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[Paul C. Gorski]

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from Paul C. Gorski
May 20, 2007
 
 
 <http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2562756.ece>
Homophobia is widespread in the workplace, survey reveals
Independent - London,England,UK
The findings, based on research commissioned by Stonewall, the gay rights
group, reveal workplace homophobia to be widespread. ...
 
 
<http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070520/NEWS
01/705200305/1009> Burlington school redistricting plan exposes class
divisions
BurlingtonFreePress.com - Burlington,VT,USA
Maybe because there hasn't been as much awareness around classism. But I do
think it's surprising. I think it's very ugly. And it shows we have a lot of
...
 
 
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2007/05/2
0/EDGHQP1IR11.DTL> Reflections on poverty and climate change
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA
Two of the most significant crises facing our world -- climate change and
deadly poverty -- offer an example of such interconnectedness. ...
 
Babies
<http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=143&art_id=nw2007052011072
2440C247759> live short lives under Haitian poverty
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
The 20-year-old mother, Alcindor Macula, has just learned that the grinding
poverty plaguing the people of the poorest nation in the Americas was too
much ...
 
`Micro
<http://www.business-standard.com/economy/storypage.php?leftnm=3&subLeft=2&c
hklogin=N&autono=285109&tab=r> credit alone can`t remove poverty`
Business Standard - India
The main difference is in our approach towards poverty removal. We try to
free poor women from the clutches of moneylenders. We work as a reform
institution ...
 
 <http://www.atlanticfreepress.com/content/view/1615/81/> Mesopotamian Black
Gold and American Imperialism 2: Iran
Atlantic Free Press - Groningen,Netherlands
The American confrontation with Iran is riddled with hypocrisy and fear, as
United States militaristic imperialism applies itself to a presumed threat
from ...
 
 <http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_opinion?id=161149472> IMF
'ranking' blinds us to poverty amidst plenty
Trinidad & Tobago Express - Port-of-Spain,Trinidad and Tobago
These and other indicators used by such agencies will also show a major
reduction in poverty levels and almost zero unemployment. ...
 
 
<http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=149969&ve
rsion=1&template_id=45&parent_id=25> Poverty blamed for rash of suicides
Gulf Times - Doha,Qatar
JAKARTA: At least 30 people in Indonesia's central Java province have
committed suicide this year, many because of poverty and unemployment, ...
 
Ex-Navy lawyer  <http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/64224.html>
convicted for leaking detainees' names to human ...
Earthtimes.org - USA
The human rights group wanted the detainees' names in order to represent
them in a trial after the Supreme Court ruled that the detainees could
challenge ...
 
Poverty,  <http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/guardian/2007/05/19/90795.html>
discrimination inhibit attainment of gender equality
IPP Media - Guardian - Dar es Salaam,United Republic of Tanzania
These include female discrimination, genital mulitilation, gender violence
and matters pertaining to inheritance. The Tanzania Democratic Health survey
of ...
 
Sikhs complain of growing  <http://www.neurope.eu/view_news.php?id=73942>
discrimination in Europe
New Europe - Brussels,Belgium
... news agency that the Sikh representative complained about growing
discrimination and harassment linked with their appearance and identity in
Europe. ...
 
Exxon
<http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=150096&ve
rsion=1&template_id=48&parent_id=28> still funding global warming sceptics:
Greenpeace
Gulf Times - Doha,Qatar
NEW YORK: Exxon Mobil Corp gave over $2mn in 2006 to groups Greenpeace
called global warming sceptics even as the oil company campaigned to improve
its ...
 
MARY
<http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070519/OPINION/
705190313> ANN SORRENTINO: Sex, gender, orientation still hold people back
SouthCoastToday.com - New Bedford,MA,USA
What is sometimes worse - especially for a woman like myself who has toiled
in the vineyards of female equity for more than a quarter century - is the
...
 
Claims that the poor  <http://www.ecoworld.com/home/articles2.cfm?tid=424>
and minorities are exposed to higher-than-average
EcoWorld.com - Fair Oaks,CA,USA
levels of pollution because they are more likely to live near industrial and
waste disposal sites have sparked charges of "environmental racism. ...
 
Local
<http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/05/19
/local_and_national_media_let_racism_slide> and national media let racism
slide
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA
IN NATIONAL AMNESIA and local defiance, the media let racism off the hook
this week. The national example was the coverage of the death of right-wing
Moral ...
 
Massachusetts  <http://www.gaywired.com/article.cfm?section=66&id=14712>
Affirms Marriages of New York Same-Sex Couples
Gay Wired - Los Angeles,CA,USA
That led to a bit of head-scratching on the part of NY gay couples who wed
before that date as well as the Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD),
...
 
 
 
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