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from Paul C. Gorski
February 23, 2008

 <http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2008/02/22/19329415.aspx> NC
State U Study Connects Hip-Hop/Sexism
AllHipHop - USA
"Sexism is imbedded in the culture we live in and hearing rap music can
spontaneously activate pre-existing awareness of sexist beliefs. ...

<http://www.independent.com/news/2008/feb/22/shooting-gay-oxnard-student-res
ounds-sb/> Shooting of Gay Oxnard Student Resounds in SB
The Santa Barbara Independent - Santa Barbara,CA,USA
A 2005 nationwide study by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network
agreed, stating that "the presence of supportive school staff contributed to
a ...

 <http://www.alternet.org/rights/77507/> Who Passed the Civil Rights Act of
1964?
AlterNet - San Francisco,CA,USA
The Clinton/Obama debate over who deserves credit for the Civil Rights Act
has died down. But a history lesson is in order. Like so many of my
generation ...

<http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=
89228> Arab-Israeli rights group brings to light evidence of Israeli ...
Daily Star - Lebanon - Beirut,Lebanon
The new report follows a series of inquiries by the most influential
human-rights groups, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch (HRW), ...

<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lori-wallach/questions-the-democratic-_b_8804
0.html> Questions the Democratic Presidential Candidates Need to Answer on
...
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
The relatively few interests benefiting from status quo globalization and
trade policies have been hard at work spinning a line about how John
Edwards' ...

<http://www.usnews.com/blogs/news-desk/2008/02/22/study-illegals-no-more-a-p
ublic-safety-threat-than-other-immigrants.html> Study: Illegals No More a
Public Safety Threat Than Other Immigrants
U.S. News & World Report - Washington,DC,USA
Illegal immigrants do not pose a greater threat to public safety than other
immigrants, according to a new RAND Corp. study. RAND researchers tracked
for a ...

<http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2008/02/un-panel-criticizes-us-for-sl
ow.php> UN panel criticizes US for slow progress in fighting racism
JURIST - USA
[JURIST] The US must do more to meet its obligations to fight racial
discrimination under the International Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of ...

 <http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096416680> Shadow Report
documents US racism, apartheid
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
... human rights violations and an institutionalized racism against
indigenous peoples is alive and thriving in the United States, according to
the ...

 <http://www.gorkhapatra.org.np/content.php?nid=36792> Social Justice
Education Scenario
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,Nepal
Social injustice is imbedded in class, caste and hierarchical society.
Because of the reproductive nature of the society, it gets continuation. ...

 <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7256316.stm> Fading mobility troubles
Americans
BBC News - UK
And it is has tolerated a higher degree of inequality than many European
countries, as long as the chance of social mobility remained strong. ...

<http://www.radioiowa.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=3CBF815B-C69D-7319-3CBD2A1
4F2E69016> Judge says schools too often "turn a blind eye" to harassment of
...
Radio Iowa - Des Moines,IA,USA
Judge was this morning's opening speaker at the third annual governor's
conference for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth. ...

<http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/stories/2008/02/21/rawlingsed022
1.html> Help end child sex slavery
Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA
In reality, it's nothing short of slavery. Recent quarterly results from an
ongoing independent tracking study indicate that more than 250 adolescent
girls ...

 <http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-02-21-voa14.cfm> Human Rights Groups
Accuse US of Racial Discrimination
Voice of America - USA
By Lisa Schlein A coalition of human rights organizations is accusing the
United States of persistent and systematic racial discrimination. ...

<http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/2008/02/7283_a_campaign_to_sto
p_stoning.html> A campaign to stop stoning abroad, the un-liberation of
women and ...
Mother Jones - San Francisco,CA,USA
What they're really saying, important as the white supremacy is to them, is:
"Quick! Return women to barefoot pregnancy before it's too late and get the
...

 <http://www.utne.com/2008-03-01/Media/Shelf-Life-Feminism-2-0.aspx> Shelf
Life: Feminism 2.0
Utne Reader Online - USA
by Danielle Maestretti For a long time, I was pretty sure that feminism was
too shrill, too uncool, too irrelevant to bother with. Power. Patriarchy.
...

 <http://www.buffalo.edu/news/9175> America: Gender Inequality in a Land of
Democracy
UB News Center - Buffalo,NY,USA
BUFFALO, NY -- American politics and federal tax law draw on outdated
notions of the American family that continue to promote gender inequality
and ...

 <http://www.saultstar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=911228> Film focuses on
discrimination people with mental illnesses face
Sault Star - Sault Ste-Marie,Ontario,Canada
Sky said the film focuses on the discrimination people with mental health
issues face from the public and mental health institutions. ...

<http://daily.stanford.edu/article/2008/2/21/studyFindsSubconsciousRacialDis
crimination> Study finds subconscious racial discrimination
Stanford Daily - Palo Alto,CA,USA
By Robert Toews Despite significant strides made against racial
discrimination in the post-Civil Rights era, a new psychology study reveals
that many ...

 <http://www.themuse.ca/view.php?aid=40924> New homophobia study seeks the
voices of youth
Muse - St. John's,Newfoundland and Labrador,Canada
By Ksenia Prints WINNIPEG (CUP) - A new survey measuring homophobia and
transphobia in Canada's high schools is being administered to youth across
the ...

 <http://www.workers.org/2008/us/holmes_0228> Globalization, economic crisis
& Obama
Workers World - USA
His assessment was that imperialist globalization, abetted by technology,
would create a change in the character of the working class. ...

 <http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hiWfyKYvu-TOgT2BWbnzNymlcRtA> Rights
groups accuse US of 'persistent and systematic' racial ...
AFP - 
The US Human Rights Network (USHRN), along with a host of other rights and
lobby groups including Human Rights Watch, has prepared its own "shadow
report" ... 

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