Peter Lattman posts on Wall Street Journal Blog several quotes from MLK. Collected from “Yale Book of Quotations†by Yale Law librarian Fred Shapiro:
Government action is not the whole answer to the present crisis, but it is an important partial answer. Morals cannot be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. The [...]
Posted on January 24th, 2008 by Saswat Pattanayak
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Kevin Turner of The Daily Tar Heel reports a documentary about NYC drag queen life.
For drag queens featured in the documentary “Paris is Burning,” sequins, makeup and stilettos aren’t just part of a costume. They’re part of a lifestyle.
The 1990 documentary about the drag culture in New York City will be screened at 5 [...]
Posted on January 24th, 2008 by Saswat Pattanayak
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Carla Hall for LA Times reports that American Apparel chief executive Dov Charney is facing a sexual harassment trial. He denies the charges.
Dov Charney, founder and chief executive of casual fashion giant American Apparel, acknowledges that he has appeared in his underwear many times in front of male and female employees.
And yes, on a few [...]
Posted on January 21st, 2008 by Saswat Pattanayak
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Esther Wu writes for Dallas News about abuses among the immigrant communities. She says, there is a high rate number of domestic violence among immigrants, because some immigrant women may feel helpless since they lack communication skills, or their husbands may hold their passports.
Officials say Texas is a major destination for victims of human trafficking.
“Human [...]
Posted on January 20th, 2008 by Saswat Pattanayak
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Brenda Norrell posts a blog entry on the Consolidated Indigenous Shadow Report. The report will be presented to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racism by the International Indian Treaty Council:
III. Indian Reservation Apartheid
“Apartheid†is a strong word. And certainly, there are recognized Tribes in the US that are now achieving certain levels of [...]
Posted on January 18th, 2008 by Saswat Pattanayak
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Diversity Inc collects reports that suggest racial harassment at work has hits new record.
Racial harassment is on the rise in the workplace and it’s more than just the use of the N-word, reports the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The discrimination watchdog reports a spike in racist graffiti, Ku Klux Klan propaganda and even physical [...]
Posted on January 14th, 2008 by Saswat Pattanayak
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The New York Times cites Jack Tuckner today in relation to Madison Square Garden Sexual and Racial Discrimination:
By DAVID PICKER
GREENBURGH, N.Y. — After one of the most miserable nights of his career, Eddy Curry’s body language after practice Thursday conveyed what a lost soul he seems to have become. As sweat fell from his face, [...]
Posted on December 28th, 2007 by Jack Tuckner, Esq.
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By Sonali Chhibber
A recent New York Time article entitled “Campaign to Raise Tomato Picker’s Wages Faces Obstacles†highlights the plights of tomato pickers amidst corporate clashes and compromises with the cooperatives.
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers wants to raise the price of tomatoes to a penny more per pound. This would mean that the wages [...]
Posted on December 28th, 2007 by Sonali Chhibber
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A New York judge has ordered court supervision of a lawyer for “objectionable conduct” toward a female opposing counsel who he said had a “cute little thing going on” during a deposition.
According to transcripts of the deposition, Thomas B. Decea of Danzig Fishman & Decea in White Plains also called Michelle A. Rice of Arkin [...]
Posted on December 24th, 2007 by Jack Tuckner, Esq.
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By Jack Tuckner, Esq.
Did you hear the one about W vetoing the bipartisan supported child health care bill that would have provided an expansion of the federally funded, state-run health insurance program for poor children to cover an additional 10 million children? No? It didn’t get much air play. The cost of [...]
Posted on December 19th, 2007 by Jack Tuckner, Esq.
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