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Tibet in Exile
" "When people ask me, 'Which place do you belong to?' I, too, have started to say: 'I
belong to a problem called Tibet. And there are many more of us where I come from.'" - Activist and writer, Tenzin... The lesbian teens who were kicked off the Portland bus
I've been watching out for stories like this one. Girls say driver kicked them off bus for kissingMy "nephew" Dwayne sent this to me today so I am creating a story here on Now Public about this.Teen age girls...
created by Thelma Jesselman | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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Girl's stoning death filmed on cameraphone
This video is extremely graphic and disturbing:"Mobile phone videos have appeared on the internet showing an Iraqi mob stoning and kicking to death a 17-year-old girl after she offended her minority community by eloping with a Muslim man. The Herald Sun reports." Facebook acknowledges Arab LBTG ban hoax
UPDATE 3:12pm: I have just spoken with the Admin of the Arab LBTG group, and she cleared up what happened. In essence, it boils down to good(ish) intentions gone wrong--the faux Facebook employee was trying to...Minorities More Likely to Be Searched in Traffic Stops: Report
Is this even news? In this case, yes, since it's officially on paper. The data is raw, and can be interpreted in several ways, but the thrust of the report is that if you're pulled over by the police and you...
created by Jordan Yerman | 6 years ago | updated 6 years ago
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Another Day of Carnage in Iraq
One could post an article almost identical to this one seven days a week, and that's the problem. The situation is simply not improving in Iraq."Insurgents slaughtered another 47 Iraqis on Sunday, including 23 members of a small religious minority dragged from a bus and... Buddhist Monks Fight in anti-Vietnam Protest
In Cambodia's capitol city of Phnom Penh, a protest on behalf of the Khmer diaspora turned violent. The basis of the protest was the religious freedoms of the Khmer living in a Vietnamese region that once belonged to Cambodia."At least two Buddhist monks were injured Friday... Sea Change in Québec
"La belle province will never be the same again, nor will Canada as a whole. The separatists were trounced in yesterday’s provincial election in Québec. If anyone ever needed clear proof that Quebeckers for the most part are no longer interested in driving a wedge into...American Imams Sue US Air
I fail to see how asking for seatbelt extensions constitutes "suspicious behavior". Also, praying before flights is fairly common; many airports even have dedicated prayer areas. These guys definitely have a case."Six Islamic religious leaders have filed suit against US... The Forgotten Holocaust
Taiwanese commemorate 60th Anniversary of massacreToday marks the 60th Anniversary of the 228 Incident, a large-scale protest against Chinese Nationalist rule that led to the deaths of nearly 28 000 people on... Avoiding Isolating Yourself When You're The Only Minority
"Despite advances in corporate diversity initiatives, there are times when minority employees have that "Lone Ranger" feeling on the job. Make Connections According to Sondra Thiederman, author of "Making Diversity Work," the key to avoiding feelings of alienation, whether at...Many Hispanics are racists
"Hispanic game show hosts are asking their contestants a power packed racist questing. Game show hosts ask their counterpart Hispanic contestants "if they think Hispanics are becoming too "gringo" "- a derogatory term that refers to white people. Also the term "gringo" is...Scotland on Sunday
"THE ingredients most likely to spark confrontation between the United States and Iran could scarcely be simpler or more combustible: a tin filled with an explosive charge and a lump of copper is all that is needed to manufacture what the US military calls an Explosively... Top 25 Censored Stories of 2007
"#1 Future of Internet Debate Ignored by Media
Sources:
Buzzflash.com, July 18, 2005
Title: “Web of Deceit: How Internet Freedom Got the Federal Ax, and Why Corporate News Censored the Story”
Author: Elliot D....
created by happytribe | 6 years ago | updated 6 years ago
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House Begins Debate on Iraq War
The reason I highlighted this article is not the debate itself, but the timing. Four years is a long time to procrastinate, even in Washington. This scenario begs the question of when this debate would have taken place if the Republican party still controlled Congress."Almost...Top Members Today
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