09/05/2008
College Students Involed In Less Activism (R News)
Fewer college students are getting involved in political and social activism on campus. A new survey from the social justice magazine and website Mother Jones says 86 percent of college students polled said they're less politically-active than students were in the 1960's.
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09/06/2008
Mottet to be recognized for activism (Quad-City Times)
The tables have turned on the Iowa farm boy who grew to be a mostly behind-the-scenes activist for social justice and now is about to receive a top honor for his life’s efforts.
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09/06/2008
15 years down the road, The Big Issue isn’t planning to get any smaller (Sunday Herald)
Big Issue in Scotland first hit the streets 15 years ago this week, one of the Scottish media's most peculiar hybrids was born: a mix of social activism and zesty magazine journalism that today inspires both love and cynicism in almost equal measure.
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09/07/2008
An Eyeful of Cultures and Characters (New York Times)
Dates are subject to change.
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09/07/2008
Community Organizers Stung by Republican Barbs (New York Times)
A community organizer in Hempstead, New York was unfazed after being caught in the political crossfire from the Republican National Convention.
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09/06/2008
Saturday, September 6, 2008 (Deccan Herald)
I was taken by complete surprise when my friend, Naish Hasan, called me one day. "I want to give you the good news. I am getting married. And I have decided that you will perform my 'nikah'," she said. I have known Naish for several years for her activism on women's issues.
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09/06/2008
Nader, Donahue to appear at Fighting Bob Fest (Portage Daily Register)
After record turnouts in the latest presidential primary elections, the seventh annual Fighting Bob Fest hopes to further stimulate activism as the event returns to the Sauk County Fairgrounds today with a theme of calling citizens to rise to action.
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09/06/2008
How Sarah Palin Mastered Politics (Time Magazine)
The frontier mom and former beauty queen shrewdly fought her way upstream in Alaska's rough political waters
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09/07/2008
Bolivia's Morales faces a challenge from fellow Indian (Los Angeles Times)
Indigenous activist Savina Cuellar, governor in the key province of Chuquisaca, has fallen out with the president and become a figurehead for those opposed to his socialist policies. Renowned as the cradle of Bolivian independence, this colonial town in the south-central highlands has become a front line in a new battle that is threatening to rip this South American nation asunder.
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09/07/2008
Obama beyond the buzzwords (Contra Costa Times)
Barack Obama's life story resonates in California, a multicultural crossroads where many share similar stories: an outsider with contrasting identities who relies on character, charisma and smarts to conquer adversity in a cultural maelstrom.
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