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March 1, 2007
 
 
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Racism-hit EU launches fundamental rights agency
Reuters South Africa - Johannesburg,South Africa
VIENNA (Reuters) - The European Union launched an agency for fundamental
rights on Thursday to help tackle rising racism and intolerance and prevent
any ...
 
 
<http://www.whptv.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=08301c60-b063-4baa-b0
d3-c8f9ef9ef481> Racism Complaint Filed Against Borough
CBS 21 - Harrisburg,PA,USA
The Dauphin Borough Police Chief has filed a complaint with the Greater
Harrisburg NAACP against two members of the borough council. ...
 
 
<http://charlatan.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18515&Itemid=
27> Online groups for white students raise concerns of racism at Ryerson
The Charlatan - Ottawa,Canada
Jabbar said a racism fact sheet and anti-racism training for RSU board
members are currently in the works, part of a motion passed last November
when the ...
 
 <http://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/news/state/16803721.htm> House
votes to bar illegal immigrants from state colleges
Belleville News-Democrat - Belleville,IL,USA
The House voted to effectively ban illegal immigrants from the state's
colleges and universities and require institutions to guarantee to lawmakers
that ...
 
 <http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=1611> Social
scientists reclaim their research on gays
Bay Area Reporter - San Francisco,CA,USA
Brian J. Dew of the American Counseling Association stressed that any
negative effects children endure from being raised by gay or lesbian parents
are ...
 
 
<http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1661&dept_id=9543&newsid=18023637&PA
G=461&rfi=9> Homophobia is alive and active in the state of Connecticut ...
Orange Bulletin - Orange,CT,USA
I recently had to have some tests done and see a surgeon. All arranged by my
physician. The subsequent visits were to offices that, while in two
different ...
 
 <http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2007/03/01/wage-gap-070301.html>
Wage gap widening despite boom: study
CBC - The Hour - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Inequality is continuing to grow year after year in spite of the current
economic boom - a period of prosperity that would traditionally see the
extremes ...
 
 
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-alva/dont-ask-dont-tell-fr_b_42310.html>
Don't Ask, Don't Tell: From the Inside Out
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
I have realized that I have an obligation to myself, my partner Darrell and
gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans across the country to stand
up ...
 
 
<http://www.bryant.edu/wps/wcm/connect/Bryant/About%20Bryant/News/News%20Rel
eases/2007/Raise%20Your%20Voice%20Week%202007> Raise Your Voice Week 2007
Bryant University - Smithfield,RI,USA
During the first week of March, events have been planned to raise awareness
around the theme of Racism and Sexism. "Raise Your Voice Week is a chance to
get ...
 
 
<http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070228/OPINION01/702280
314/1008> Opinion: To overcome, Black America needs a common agenda
DetNews.com - Detroit,MI,USA
The problem we face in rural and urban America is that racism and black
classism have conspired against the black masses, and we will never raise
ourselves ...
 
 <http://www.24dash.com/communities/17220.htm> 'Intolerable levels' of
inequality in parts of UK
24dash.com - Hereford,Herefordshire,UK
Inequality remains at "intolerable levels" in parts of British society and a
new approach is needed to tackle the problem, an official review urged
today. ...
 
 <http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/070228_moral_outrage.html> The
Rich See What They Believe
LiveScience.com - New York,NY,USA
Research has shown that people become emotionally distressed when confronted
with inequality. The privileged minority is particularly affected, ...
 
 
<http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/28/news/UN-GEN-UN-Human-Rights-Guant
anamo.php> UN human rights chief criticizes US action barring Guantanamo ...
International Herald Tribune - France
UNITED NATIONS: The UN human rights chief expressed serious concern
Wednesday about recent US legislative and judicial setbacks that leave
hundreds of ...
 
 <http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=321732007> 38 missing in CIA
secret prisons, claims US human rights group
Scotsman - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
A new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) also details a terrorist suspect's
allegations that he was held for over two years at a so-called "black site",
...
 
 <http://allafrica.com/stories/200702280874.html> Ghana: Let Victims of
Human Rights Abuses Tell Own Stories
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
Victims of human rights abuses rather than activists need to be given
prominence by the media to tell their own stories to the public. ...
 
 <http://politics.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2023754,00.html> A better
way to help the poor is to reduce poverty
Guardian Unlimited - UK
Have you noticed how often poverty intrudes into contemporary policy debate?
Any proposal, whatever its other merits, will draw passionate opposition if
...
 
 
<http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?no=347800&rel_no=1
> Kenya Suffers Increased Poverty
OhmyNews International - South Korea
Despite an economic growth rate of 5.8 percent, 50 percent of Kenyans are
living below the poverty line. This is according to a new United Nations ...
 
 <http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,,2023868,00.html>
Mothers bear brunt of discrimination at work
Guardian Unlimited - UK
Discrimination against working mothers, highlighted yesterday by a review
warning of "intolerable levels" of inequality in Britain, can only be
tackled by ...
 
 <http://allafrica.com/stories/200702280739.html> Africa: Discrimination And
Gender Inequity Remain High Worldwide
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
Discrimination and gender inequality remain high worldwide and much work
still needs to be done to promote a positive impact on women's economic ...
 
 
<http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17907197&BRD=1675&PAG=461&dept_id
=18168&rfi=15> Editorial: KKK resurgence is really disturbing trend
The Delaware County Times - Chester,PA,USA
An ex-minister, he coined "white supremacy," as its motto, broadening its
base of hate to include Catholics and Jews. The original organization did
not grow ...
 
 <http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9596_22-6162945.html> Report: Debate's
over--act now on global warming
ZDNet - USA
Declaring the global warming debate over, an international team of
scientists urged the world's nations on Tuesday to act now to keep climate
change from ...
 
 <http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/state/070228racismclaim.html>
Citing racism, family sues town
MaineToday.com - Portland,ME,USA
BANGOR - A black family has filed a lawsuit against the town of Dexter,
claiming it was forced to leave Maine after being subjected to acts of
racism and ...
 
 <http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00275.htm> Principles To Reverse
Global Warming & End Poverty
Scoop.co.nz (press release) - New Zealand
What will bring unity to the world community so we can stem conflict and the
alarming growth in twin problems, global warming and global inequity? ...
 
 <http://anchorweb.org/content/view/1442/68/> The War on Ignorance: A New
Form of Sexism
RIC The Anchor - Providence,RI,USA
The sad truth is sexism is very much alive. As all things do when it's being
killed off, it either perishes or adapts to the new environment. ...
 
 <http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/view/4922/1/244/> Beyond Equality:
Class, Gender and Race Today
Political Affairs Magazine - New York,NY,USA
But class cannot be understood without understanding the dynamic
interconnection between oppression and exploitation. Because it is only
through oppression, ...
 
 <http://www.suntimes.com/news/jackson/273940,CST-EDT-jesse27.article>
America has poor excuse for poverty
Chicago Sun-Times - Chicago,IL,USA
An analysis of 2005 census figures by Tony Pugh for McClatchy Newspapers
revealed almost 16 million Americans living in "deep or severe poverty,"
with the ...
 
 
<http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/C
7D734B682F89BD38625728F007BB967?OpenDocument> Women firefighters accuse
Monarch district of discrimination
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - St. Louis,MO,USA
Three women firefighters accused the Monarch Fire Protection District of sex
discrimination and retaliation in a suit filed Monday in St. Louis County
...
 
 
 
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