Posted on October 2nd, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
I’m speechless… Watching Palin and Biden answer the same questions, there was a clear contrast and it’s quite clear who is not cut out to be VP. The transcript is here.
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Posted on September 19th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton sat down together for a web cast with questions from women on the issues that are most important to them. Watch the video here:
As a single mother and a small business owner, I have to say they addressed a lot of issues that important to me, including health care, social [...]
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Posted on September 16th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Forget Sarah Palin… The opponent is John McCain and his stance on the issues represents more of the same, not change. That’s the message in Obama’s latest ad that focuses on equal pay for women:
On Monday, in a conference call with female supporters, Barack Obama and his aides outlined a new strategy to target women [...]
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Posted on September 4th, 2008 by Dizzy Dezzi
By the time you read this post you will either have recovered from the Palin Speech Drinking Game or had enough Pepto to settle your tummy. Of course, if you are like me, you probably opted for a refreshing rerun of CSI.
For those of you who prefer your Republican/Conservative news in bite-size portions, today’s Ten [...]
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Posted on July 6th, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
For all the women, minorities and aged people in this country still facing inequality or downright sexism, racism or age discrimination it’s time for all of us because it’s time for all people to demand equality.
Barack Obama faces outright racism and admits it’s part of his fight. Hillary Clinton faced sexism, most obviously in broadcast [...]
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Posted on July 4th, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
On a day 232 years ago some very courageous men announced to the world a document of independence. These world changing concepts had never before been put on paper or celebrated publicly.
We celebrate their courage, intelligence and durability because their action was certainly controversial in the colonies. In this document that those colonies are [...]
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Posted on June 20th, 2008 by Frenchdoc
Cross-posted from The Global Sociology Blog.
As a follow-up on my previous post on refugees, this video is part of the campaign to raise awareness and activism for refugees, worldwide.
Also, please see Charles Lemos’s great series of posts and photos on refugees at his blog, By The Fault.
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Posted on June 18th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Wedding bells were ringing in California today as hundreds of gay and lesbian couples ties the knot, “giving a human face to a landmark court decision and a powerful opening salvo in what is expected to be a bruising fall campaign here over the issue of same-sex marriage.”
Some weddings actually began in a “handful of [...]
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Posted on June 16th, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
Unfortunately, we are seeing many people of retirement age wind up in strictly limited living circumstances. While active and socially involved, they live, in any cases, with limitations that can be difficult. Today MSN online offers a simple solution to the person with $12,000 retirement income or less. The article over simplfies a difficult [...]
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Posted on June 15th, 2008 by Frenchdoc
Cross-posted from The Global Sociology Blog.
(Via Le Monde)
Today, the Council of Europe launched a campaign against most forms of corporal punishment, including slapping, spanking, hitting, mistreating, humiliating and any other practice that damage the dignity of a child. The campaign will consist in TV ads, the publication of a manual for parents on violence-free parenting [...]
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Posted on June 15th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
A recent report shows that female veterans are getting inadequate healthcare in nearly 1/3 of VA clinics. Speak out:
More than 155,000 women in America’s armed services have been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan since 2002. But as these distinguished women return home, they are finding a veterans health care system better equipped to deal with the needs [...]
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Posted on June 8th, 2008 by Frenchdoc
Via the BBC:
“Cuba has authorised sex-change operations and will offer them free to qualifying citizens, officials say.
The move is the latest in a series of policy changes implemented by President Raul Castro since he succeeded his elder brother, Fidel, in February.
Raul Castro’s daughter, who heads the National Centre for Sex Education, spearheaded the changes [...]
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