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Another century before men and women are paid the same?
2011-09-03 08:26:00 Via Scoop.it – Green Party Do women executives face another 98 years of earning less?Show original Tags: men and women, green party, women executives <BR/> More About: Women , Paid
#Virginia: A recipe for nuclear disaster
2011-09-03 08:26:00 Via Scoop.it – Revolutionary newsSocialist Worker: “The recent earthquake in Virginia caused two reactors to go to shutdown – further evidence that nuclear plants are akin to ticking time bombs.”Show original Tags: nuclear disaster, nuclear plants, ticking time, time bombs <BR/> More About: Nuclear , Recipe , Disaster
#Guatemala: Victims Seek Justice for US Medical Experiments in 1940s
2011-09-03 08:26:00 Via Scoop.it – Revolutionary newsDemocracy Now: “A White House bioethics commission has revealed gruesome new details about venereal disease experiments from 1946 to 1948 in which U.S.”Show original Tags: white house, venereal disease, medical experiments <BR/> More About: Medical , Justice , Guatemala , Experiments
Greens Gain in Germany, and the World Takes Notice
2011-09-03 08:26:00 Via Scoop.it – Green Party A string of victories and strong electoral showings are helping to redefine politics among voters in Germany and elsewhere who are increasingly losing faith in the more established parties.Show original Tags: losing faith, green party <BR/> More About: World , Greens , The World , Notice
The racialized impact of tuition fees | rabble.ca
2011-08-28 08:24:00 Via Scoop.it – Green Party The racialized impact of tuition fees in Canada http://t.co/QVG80Y9…Show original Tags: tuition fees, green party <BR/> More About: Fees
The racialized impact of tuition fees | rabble.ca
2011-08-28 08:24:00 Via Scoop.it – Green Party The racialized impact of tuition fees in Canada http://t.co/QVG80Y9…Show original Tags: tuition fees, green party <BR/> More About: Fees
Michele Bachmann Would Consider Lowering Minimum Wage To Match Cost Of Over
2011-08-28 08:24:00 Via Scoop.it – Green Party During a campaign stop in Florida, the Associated Press reports that Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) said she would consider lowering the minimum wage.Show original Tags: minimum wage, green party, michele bachmann <BR/> More About: Cost , Match , Minimum Wage
Gregory Horn: Green Party Candidate for the 144th Assembly District ? Buffa
2011-08-28 08:24:00 Via Scoop.it – Green Party Gregory Horn is a Buffalo entrepreneur and small business developer who founded A-Z Home Restoration in 1995. He also serves as a junior partner of an efficiency consulting business called EcoLogic Home.Show original Tags: local news, small business, party candidate, junior partner <BR/> More About: Assembly , District
Prosser To Investigators: Contact With Bradley?s Neck Was A ?Total Reflex?
2011-08-28 08:24:00 Via Scoop.it – Green Party Friday saw the release of the official documents of the investigation of the alleged physical altercation at the Wisconsin Supreme Court — in which liberal Justice Ann Walsh Bradley accused conservative Justice David Prosser of grabbing her neck…Show original Tags: ann walsh, wisconsin supreme court, physical altercation, green party <BR/> More About: Contact , Reflex
Japan Nuclear Crisis Calls Future of Atomic Energy Into Question ? SF Publi
2011-08-28 08:24:00 Via Scoop.it – Nuclear Power Sydney Morning HeraldJapan Nuclear Crisis Calls Future of Atomic Energy Into Question SF Public PressA panel of experts from the Bay Area gathered at the World Affairs Council of Northern California in June to discuss nuclear energy regulations,…Show original Tags: energy regulations, atomic energy, nuclear energy, nuclear crisis, sydney morning, Nuclear ...
Vermont towns vote to arrest Bush and Cheney
2011-08-28 08:24:00 Via Scoop.it – Green Party WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Vote rs in two Vermont towns on Tuesday approved a measure that would instruct police to arrest President George W.Show original Tags: green party, bush and cheney, vermont towns <BR/> More About: Bush , Arrest , Cheney
Journalism and the politics of hunger ? Opinion ? Al Jazeera English
2011-08-28 08:24:00 Via Scoop.it – Green Party The struggle against starvation, violence and disease is also the struggle to understand and describe the world.Show original Tags: Al Jazeera, al jazeera english, green party <BR/> More About: Politics , Journalism , Hunger , Opinion , English
$3.7 Trillion For US Wars, $12,000 Per Person
2011-08-22 08:22:00 Via Scoop.it – Revolutionary newsGlobal ResearchShow original Tags: original 3 <BR/> More About: Wars , Person
STFU, David Cameron!
2011-08-22 08:22:00 Via Scoop.it – Revolutionary newsRT: “Watch full episode 173 of Keiser Report on Tuesday.”Show original Tags: david cameron <BR/> More About: Cameron , David
Is the SEC Covering Up Wall Street Crimes? | Rolling Stone Politics
2011-08-22 08:22:00 Via Scoop.it – Green Party Imagine a world in which a man who is repeatedly investigated for a string of serious crimes, but never prosecuted, has his slate wiped clean every ti.Show original Tags: street crimes, rolling stone, green party, Wall Street , serious crimes <BR/> More About: Politics , Stone
Rick Perry?s politics of suspicion and accusation ? Washington Post (blog)
2011-08-22 08:22:00 Via Scoop.it – Green Party Telegraph.co.ukRick Perry’s politics of suspicion and accusationWashington Post (blog)Of the better-known politicians on the Tea Party right, Perry is perhaps among the most willing to exploit a nasty politics of suspicion and accusation.Show original Tags: rick perry, nasty politics, tea party, washington post, green party <BR/> More About: Politics , Washington Post
Syria?s Failed Ramadan Crackdown
2011-08-22 08:22:00 Via Scoop.it – Coveting Freedom Babak Dehghanpisheh reports on the military crackdown by Assad?s regime and the protests that followed.Show original Tags: military crackdown <BR/> More About: Syria , Ramadan
Shopping for a greener vehicle? Suddenly there?s lots of choices
2011-08-22 08:22:00 Via Scoop.it – Green InnovationThinking about buying an electric vehicle to reduce your carbon footprint, decrease the country?s dependence on foreign oil and generally save the world? Pick your flavor. Sustainable Life has test-driven every type of electrical car, truck and crossover utility vehicle offered by major manufacturers. Cars include the hybrid Toyota Prius, the ... More About: Shopping , Vehicle
Green Party nominees in 2011 | Independent Political Report
2011-08-22 08:22:00 Via Scoop.it – Green Party Green Party nominees in 2011. August 16th, 2011 · No Comments. 2011 is an off-year for national elections, but many local elections are scheduled for November of this year, as well as state elections in Kentucky and Mississippi, …Show original Tags: national elections, party nominees, state elections <BR/> More About: Political , Report , Independent
Rick Perry?s made-up ?facts? about climate change ? Washington Post (blog)
2011-08-22 08:22:00 Via Scoop.it – Green InnovationThe question of whether humans have contributed to climate change in recent years has generated increasing skepticism among the American public, especially as proposals to deal with the problem, such as reducing carbon emissions, have come with high price tags. But Perry is wrong to suggest that that skepticism has gained ... More About: Facts , Washington , Climate Change , Washington Post , Climate
Because They Are Not Gay! What ?Forcing? Bert and Ernie to Get Married Teac
2011-08-15 08:19:00 Scott Mendelson, Huff Post There is at least one petition out right now with 5,000 signatures requesting that Sesame Street puppets Bert and Ernie get married. You’ve probably read about it and maybe it seems like harmless amusement from people whose heart is in the right place in the realm of gay-marriage rights. There is just one problem. Bert and Ernie ...
How America turned poverty into a crime
2011-08-13 08:18:00 The poor aren’t just struggling during the recession; they’re being actively hounded by urban officials BY BARBARA EHRENREICH AP Photo/Lynne Sladky Elias Pirela, 6, right, holds his brother Ahmad Phillips, center, as he stands with his mother Latasha Phillips, 33, left, before leaving for the first day of school from his temporary home at the ... More About: America , Crime , Poverty
Nothing ?mindless? about rioters
2011-08-13 08:18:00 Although riots are complex social phenomenona, the recent unrest in England has inescapably political roots. High unemployment may not have directly caused the riots, but the riots certainly had a political context [EPA] Civil disturbances never have a single, simple meaning. When the Bastille was being stormed the thieves of Paris doubtless took advantage of the ...
As Gay Politics Become Policy, NY Hospitals Move to Reform Treatment
2011-08-13 08:18:00 Three patients whose experiences are used to instruct health-care providers. BY ELIZA SHAPIRO 9:19 am Aug. 8, 2011 | Tweet this article Back in 2008, the public advocate’s office produced a pretty scathing report that included the story of a man who went to an emergency room at Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx and asked for Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (or ... More About: Politics , Reform , Treatment , Policy , Hospitals
Michele Bachmann Repeatedly Sought Stimulus, EPA, Other Government Funds
2011-08-13 08:18:00 With Reporting By Jason Cherkis, Huff Post WASHINGTON — Few candidates in the Republican presidential primary field have decried the federal government with as much gusto as Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.). The three-term congresswoman has belittled the stimulus package, deemed the Obama administration both corrupt and “gangster,” and lamented the “orgy” of spending she sees ... More About: Government
Women Hurt Most by Debt Deal Cuts to Medicare, Social Security, Tuition Aid
2011-08-13 08:18:00 The debt ceiling agreement reached this week by the White House and Congress could deal a serious blow to women’s well-being, according to leading women’s rights groups. The deal will potentially impose $1 trillion in cuts to programs that mostly serve and employ women, such as family planning clinics, food stamps, college tuition assistance and childcare. The National ... More About: Security , Social , Women , Social Security , Hurt
Famine in East Africa
2011-07-30 20:14:00 [From: The Atlantic. If you want to donate and want your money to go to the people who need your help, I suggest Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders). There are links below with other ways to donate.--Roger] With East Africa facing its worst drought in 60 years, affecting more than 11 million people, the United Nations ...
Harry Belafonte on Obama
2011-07-30 20:14:00 When he (Obama ) said, ‘Yes, we can,’ it may have been politically clever,” Belafonte said. “He never defined for us what he said…So those of us who felt that we needed change filled in that space with our own images of what we thought he meant only to find out we are all disappointed because ... More About: Harry Belafonte
House panel approves broadened ISP snooping bill
2011-07-30 20:14:00 Internet providers would be forced to keep logs of their customers’ activities for one year–in case police want to review them in the future–under legislation that a U.S. House of Representatives committee approved today. The 19 to 10 vote represents a victory for conservative Republicans, who made data retention their first major technology initiative after last fall’s ... More About: Panel
Rejecting nuclear power
More articles from this author:2011-07-23 20:11:00 Suffolk Closeup By Karl Grossman July 20, 2011 The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster has caused several nations to say no to nuclear power, mainly through elections, referenda and protests. But the position of the U.S. government, including the federal officials who represent Long Island, is different. Despite Fukushima, as U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer says, “I’m still ... More About: Power , Nuclear , Nuclear power 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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