Violence Against Women: Most Pervasive Human Rights Violation
As International Women's Day nears the century mark (the first IWD was held in 1911), women have made enormous progress in many respects. But the present global economic crisis will have a profound negative impact on women, and the long struggle to end violence against women remains far from victory.
Comment: Real Life and the New York Post's Cartoon Violence
As has been widely reported this month, the New York Post published a sociopathic cartoon that depicted cops riddling a chimpanzee with bullets as they say, 'They’ll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus package.'
Kirsten Price's Music Video 'Fall' Touches a Raw Nerve
Close on the heels of Barack Obama's presidential inauguration with its focus on public honesty and sacrifice, Kirsten Price's new music video shines a tender light on the human price paid by the Bush administration's war veterans.
Forest Biomass Energy System for Cuba
HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 24 (acn) The Cuban government is working on a pilot project with the support of the UN's Organization for Industrial Development to generate electricity from forest biomass.
Talking to US Workers About President Obama’s Visit To Canada
The friendship between the common people of Canada and the USA was underscored by the visit to Ottawa on February 19th of US President Barack Obama. Thousands of Canadians discouraged by officialdom from greeting the popular US President, nonetheless spontaneously converged on Parliament Hill.
Former GSU Lecturer: I Was Fired for Intersex Guest Speaker
ATLANTA – Former Georgia State University Lecturer, and current PhD student, Matthew Cardinale, today, February 23, 2009, filed an eight page complaint against GSU Sociology Department Chair Donald Reitzes, and Lecturer and Teaching Director Mindy Stombler.
Grenada Affirms its Rejection of US Blockade of Cuba
HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 23 (acn) Grenada´s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Tourism, Peter Charles David, reiterated his country´s rejection of the US economic, financial and commercial blockade of Cuba.
The Great (Black) Depression
I need a big black stimulus. The $15 per week tax cut, courtesy of the Obama plan, will allow me to introduce diversity into my ramen noodle diet, but will not provide much else. African Americans need just a tad bit more.
Stop Baby Boomer Bashing: Protect Social Security and Medicare
Remember all those headlines about how the baby boom cohorts just lost several trillion dollars in home equity due to the collapse of the housing bubble and how they lost trillions more in their retirement accounts as a result of the stock market crash?
A Dozen Books Worth Reading
Here are a dozen books Americans need to read as they paint a realistic picture of how our government’s policies are inflicting needless suffering at home and globally.
