Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category

Friday, March 5th, 2010 at 1:07pm

CNN HNN Prime News :: Jennifer Paviglianiti vs Cafe Royale

Friday, March 5th, 2010 at 12:28pm

The O’Reilly Factor :: Jennifer Paviglianiti vs Cafe Royale

Monday, March 1st, 2010 at 11:24pm

Lucy Parsons :: Revolutionary Feminist

Posted by Saswat Pattanayak in All Posts, Commentary, Labor, Media, Opinion, Politics

By Saswat Pattanayak No legal case in American history has been more cited than The Scottsboro Trial. Nine young African American men, aged 13 and up, were jailed in Scottsboro, Alabama to await trial over an accusation that they had raped two white women on a train in the Spring of 1931. The nature of [...]

Thursday, February 25th, 2010 at 5:26pm

Costs of Caregiver Discrimination Increasing for Employers

New Report Says Family Responsibilities Discrimination Cases on the Rise, Cost More   Treating employees less favorably because they have family caregiving obligations can land employers in court and result in significant liability, a new report by the Center for WorkLife Law concludes.    Litigation aimed at bias against U.S. workers who care for children [...]

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 at 11:06am

Brooklyn Borough Chief Is Deposed in Bias Suit

New York Times reports on the suit filed by former Borough President Communications Director Regina Weiss. By DAVID W. CHEN Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is not the only city official who has been forced recently to answer questions about employment discrimination. Marty Markowitz, the Brooklyn borough president, was deposed on Friday at his offices in [...]

Thursday, January 28th, 2010 at 10:27am

Remembering Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922 – January 27, 2010)

Posted by Saswat Pattanayak in All Posts, Commentary, Media, News, Opinion, Politics

By Saswat Pattanayak “To be neutral is to collaborate with whatever is going on, and I as a teacher do not want to be a collaborator with whatever is happening in the world today.” (Howard Zinn) In the grossly unequal world that we inhabit, it is always tempting to remain apolitical, especially if one is [...]

Monday, January 25th, 2010 at 10:07am

First Year Costs of Obama’s Illusions

Posted by Saswat Pattanayak in All Posts, Commentary, Media, Opinion, Politics

By Saswat Pattanayak Despite his constant denial of race dynamics necessary to dissect American political roadmap, Barack Obama is going to be the first American President to be judged, also by his color. During his first year, several cartoons, news articles, political mentions – both innocent and deliberate – have brought up the issue of [...]

Sunday, January 24th, 2010 at 9:46am

Manhattan Courts Getting Used to Transgender Name Changes

From today’s New York Times article by William Glaberson Changing a name might seem like a minor matter for those who are changing their gender identities and, for some, facing challenges like finding knowledgeable doctors, trying hormones and experimenting with painful hair-removal procedures. But many who have gone through the switch say a name change [...]

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 at 5:09pm

Have We Been Silencing Dr King?

Posted by Saswat Pattanayak in All Posts, Commentary, Media, News, Opinion, Politics, Race Discrimination

By Saswat Pattanayak Whenever a progressive leader of the masses, a politically fundamental agent of change, a spirited revolutionary demands replacement of existing social order, the oppressive ruling class never dares confront the person; instead it iconizes him/her after stripping off the necessary radical components. Through an utopian mythification of the leader, the courage to [...]

Friday, January 15th, 2010 at 10:03am

NYC Purposely Discriminated Against Blacks

Posted by TSWS in All Posts, Labor, Media, News, Politics

In what turns out to be one of the most discriminatory patterns, a process that has subjected African-Americans to series of disturbing disadvantages, a federal judge has ruled against one of New York City’s legacies. New York Times reports, that according to judge, Nicholas G. Garaufis, New York City “intentionally discriminated against black applicants to [...]

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