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JUSTICE: the People's News Friday, January 27, 2012 Angry autoworkers speak out, demand equal pay Workers World Now the injustice is all too real. Two-tier and multitier pay scales have spread like a virus, contaminating the vast majority of contracts between the UAW and General Motors, Ford, Chrysler and unionized parts suppliers. Thousands and thousands of ... Activists denounce US hypocrisy on Libya, ignoring Black suffering FinalCall.com News “We must expose the United Nations Security Council machinations, Western imperialism, the attack on Black people in the US, and all collaborators at every turn.” Organizers of the Millions March in Harlem held a press conference June 22, ... Study: New job trends reproducing old forms of gender inequality EurekAlert (press release) "Women, even when employed full time, typically have more family obligations than men," said IU sociologist Youngjoo Cha, who specializes in gender, labor markets and social inequality. "This limits their availability for the 'greedy occupations,' that ... Between haves, have-nots, an ever greater gulf Boston Globe (Bill Greene/Globe Staff) By Megan Woolhouse NORTH ADAMS - Economic inequality has grown across Massachusetts, but no one has to tell Mindy Shoestock that. Laid off several years ago from a $12-an-hour job as a housekeeping supervisor at a ski lodge, ... The Insurrection of the English Underclass Infoshop News In fact, all these insurrections by what we may call the 'underclass', to my mind, represent the long overdue backlash of the main victims of neoliberal globalisation and particularly those who have not yet been integrated into it, despite the good ... The ballot and black women Daily Kos Just as the abolition movement spawned a struggle for women's suffrage, and the civil rights movement was the impetus for both second wave feminism and LGBT rights, the historical role of black women in the context of the suffrage movement is a key to ... Filipino nurses win discrimination suit against US hospital AHN | All Headline News The United States Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC) has ordered a Baltimore hospital to settle with four Filipino nurses whom it fired for speaking their native language. In its decision, the EEOC said Bon Secours Hospital's application ... UN-backed 1st World Summit for African Descendants demands better social ... Washington Post The summit held this weekend in the city of La Ceiba issued its declaration Saturday night, which also demanded justice for victims of racism. Over 1000 representatives from 70 nations gathered for the event. The 2nd World Summit was scheduled for 2014 ... Illinois Catholic Charities Loses Fight To Exclude Gay Couples From Adoption On Top Magazine Catholic Charities policy turns away openly gay parents. The issue became heated in June when a civil unions law that recognizes gay and lesbian couples approved last December went into effect. Noting the teachings of the Catholic Church, which defines ... God, Dogs, and Self-Care – Balancing Social Justice and the Self Feministe (blog) Not as a person who cares deeply about social justice and her community. I know other feminists and activists struggle with this same issue. IRL, we've talked about burn out, how to avoid it, how to say no and how it ultimately undermines the ... Inequalities of caste, power influence Indian society: Sociologist TwoCircles.net By IANS, New Delhi : The study of inequality in India has to be holistic and take into account the inequities arising from caste, imbalances in distribution of land, power structure and opportunities, says India's top sociologist Andre Beteille. ... Report: US Child Poverty Rate Rose Up 18% OzarksFirst.com (Baltimore, MD) -- A new report shows the child poverty rate in the US was 18-percent higher in 2010 than in 2000. The Annie E. Casey Foundation's annual "KIDS COUNT Data Book" indicates that increase put more than two million additional American .. Race and poverty often unjustifiably tied to school security measures EurekAlert (press release) In elementary and middle schools, poverty is a significant predictor of the usage of all five security measures the researchers considered. This is particularly noteworthy because security mechanisms overall are less common in elementary and middle ... African-Americans face discrimination in US The Hindu However a new study published in Science magazine this week shows that in the case of African-Americans, it is not poverty or illiteracy that holds them back from ascending the professional ladder but insidious discrimination in terms of opportunities ... Racism Influence NIH Decision: Study TopNews New Zealand Influence of racism reflected in the decision of grants on research from the US National Institutes of Health (NIH). A recent study noticed the gap in the grants on researches, and revealed that authorities took biased decisions based on race. ... Curfews, Lies, Racism and America's War on Black Kids Infoshop News Until this city, Philadelphia, and this whole nation wake up to the endemic and unrelenting racism which is our history and which has left black youth living in poverty, living in danger, growing accustomed the sounds of gunfire, attending lousy ... Equal Pay for Equal Work Huffington Post One of the key ways to change this disparity is to educate individuals about the issue of pay inequity. In an effort to create a dialogue surrounding this issue, organizations have created events including the national Equal Pay Day, which serves as a ... 'The Help' can make things worse St. Louis Beacon This follows the white privilege shown when she landed her first job, which she is clearly not qualified for but gets anyway. She then uses the maids to answer the home cleaning questions she is being paid to write about for the local newspaper. ... Jon Stewart delivers an epic segment on income inequality (Video) Examiner.com The complicated details of income inequality and the tax code can be prone to put the average American to sleep. However, last night Jon Stewart provided an educational explanation of the two issues while at the same time managing to provide a great ... Why America's growing inequality is something you should give a damn about Twin Cities Planet (blog) By Jay Gabler, Front Row Seat In a post earlier this week, I noted that my sociology students are consistently more concerned about the fictional rise in teen delinquency and the fictional rise in divorce than the actual rise in economic inequality in ... Gays denied human rights The Australian Where advocates of same-sex marriage go wrong is when they argue that access to the institution of marriage is about gay rights. It's about gay responsibilities and human rights. The responsibility side of the equation is already in place. ... Rights Commission Rebukes US on Domestic Violence Inter Press Service By Amanda Wilson WASHINGTON, Aug 19, 2011 (IPS) - In a groundbreaking decision that affirms domestic violence as an international human rights issue, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has ruled that the US should do more to protect ... |
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