September 2010
73 posts
“Making police accountable is essential. At three o’clock in the morning, a cop...”
– ~ Former NYPD detective David Durk, who, along with Frank Serpico, broke the blue wall of silence before the Knapp Commission in 1971 (via tkoed)
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“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” ~ Plato”
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Tim Wise » New Study: “Colorblindness” Reduces... →
adailyriot:
There is an incredible new study out, which confirms the inherent weakness and actual dangers of colorblindness as a way to challenge racism. According to the researchers from Northwestern, Stanford and Tufts, taking a colorblind approach with young children — such as instructing them to “focus on what makes us similar” rather than dealing constructively with difference and...
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World Giving Index →
mathematiquesnoir:
Key findings for 2010:
20% of the world’s population had volunteered time
30% of the world’s population had given money to charity
45% of the world’s population had helped a stranger.
Australia and New Zealand are, jointly, the most ‘giving’ countries in the world. These countries both boast a World Giving Index score (the average of their scores on ‘giving money’,...
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Crazy Prison Industrial Complex Fact of the Day... →
“Eight black males are incarcerated for every one white male. If whites were incarcerated at the same rate as blacks, more than 6 million men (5 percent of the male working-age population) would be languishing in prison.” (Source: Western, Bruce. Punishment and inequality in America, 2006. p. 16)
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Fidel Castro: "If anyone is responsible (for the...
danielextra:
In a startling report by Mexican newspaper La Journada, former Cuban president Fidel Castro says he is to blame for the “great injustice” of homophobic persecution of gays as “counterrevolutionaries” during the 1960s.
Castro said, “If anyone is responsible, it’s me. I’m not going to place the blame on others.”
+ on what he said here
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WatchDemocracy Now - Study: CEOs Who Fired Most Workers Earned Highest Pay
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Drunken Bigot Tries to Commit Anti-Muslim Hate... →
Attempted anti-muslim attack fails, apparently. Miserably.
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U.S. sues Arizona sheriff in civil rights probe →
The Justice Department says Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio failed to turn over documents in its investigation into whether his department discriminated against Latinos while pursuing illegal immigrants.
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This is the shape of American politics. If your... →
Kevin Drum takes a peak at why some Democrats don’t want to repeal tax cuts for the wealthy, and finds what we already knew in some way, but now know as fact. They just don’t care about you if you ain’t rich.
Imagine if senators were elected by income groups... →
MUST READ!!
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Your Laughter
Take bread away from me, if you wish, take air away, but do not take from me your laughter. Do not take away the rose, the lance flower that you pluck, the water that suddenly bursts forth in joy, the sudden wave of silver born in you. My struggle is harsh and I come back with eyes tired at times from having seen the unchanging earth, but when your laughter enters it rises to the sky seeking me...
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“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than...”
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“A Matter of the Mosque” ~ Mumia...
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When Haiti Was Young (Photos) →
Past photos of Haiti via Life.com
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