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Israel gets a Myspace, and it’s own blog, as a cheesy attempt to attract the interest of younger Jews who don’t see Israel “as relevant. So we have to talk to them in their language, in platforms that they are using, and the new media is one of the ways t
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Important thoughts about extending the uproar over Don Imus’ racist-sexist comments and other isolated incidents to effect media reform on a larger scale.
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“Central to Nashashibi’s work is the concept of “ghetto cosmopolitanism,” the process by which segregated communities circumvent marginalization by forging nontraditional global networks.”
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via may/hem: “…the larger Palestinian American community has not celebrated the African part of our identity in the way that we should. Failing to do this has prevented segments of the Palestinian community from making more of a connection to the Afric
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Applying the DARVO model (“Deny, Attack, and Reverse Victim and Offender.” ) to situations in which bigoted behaviour is confronted.
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“And then there’s my father’s mother, who I grew up knowing, and removed contact with voluntarily. She is a Democrat only by virtue of her Judaism, it always seemed to me–old-fashioned, entitled, classist, racist. She speaks to people of color like child
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“Army doctors gave soldier volunteers synthetic marijuana, LSD and two dozen other psychoactive drugs during experiments aimed at developing chemical weapons that could incapacitate enemy soldiers”
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“I am the president of the organization SOS Racisme, which was created in France in 1984 [at a time when] France was experiencing the “revelation” that African and Maghrébin immigrants were going to stay in France [therefore contributing] to a profound r
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“Workers accrue debts to recruiters before they come to the country, do not earn promised wages, live in deficient housing and receive threats of deportation if they complain, according to the report.”
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An article on a successful program designed to provide young male black students with role models and skills for success.
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via global voices: Some underground Persian and diasporic music, including female hiphop artists.
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via global voices: On a New York Times Article on Muslim women’s fashion: “Theres’ no questioning of the assumption that fashion and consumerism do anything but allow the individual woman to express herself.”
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A great round up of interesting posts from a variety of Lebanese bloggers.
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A round-up of Jordanian blog posts.
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Student’s opinions on local public radio station’s changes. I personally can’t believe they cut Liz Copeland’s show, it was so popular! Good looking out on the Detroit news show during the day, but stop cutting all the music. We can get NPR from other sta
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“They brought up the points of misappropriation of spending that Detroit has incurred since establishing the incinerator. The incinerator owned by tobacco giant Phillip Morris is the City’s largest debt and, under their agreement, any extra costs incur
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