4,212 posts tagged social justice
SubscribeKing's College Medical School dumbs down
http://nhsblogdoc.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ kings-college-medical-school-dumbs-dow…-
WHAT SHE SAID…
http://havecoffeewillwrite.com/ ?p=7595WHAT SHE SAID… 2029 by Jeff Hess Alice Walker wrote: [Barack Obama] is, in fact, a remarkable human being, not perfect but humanly stunning, like King was and like Mandela is. We look at him, as we looked at them, and are glad to be of our species. He is the change America has been trying desperately and for centuries to hide, ignore, kill.
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WE CAN… BUT ONLY IF WE GIVE UP OUR TOYS…
http://havecoffeewillwrite.com/ ?p=7594WE CAN… BUT ONLY IF WE GIVE UP OUR TOYS… 1901 by Jeff Hess Hat tip to Tony Montana for passing this along. Posted in Environment, Global Warming, Social Justice & Advocacy | No Comments » 16 May 2008
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Compassion Bloggers :: Dominican Republic
http://emmsy.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 16/ compassion-bloggers-dominican-republic…Ally just sent me a link to this, Compassion’s next bloggers trip: November 2–7, 2008 Compassion International will take a group of bloggers to see their ministry to over 40,000 children in the Dominican Republic. Known for its resort-speckled beaches, there’s another side to this Caribbean nation unknown to most vacationers.
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World: Free This Man!
http://kalimao.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ world-free-this-man.htmlFrom The Guardian via Raw Story comes news today of a human-rights activist and pediatrician who has been jailed by the Indian government on some very dubious charges. Dr. Binayak Sen, 58, who treats prisoners and tribal communities for free in the forest region of India's Chhattisgarh state, was
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Acerbic spouting of hot-button talking points gone wrong
http://peacefulturmoil.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ mindless-spouting-of-hot-button-t…Radio Talk Show Host Called on the Carpet Over Knowledge of History, Vocabulary The Chris Matthew's show resembles it name in the following segment. He decides to "play hardball" with Kevin James... Why he and others don't do this for other similar simplistic, empty-headed rhetoric all the time I don't know, but good on Mr.
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5/20 Lex Network: 08 State of Black America Report
http://justicelist.typepad.com/ jl/ 2008/ 05/ 520-lex-network.htmlWHAT: Lexington Network Luncheon Discussion Topic: The National Urban League's 2008 State of Black America Report WHEN: Noon - 1 p.m. Tuesday May 20 WHERE: JJ Johnson Sisters Restaurant 1244 Versailles Road Lexington Free & Open to the Public.
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Weekly Radio Spin: Smokin' the Competition
http://www.prwatch.org/ node/ 7339Listen to this week's edition of the "Weekly Radio Spin," the Center for Media and Democracy's audio report on the stories behind the news. This week, we look at why we should pity the oil industry, how invasion of privacy is sold as a good thing, and kids fighting back.
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Why Does the Government Keep Adding Insult to Injury?
http://inreshumanus.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 16/ why-does-the-government-keep-ad…Why Does the Government Keep Adding Insult to Injury? May 16, 2008 at 12:33 pm · Filed under Ethics, Humanity, Politics and Policy, Social Justice and tagged: Humanity, Medical Ethics As if Iraq and Afghanistan vets weren’t already being treated outrageously badly by their own government upon their
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Programs Which the Government Claims Are Aimed At Foreign Enemies are being Used Against American Citizens within the United States
http://salonesoterica.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 16/ programs-which-the-government…Full Story Here The U.S. government has repeatedly claimed that it was launching aggressive programs solely at foreign enemies, and then launched them at American citizens. For example: In 2002, the Pentagon announced that it was considering spreading false propaganda in the foreign press.
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DHS Wants to Spy on Americans, Dems Charge
http://salonesoterica.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 16/ dhs-wants-to-spy-on-americans…Why doesn’t anyone ever make the connection that “Department of Homeland Security” sounds like something from Nazi Germany where it was all about the “motherland”? Am I the only one that gets creeped out everytime the name is mentioned?