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[Paul C. Gorski]

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from Paul C. Gorski
February 29, 2008
 
Gender inequality in a land of democracy (
http://www.buffalo.edu/reporter/vol39/vol39n23/articles/McCluskeyGender.html
)
University at Buffalo Reporter - Buffalo,NY,USA
By CHARLES ANZALONE American politics and federal tax law draw on
outdated notions of the American family that continue to promote
gender inequality and ...
 
An American Miseducation (
http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=522186 )
Harvard Crimson - Cambridge,MA,USA
While crimes motivated by homophobia are unfortunately not unheard
of, this incident struck many as particularly disturbing. This murder
at a middle school ...
 
Media perpetuates sexism in presidential race (
http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/23813 )
Yale Daily News - New Haven,CT,USA
My recognition of sexism’s role in the election began in January. At
the beginning of the semester, politics was the talk of the town, and
I started ...
 
Gay, lesbian and bisexual Canadians at high risk of violence:
StatsCan (
http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/story.html?id=911534cf-3496-40b1-ae79-011e2d821e5a&k=10832
)
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
OTTAWA - Gay, lesbian and bisexual Canadians are significantly more
likely than heterosexual Canadians to fall victim to violent crimes,
including sexual ...
 
US To Issue Apology For Slavery (
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7010174937 )
AHN - USA
Washington, DC (AHN) - While five US states have issued apologies for
slavery, the US Congress is considering making a national apology.
...
 
Child Poverty (
http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/20080229/cm_huffpost/089089 )
Yahoo! News - USA
Even in the United States, the wealthiest nation in the world, 13
million children still live in poverty and 5 million live in extreme
poverty. ...
 
At home and abroad, Canadian companies should have the same human ...
(
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080229.wcomment0229/BNStory/National/home
)
Globe and Mail - Canada
At home and abroad, human rights and environmental groups have
challenged the Canadian government to take action against companies
exploiting local ...
 
Undocumented immigrants' crime rate same as citizens' (
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19342962&BRD=1817&PAG=461&dept_id=222077&rfi=6
)
Casa Grande Valley Newspapers - Casa Grande,AZ,USA
That means they will be turned over to the federal Immigration and
Customs Enforcement agency when their cases are resolved. The number
corresponds closely ...
 
New Report Debunks Anti-immigration Argument (
http://causaoregon.blogspot.com/2008/02/new-report-debunks-anti-immigration.html
)
CAUSA, Oregon's Immigrant Rights Coalition - Salem,OR,USA
A new report shows Immigrants don’t commit a disproportionate amount
of crime and that immigration is in fact good for the United States.
...
 
Hate Speech, Racial Slurs, Intimidation Discovered in Local Schools (
http://www.digtriad.com/news/investigations/article.aspx?storyid=98879&catid=19
)
WFMY News 2 - Greensboro,NC,USA
The Williams sisters say they were forced to transfer to escape
persistent racial intimidation and white supremacy. Greensboro, NC --
We'd like our schools ...
 
Environmental justice: Going green's not just for yuppies and hippies
(
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/emeraldcity/2008/02/environmental-j.html
)
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
In fact, the growing environmental justice movement is getting more
vocal, showing that you don't have to be able to afford a Prius to be
an ...
 
Hate won't vanish until we all help (
http://www.kansascity.com/273/story/507012.html )
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
Many people want to blame classism for impairing some Americans, but
two recent studies show that racism remains the biggest US monster.
...
 
Sociology grad students trace violence in America (
http://www.loyolaphoenix.com/news/2008/02/27/News/Sociology.Grad.Students.Trace.Violence.In.America-3237408.shtml
)
Loyola Phoenix - Chicago,IL,USA
Loyola sociology Ph.D. candidates Megan Burke and Monica Edwards
noted in their discussion on Inequality and Violence: Race, Class and
Gender that these ...
 
How big is YOUR closet? (
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/article/2008/02/22/how-big-your-closet.html
)
Twin Cities Planet - Minneapolis,Minnesota,USA
I don’t because internalized homophobia is destructive. It depletes a
person’s inner resources. Too much energy is spent on worrying about
what other people ...
 
Stop hate crimes! (
http://www.pslweb.org/site/News2?JServSessionIdr004=9b1d2rwhv1.app13a&page=NewsArticle&id=8587&news_iv_ctrl=1261
)
Party for Socialism and Liberation - USA
I condemn the right-wing forces of bigotry and homophobia that whip
up hatred and violence toward LGBT people. Capitalist politicians,
including Democratic ...
 
London School Apologises to Gay Teacher Subjected to Homophobia (
http://www.ukgaynews.org.uk/Archive/08/Feb/2702.htm )
UK Gay News (press release) - UK
The teacher complained that his head teacher had stated that “there
was no homophobia at the school until you came,” that he inflamed
older students by the ...
 
Study: Rap Music Brings Out, But Doesn’t Cause, Sexism (
http://diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article_10744.shtml )
Diverse - Fairfax,VA,USA
by Marlon A. Walker Raleigh, NC * Exposure to ambivalent sexism may
increase a person’s likelihood to be sexist, but it doesn’t create it,
according to a ...
 
Slavery still exists today (
http://news.communitypress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080227/EDIT/802270347/1074/RSS11
)
Community Press - Florence,KY,USA
We need to put an end to modern day slavery and that is exactly what
students of Wyoming High School did on Feb. 11. Wyoming students
combined with National ...
 
Four in 10 children 'in poverty' (
http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jmVPE-JUUSdBCetMSgPpewFVM1TA
)
The Press Association - 
Four out of 10 children in London live below the poverty line,
according to a new report published. The report by the London Child
Poverty Commission (LCPC) ...
 
10 Best and Worst States for Pay Equity (
http://hr.blr.com/news.aspx?id=78018 )
HR.BLR.com - USA
The American Association of University Women (AAUW) report, "Women's
Educational Gains and the Gender Earnings Gap" recently ranked all 50
states and the ...
 
EC report: 25% Romanian children living in poverty (
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-02/26/content_7674500.htm )
Xinhua - China
26 (Xinhua) -- Twenty-five percent of children and adolescents (up to
the age of 17) in Romania are living in poverty, the Rompres news
agency reported ...
 
Rambo is big, lumbering metaphor for US imperialism (
http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=14250 )
Socialistworker.co.uk - London,UK
by Steven Podovsky US imperialism is in trouble and, as Gil Scott
Heron once said, “John Wayne is no longer available”, so enter
Sylvester Stallone with ...
 
A pioneer views disability as the final frontier in civil rights (
http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/articles/2008/02/26/the_last_great_struggle/
)
Boston Globe - United States
... educators, business owners, and anyone who will listen that the
cause of people with disabilities is the next frontier of civil
rights. ...
 
Immigrants incarcerated less frequently, study says (
http://www.mercurynews.com/crime/ci_8366477 )
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
By Javier Erik Olvera Countering a widespread belief, a new report
shows California's foreign-born population -- including illegal
immigrants -- makes up ...
 
THE CASE FOR BLACK THEOLOGY (
http://news.mywebpal.com/partners/356/public/news880181.html )
The Black Chronicle - Oklahoma City,OK,USA
... spiritual and cultural schizophrenia caused by the Trans-Atlantic
slave trade, in conjunction with white supremacy and its’ after shocks
ie “Jim Crow”. ...
 
Subconscious racism creates real problems in America (
http://www.signal-online.net/home/news/2008/02/27/Opinion/Subconscious.Racism.Creates.Real.Problems.In.America-3235031.shtml
)
College of New Jersey Signal - Ewing,NJ,USA
Something that has bothered me for a long time is the problem of
subconscious racism in America. Sure, we all know what being overtly
racist is like. ...
 
 
 
 

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