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Thu Aug 7 21:53:59 EDT 2008

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from Paul C. Gorski
August 7, 2008

WHITE RESENTMENT.
The American Prospect - Boston,MA,USA
The end of privilege -- though of course, white privilege didn't end, it was only somewhat reduced -- hurts. Ending slavery meant destroying a lot of ...

US EPA administrator says he's not resigning
Reuters UK - UK
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The head of the US Environmental Protection Agency said he will not resign despite calls by four Democratic senators for him to step ...

'Stark divide' between rich and poor areas as gulf between schools ...
Daily Mail - UK
An investigation by the Conservatives into educational inequality claimed that children's prospects are still largely determined by the location of their ...

>From Black Power to Ethnic Politics: Class Contradictions of Black ...
Monthly Review - Herndon,VA,USA
This boils down to unelected and elected community leaders making deals with the white power structure, with the working-class grassroots almost entirely ...

Tradition and religion forge shackles of oppression for women
The Observer Blog - UK
... the idea of complicity in one's own repression, the state of willingly accepting and enacting what the oppressor, or the oppressive mindset, dictates. ...

Why Prudence needs Justice
New Statesman - London,England,UK
Justice, not simply in Lorenzetti's sense of "fairness under the law", but in its widest sense of social justice and equality, should be put at the centre ...

Minimum wage is no cure for poverty
Baltimore Sun - United States
More important, it's untrue that the data are "compelling" that "a minimum wage is helpful in the fight against poverty." Economists Joseph Sabia and ...

Resolution formally apologizes to blacks
Belleville News Democrat - IL, USA
BY RICKEENA J. RICHARDS Congress has passed a resolution to formally apologize to African-Americans for slavery, the Jim Crow laws that encouraged ...

Some Immigrants Face Long Waits to Become US Citizens
Kansas City infoZine - Kansas City,MO,USA
Washington, DC - Scripps Howard Foundation Wire - infoZine - The National Immigration Forum released a report Wednesday called "Out of Focus: The Hidden ...

Hip Hop Lives! Strong Voices Must Be Supported
FinalCall.com - Chicago,IL,USA
... and corporations squeezing dollars while presenting a limited and very skewed picture of Black life that doesn't threaten White supremacy. ...

Documentary takes a critical look at 'don't ask, don't tell'
Winston-Salem Journal - Winston-Salem,NC,USA
In 2006, he was preparing a college tour called the Call To Duty Tour, in which gay and lesbian veterans gave lectures about their experiences in the ...

McCain's race card
Socialist Worker Online - Chicago,IL,USA
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor looks at John McCain's record of racism--and why the Obama campaign isn't responding to his latest accusations with more of a fight. ...

Human rights issues take center stage as Olympics near
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
BEIJING -- On the cusp of the Summer Olympics, human rights moved to the spotlight Wednesday as critics attacked China for banning Darfur activists, ...

IAS: Discrimination against homosexuals feeds spread of HIV
Xinhua - China
6 (Xinhua) -- Discrimination against homosexuals continued to foment the spreading of HIV in some countries, an official of the International AIDS Society ...

Class Discrimination
Beliefnet.com - New York,NY,USA
Class discrimination, on the other hand, is a major problem in America today. However, the media is afraid to address this critical American problem.

AIDS confab attendees demand end to stigma
Bay Area Reporter - San Francisco,CA,USA
by Liz Highleyman More than 1000 people from around the world marched to demand an end to stigma and homophobia Saturday, August 2, ahead of the XVII ...

New book explores trans kids
Bay Area Reporter - San Francisco,CA,USA
Yet the book also makes crucial links between homophobia and transphobia, emphasizing that kids who are bullied for appearing "gay" are often targeted for ...

Gay Teen Murdered in Liverpool: LGBT Youth Groups Demand Action
Indymedia UK - UK
Following the announcement of the death of Michael Causer at the weekend, the young victim a horrific homophobic motivated attack the UK's national LGBT ...

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