Minorities
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For-profit colleges under fire
Houston Chronicle-News Headlines &bull YesterdayOverall, students from for-profit schools are less likely to be on track in repaying student loans than those from public or private, not-for-profit schools. The federal government is proposing to cut financial aid for some students in the fastest-growing sector… Full Story »
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Fighting for all workers
Daily Kos &bull Sep 6, 2010
The reasons you might want to be in a union are clear : Better wages: Wages of union members are, on average, 27% higher than those of nonunion workers, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. In 2004, union workers were paid $781… Full Story »
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15 million out of work this Labor Day
Examiner Politics Channel Articles &bull Sep 6, 2010
According to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics unemployment study, very little is happening in the area of job production in our country. The website reported that the number of unemployed persons (14.9 million) and the unemployment rate (9.6 percent)… Full Story »
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When blue-collar pride became identity politics
Salon.com News & Politics &bull Sep 6, 2010
The great political failure of the 1960s was the New Left's inability to bring the labor movement into its great liberationist tent. There were lots of reasons for that, one of them being that most big union leaders didn't want to be in that stinky tent with a lot of hippies, feminists, dashiki-wearing black militants and "fags." That last comes from AFL-CIO leader George Meany's description of the New York delegation to the disastrous 1972 Democratic convention: "They've got six open fags and only three AFL-CIO representatives!" Also, not a small matter: The New Left opposed the Vietnam War; again,… Full Story »
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Malaysia Muslim TV ad scrapped amid Christmas link
Bismarck Tribune &bull Sep 6, 2010
A Malaysian television station scrapped a commercial tied to the biggest Muslim holiday after viewers complained it appeared influenced by Christmas and Santa Claus. The commercial began airing earlier this month to wish Muslim viewers a happy celebration of Eid… Full Story »
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The Daily Maverick :: Analysis: Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin, the anti-utopian harbingers of American political future
www.thedailymaverick.co.za via @alifuruchief &bull Sep 5, 2010It is easy to deride Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honour" rally in Washington, DC, just one weekend ago. And maybe it's easy to be more than a little bit terrified of it as well. By J BROOKS SPECTOR. Just from the aesthetics alone, whenever and wherever more than a 100,000 middle aged, well-fed, sunburnt, white folks wearing big floppy sun hats and spandex shorts come together in the last week of America's summer to protest, at minimum, it will have been interesting. Besides working ferociously on some late summer tans, rally participants had a chance to be whipped up and egged… Full Story »
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The Guardian's gotcha(The Sanity Inspector)
Protein Wisdom &bull Sep 5, 2010My thesis was that while the Far Right hasn't gone away, the motive force behind the recent increase in anti-Jewish activity comes from the Fascist Left and the Islamonazis. It was an idea which vanished into the bowels of the… Full Story »
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Trooper blames legislators for firing
Des Moines Register &bull Sep 5, 2010
An Iowa State Patrol trooper fired last year after repeatedly circulating what he believed was humorous material about racial minorities is fighting his dismissal in Polk County District Court. advertisment Full Story »
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Thousands protest French crackdown on Gypsies
Bismarck Tribune &bull Sep 4, 2010
A whistle-blowing, drum-beating crowd of thousands demonstrated in Paris on Saturday against expulsions of Gypsies as well as other new security measures adopted by President Nicolas Sarkozy's government. Human rights and anti-racism groups, labor unions and leftist political parties were… Full Story »
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How Ruthless Banks Gutted the Black Middle Class and Got Away With It
AlterNet &bull Sep 4, 2010
The American middle class has been hammered over the last several decades. The black middle class has suffered to an even greater degree. But the single most crippling blow has been the real estate and foreclosure crisis. It has stripped black families… Full Story »
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Pedicab trial authorized by New Orleans City Council
NOLA.com - Politics &bull Sep 4, 2010The City Council agreed this week to authorize for-hire pedicabs in New Orleans, at least for a trial period of a year or more, but the action may have to survive a legal challenge before the pedal-powered rickshaws can start picking up passengers. View full sizeMichael DeMocker, The Times-PicayuneOutside City Hall, Monotor Marcel Pete looks to park his pedicab next to one brought by Sal Palmisano prior to a City Council committee meeting July 22 on the proposal to legalize pedicabs. The council passed an ordinance legalizing… Full Story »
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Labor invested in job creation
Denver Post - Opinion &bull Sep 3, 2010As Labor Day approaches, many workers in Colorado and across the nation are feeling more anxious than festive. But my commitment to Denver's workers and to ensuring they all have the skills and opportunities they need to work again has only strengthened. And my vision for… Full Story »
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Treasury Department Wants to Increase Minority Access to Banking Services
Politic 365 &bull Sep 3, 2010
The U.S. Treasury Department yesterday announced a program designed to give unbanked and under banked Americans access to banking services. The program will take advantage of tax season by offering low and moderate income taxpayers the opportunity to sign up… Full Story »
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CO-Sen: Ken Buck wants to go back to the 50s
Daily Kos &bull Sep 3, 2010
Buck: "Let's talk about that [education] folks. In the 1950s, we had the best schools in the world. And the United States government decided to get more involved in federal education. So what's the federal government's answer? Well since we've… Full Story »
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Obama Takes a Crack at Drug Reform
AlterNet &bull Sep 3, 2010
For those of us who fought long and hard to reform the notorious 100-to-one crack/powder cocaine disparity in federal law, the Fair Sentencing Act, signed by President Obama on August 3, is at once a historic victory and a major… Full Story »
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Blasts Target Muslim Minorities in Pakistan
Wall Street Journal: Politics and Policy &bull Sep 3, 2010
The attack on a rally in Quetta, in southwestern Pakistan, left more than 40 people dead and at least 70 injured, many seriously. Above, an injured victim is carried from the scene. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility. A series of… Full Story »
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The I Hate Ann Coulter, Bill O'Reilly, Rush Limbaugh, Michael Savage, Sean Hannity. . . Reader: The Hideous Truth About America's Ugliest Conservatives on GetGlue
getglue.com via @petruna &bull Sep 3, 2010Our smartest and funniest progressive writers, cartoonists and satirists have increasingly turned their attention to the right-wing zealots who clutter up our media-television, radio, books, magazines-with hysterical, bullying, personal attacks on liberals, democrats, minorities, workers, women, gays, anti-war activists and… Full Story »
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Open Thread: Gang Members Hold Press Conference to Criticize Chicago Police
Newsbusters &bull Sep 3, 2010
At a news conference organized by self-identified gang members Thursday morning, several speakers complained that police and city officials do not respect them, and that the only way to curb violence is to provide jobs and improve their community. The men who spoke out Thursday morning blamed poverty, drugs and a lack of jobs for the problems in the streets. They also said that Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis' meeting with so-called gang leaders was a waste of time. Could Chicago's crime problem have anything to do with the fact that they consider taking policy advice from the same violent… Full Story »
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In Pakistan, killing the infidel means other Muslims
New York Post - Capitol Punishment &bull Sep 3, 2010
Time reports on one of the most gruesome details coming out of Pakistan. It turns out that religious minorities in that country, especially Muslim minorities are being attacked with impunity and are being denied relief from the devastating floods. Thirty… Full Story »
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Abe Lincoln's Bromance
Truthdig &bull Sep 3, 2010
On a regular basis, Truthdig brings you the news items and odds and ends that found their way to Larry Gross, director of the USC Annenberg School for Communication. A specialist in media and culture, art and communication, visual communication and media portrayals of minorities, Gross helped found the field of gay and lesbian… Full Story »
