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How well a society treats its women is one of the strongest indicators of the success and health of that society. Discrimination against women and girls occurs in many forms — gender-based violence, economic discrimination, reproductive health...
by populationmediacenter
on Wed Apr 17, 2024 at 08:13 AM PDT
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Thursday (Apr.4) VP Kamala Harris made her fourth trip to North Carolina this year, her second to Charlotte, NC to� announce �selections for $20 ...
by lpeacock
on Tue Apr 09, 2024 at 05:00 AM PDT
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Ten years ago, in an essay for the Washington Post, I wrote that the federal push for charter schools had corroded commitment to community responsibility in the United States. Students, educators, and parents had suffered through the Obama...
by acamins
on Wed Jan 31, 2024 at 04:52 PM PST
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Learned powerlessness, isolation, insecurity, and inequity are the enablers of Trump's strongman, I alone can fix it appeal. When government and politicians seek votes but don't address the crunch of day-to-day needs in the face of a barrage of local...
by acamins
on Fri Jan 19, 2024 at 10:43 AM PST
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You can make a difference to the hurt being caused by climate chaos and the great extinction event in your town or your city! �How? �Reuse, repurpose, and recycle this information. �You can push ...
by birches
on Sat Jan 13, 2024 at 10:00 AM PST
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Missing from the New York Times year end reporting about Trump and his trials is any acknowledgement that the Times -- and the Washington Post -- helped Trump and hurt Hillary before Trump even entered the race. In April 2015, both papers printed...
by 888guy
on Sun Dec 31, 2023 at 07:23 AM PST
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Liar, Liar. Pants on Fire. The lies from the powerful, especially Republicans, have risen to stunningly Orwellian 2 + 2 = 5 levels. The lies that protect their wealth and power have been quite successful at gaining wide acceptance. They keep at it...
by acamins
on Fri Dec 01, 2023 at 07:31 AM PST
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In the late 1950s, Johnny Carson hosted the television game show “Who do you trust?” The 2023 answer for far too many Americans appears to be, “Not institutions and certainly not my government!” That is alarming because, like it or not, our lives...
by acamins
on Tue Oct 10, 2023 at 08:00 AM PDT
with 9 Recommends
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From Mother Jones: Illinois Has Become First State to Eliminate Cash Bail. After a months-long legal battle, the state became the first in the nation to eliminate cash bail thanks to a provision in a sweeping criminal justice reform law that went into...
by Dalbert
on Wed Sep 20, 2023 at 10:23 AM PDT
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Writing for a NY Times Opinion Essay, Thomas J. Petrilli, president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and a visiting fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution, argued that it is time to get tough again with teachers and students. It is time to get tough...
by acamins
on Thu Sep 07, 2023 at 06:51 AM PDT
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When we schmooze with friends and neighbors, we complain about our daily insecurities. We share our joys and our worries. It’s how we connect. These days, insecurity is pervasive. “If the landlord sells my building, will he jack up the rent or evict...
by acamins
on Thu Aug 24, 2023 at 01:44 PM PDT
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“All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be, and you can never be what you...
by acamins
on Tue Aug 08, 2023 at 06:49 AM PDT
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So you’re a Conservative Republican and you’re against DEI. I wonder why. Many Republicans have passed laws or forwarded bills against DEI initiatives in state universities. Also, some companies have terminated their DEI initiatives, along with their...
by Zeke Springer
on Sat Jul 15, 2023 at 05:09 PM PDT
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In yet another decision overturning long-standing precedent, the Supreme Court has ruled that colleges and universities can no longer consider race as part of their admissions process. This decision has far-reaching implications for students of color...
by msouza
on Fri Jul 14, 2023 at 09:30 AM PDT
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My great grandmother hid in a pile of hay to escape Russia. Soldiers randomly bayoneted the haystacks, lest any Jews take refuge there to escape the pogrom. Grandma, and by extension I, got lucky. She made it to the United States, a place that has...
by JGoldblum
on Wed Jul 05, 2023 at 05:27 AM PDT
with 18 Recommends
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Happy independence day. It is time to declare independence from overlords of energy and finance who degrade commons and remove choices for freedom loving children. Earth's Energy imbalance will take real physical changes to fix, not just gains to...
by greenandblue
on Sun Jul 02, 2023 at 03:00 PM PDT
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This article is written in honor of PRIDE Month.� Here we are in 2023 and everything we have fought for, for SO MANY years is crumbling in front of us thanks to capitalism and its system of ...
by NeverEverAgain
on Sun Jun 18, 2023 at 03:00 PM PDT
with 13 Recommends
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“For the last election, I helped get people to the polls and encouraged them to vote for Democrats. Now, there's not much to show for it. So, a lot of folks think voting is a waste of time.” So said a neighbor when I knocked on his door with another...
by acamins
on Thu Jun 08, 2023 at 04:55 AM PDT
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Nu-Nazis don't see skin color. Nu-Nazis are totally colorblind. Nu-Nazis don’t have a racist bone in their body until they suddenly feel threatened and frightened by a loud boisterous articulate black man who dares to hold his rhetorical ground....
by Frank Vyan Walton
on Fri May 26, 2023 at 09:42 AM PDT
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Minorities were the object of scorn and the military was desegregated and Eisenhower took Truman’s order and made it happen. And there were those that were violently opposed. But Eisenhower was no friend to gay people. And yet there is the story of...
by iarnstein
on Fri May 05, 2023 at 12:20 PM PDT
with 10 Recommends
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