BLACKS, MEN: RACIAL & GENDER DISCRIMINATION DON'T SEEM DEAD YET !

Houston, TX -- A Federal Civil suit has been filed in Texas alleging problems of gross, illegal discrimination and unethical conduct by one of the largest YMCAs in the nation. The conflict seems to involve a former...

Simon and Schuster Viewing Truth About Kos (DailyKos) Project?

Site Meter Records Simon and Schuster Interestin Truth About Kos (DailyKos) Blog ProjectThis post is an acknowledgement of the interest that one anonymous user at Simon and Schuster has expressed in learning about the "Truth About Kos (DailyKos)" Project, which I...

Woman power (in Iran)

"Women in sunglasses and head scarves speaking through megaphones, brandishing cameras, carrying signs. When they first appeared, the photographs of the 2005 Tehran University women's rights protests were a...

An apathetic, greedy west has abandoned war-torn Congo

"In 1996, I was sitting with 20,000 grieving women in a stadium in Tuzla, Bosnia. The women were holding photographs of husbands, fathers, brothers, sons and boyfriends who had been ­disappeared a year earlier in a place called Srebrenica, a UN enclave where Bosnian...

Men 'out-performed at university'

"Female students are ahead of men in almost every measure of UK university achievement, according to a report from higher education researchers. A Higher Education Policy Institute report shows that women are more likely to get places in the top universities and go on to get...

The girl child victim of acid attack gets support

The girl child victim of acid attack gets supportLucknow, INDIA: The case of Baby Bitta, the youngest acid attack victim came up for hearing at the Child Welfare Committee (CWC), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, on 12 May 2009 at the Government Children’s Home (Infants) at Prag...

"Timeouts" for grown women

"Twenty-four states currently have laws requiring women to receive counseling (or, more accurately, "counseling") and then wait, usually for 24 hours, before they can obtain an abortion."I didn't even know about this. It is the case, as above, the 24 US states legally oblige...

Reverse discrimination suits flourish

"The issue of reverse discrimination first reached the nation's highest court in the 1970s, when a student with good grades named Allan Bakke accused a University of California medical school of twice denying him admission because he was white.""Reverse discrimination...

Apotemnophilia, Gerontosexuality: Hastings on hate crimes

Congressman Alcee Hastings today voiced his support for the Local Law Enforcement Hate Prevention Act of 2009 saying that this was a positive move to expand federal law that includes protections for crimes that...

More laid-off men means more female breadwinners

The original title of this piece was 'More laid-off men means more Mommy Breadwinners', which is easily one of the most patronising titles I've read in a while. Clearly the women cited in this piece are identified by their procreation and not their gender. *rolls eyes*...

What if women ran the world?

This is perhaps a facetious question, but heck I'll play. I've long said that most of the world's administrations (government, health, education, criminal justice, etc.) are too male-heavy. I'm more than willing to admit, despite my belief in equality for the sexes, that...

Major Push to Allow Women's Boxing in London 2012 Games

    The International Amateur Boxing Association voted yesterday in favor of including Women's Boxing in the London 2012 Olympic Games. Boxing is the only sport out of the 26 summer sports that does not include female athlete's. AIBA president Ching-Kuo Wu said...

Women to Become the Breadwinners of the Future?

As the global economic recession deepens, women are now starting to surpass men in the workforce.  The last time this happened was during World War II, when our men were overseas fighting.  In this...

Tradition-Based Episcopal Church Moves On :: MAXINE

" A group of conservative bishops met on Wednesday at the Resurrection Anglican Church in West Chicago, Ill. Image Credit: Sally Ryan for The New York TimesTradition-Based Episcopal...

US 'pregnant man' expecting again.......questioning nature?

Natural law is at challange again, this time by a male who is ready to give birth to child. " Thomas Beatie, the US "pregnant man" who gave birth to a daughter in June, is expecting his second child. The...

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