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Ethnic Studies Ban Threatens $15 Mill In Aide For Tucson Public Schools

From CNN: Arizona schools superintendent John Huppenthal has told the Tucson district to stop teaching its controversial Mexican-American studies program or face losing $15 million in annual state aid under a new law, he said Tuesday. Huppenthal told CNN he was backing this week’s decision by exiting state superintendent Tom Horne giving the state’s second [...]

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Wednesday January 5th, 2011 in , , , | 9 Comments »

AZ’s Sheriff Joe Arpaio Gets Sued By Veteran Affairs Dept.

From Court House News: Sheriff Joe Arpaio has been sued again, this time by the federal government. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs claims “America’s Toughest Sheriff” refused to evict a Glendale couple from a home the VA bought in a trustee’s sale unless Uncle Sam pays for a moving truck and movers.

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Monday January 3rd, 2011 in , | 8 Comments »

Robin McGehee, Gay Inc. Bloggers, Lay It Out: Transgender Community You’ve Been Dismissed

Well we guess it’s official. We knew big orgs like Human Rights Campaign, National Gay And Lesbian Task Force and the rest of the equality types had all but drop kicked the transgender community off the equality wagon.  But we didn’t think they’d make it so obvious. While Get Equal’s Robin McGehee prepares for her [...]

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Friday December 31st, 2010 in , , , , , , | 8 Comments »

People Of Color, Activism And The Age Of Social Media

From Washington Post: When black college students began the sit-in protests that led to the integration of the Jim Crow South, news spread quickly by word of mouth. Soon, students in several states were engaged in similar nonviolent sit-ins, spurring on the civil rights movement. Fast forward 50 years: Civil rights activists advocating everything from [...]

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Tuesday December 28th, 2010 in , , , , , | No Comments »

DADT Repeal And Why Transgender Folks Should Heed The Lesson

We just watched a rather good segment of Michael Signorile’s show The Gist, in which he addresses a caller who asks the gay radio talk show host to consider the wisdom of President Obama’s long held commitment to have Don’t Ask Don’t Tell repealed through Congress.  The title of the show is Celebrate DADT Repeal, [...]

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Thursday December 23rd, 2010 in , , , , , , , | 18 Comments »

African Slave Trade Alive ‘N’ Well—-In New Jersey

Then: Slaves on plantation in New Jersey Now: Girl trafficked from West Africa and enslaved in New Jersey From CNN: They arrived in the United States from West Africa, young girls held against their will and forced to work for hours on end. But this time, it didn’t happen hundreds of years ago. Nicole’s journey [...]

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Sunday December 5th, 2010 in , , , | 4 Comments »

1 In 3 South African Men Admit To Rape Says Study

South African women protest. This is so depressing and upsetting we hesitated to post it. But we feel it is our responsibility to do so if only for the sake of letting our readership know how women are so horrifically dehumanized in some other cultures. There’s not much more we can say about it right [...]

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Friday November 26th, 2010 in , , , , | 2 Comments »