverty.html )
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Seattle,WA,USA
NEW YORK -- ABC News is airing a special Friday on struggling
families in Camden, NJ, because many Americans see more images of what
poverty looks like ...
 
School Bars Gore Global Warming Film (
http://www.postchronicle.com/news/breakingnews/article_21260963.shtml
)
Post Chronicle - USA
A planned seventh grade showing in Washington state of Al Gore's film
on global warming has kicked up a major fuss. The Oscar-nominated
documentary "An ...
 
US Charges Suspect in 1964 Civil Rights Murders (
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-01-25-voa57.cfm )
Voice of America - USA
The case is the latest in a series of prosecutions brought by the
government to solve racially-motivated crimes from the civil rights
era of the 1950s and ...
 
No Place For Racism: Dr. Nasim Ashraf (
http://www.onlinenews.com.pk/details.php?id=107758 )
Online - International News Network - Islamabad,Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Dr. Nasim Ashraf
has said that there is no place for racism in sports in General and
Cricket in ...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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