Searching for Assata
Reading about Ms. Shakur's experiences brought up feelings of pain and anger...Imagine being convicted for the murders of two people, one of them your best friend and you are innocent.
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June 7, 2012
Social Problems and the Mass Media
The mass media is important in examining social problems, both how they are born and how they persist.
June 2, 2012
Culture / Current Events / Editorials / Media / Parenting / Philosophy / Psychology / Religion / Sexuality / Society
Ain’t No Homos Going to Make it to Heaven
By teaching a child disrespect and hate for people different from him/herself, parents impair their child's healthy emotional development and hold him/her back from developing a complete image of diversity the world offers.
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May 31, 2012
Bystanders and Bullies: Using and Abusing Personal Power
As I think back on that time, I can find a way to feel sorry for Jared. Over the years since, I’ve learned that many bullies were themselves bullied or abused by parents, older siblings, or other authority figures.
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May 30, 2012
Britain/England/UK / Country / Culture / Government / Media / News / Politics / Psychology / Society
Retro in the Extreme
America's government may be deeply infiltrated and corrupted by big business, but Britain's system does not even have the coherent artifice of accountable and electable government.
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May 29, 2012
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Not Enough: A Reaction to the Tyler Clementi Verdict
The verdict is in: thirty days in jail plus three hundred hours of community service, counseling and a $10,000 fine.
May 21, 2012
Harvey Milk Day
The first openly gay elected official, he was aware of the tremendous discrimination and prejudice that confronted gays and lesbians. Under his urging, the city council passed a Gay Rights Ordinance in 1978 that protected gays from being fired from their jobs.
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May 21, 2012
IDAHO: International Day Against Homophobia/Biphobia & Transphobia
By that time a new campaign had been launched calling for a universal decriminalization of homosexuality, and by May 17th 2006 it had attracted support from several Nobel Prize winners
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May 17, 2012
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Sex With Robots
Speaking of orgasm (that's what this is all about anyway, right?) in a recent sex study researchers found that some women can bring themselves to orgasm just by thinking about it.
May 11, 2012
A Hero’s Grave
The publicity surrounding him was enormous, and he received thousands of letters from all over the nation and even Europe, praising his courage and bravery for coming out.
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May 2, 2012