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Women In The Muslim World Need Genuine Reform

Ida Lichter, M.D. | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Islamic Dress, Women's Rights, Muslim Brotherhood, Muslim Women, Hijab, Female Circumcision, Arab Spring, Islam, Shirin Ebadi, Muslim-Reformers, Turkey, Aceh, Suffragettes, One Million Signatures Campaign, Women Reformers, Nigeria, King Abdullah, Reform, Iran, Fgm, Taliban, Political Islam, Azza Al-Jarf, Misogynist, Freedom and Justice Party, Tuareg, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, President Hamid Karzai, Discriminatory Laws, Oppressive Laws, Wahhabi, Kuwait, Islamists, Caning, Dissidents, Yemen, Islamic Holy Sites, Afghanistan, Wajeha Al-Huwaider, Rallies, Insurgency, Boko Haram, Religious Police, Feminists, Brutal, Muslim, Religion News

Is misogyny prevalent and gaining traction in the Muslim world and why did most women vote for Islamists in Middle East elections?

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Trayvon Martin Dominates Media Coverage, But Some Wish It Didn't

Akilah Bolden-Monifa | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Rallies, Trayvon Martin Case, George Zimmerman, Trayvon Martin, Pew Research Center, Protests, Hoodies, Trayvon Martin George Zimmerman, Race, Trayvon Martin Shooting, Black Voices News

News and information about Trayvon Martin's death dominates the media. It wasn't always that way, the shooting occurred on February 26th but the n...

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Educating for Democracy: The 'War on the Poor'

Joel Shatzky | Posted 05.28.2011

Read More: War on Poverty, U.S. Constitution, Charles Barron, Slideshow, Kevin Harrington, Rallies, Poverty, Protests, Great Society, Education Reform, Robert Jackson, Class Warfare, Unions, Education News

Over 45 years after the "War on Poverty", we are faced with a "For the Few Deal" -- what I would call a full-fledged "War on the Poor."

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My Thank You Letter to Scott Walker

Nancy Cronk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rallies, Labor, Teach-In, Middle Class, Protest, Scott Walker, Martin Luther King Jr., March, Colorado, Wokers, Unions, Denver News

Thank you for giving us a reason, and a renewed commitment, to publicly declare that we stand together in solidarity to protect the middle class, and to ensure justice for workers.

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Rally Against Hearing On US Muslims Held In Times Square

AP | KAREN MATTHEWS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rallies, US Muslims, Al Sharpton, Times Square, Liberty Alliance, Muslim Rally, Ny News, Russell Simmons, Protest, NY Around Town, Rally, New York News

NEW YORK — Some 300 people gathered in Times Square on Sunday to speak out against a planned congressional hearing on Muslim terrorism, criticiz...

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Entertainment and Politics

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

The phenomenon of TV personalities throwing their own "rallies" certainly breaks new ground in both the political arena and the entertainment world -- politics has truly become indistinguishable from show business.

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Close Aging Nukes By Installing LEDs

Brian Clark Howard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rallies, Environmentalism, Activism, New York City, Nuclear Power, Green News

Remy Chevalier is a brilliant and eccentric eco-activist with a "bright plan": he believes a very achievable switchover to green lighting will save e...

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PHOTOS: CHAOS As White Supremacists Rally At City Hall

AP | JACOB ADELMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rallies, LA City Hall, White Supremacists, Nazi, Race Relations, Protests, Los Angeles White Supremacists, Racial Tension, Los Angeles City Hall, LA White Supremacists, Anti-Nazi, Los Angeles, Lapd, Slidepollajax, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES — A white supremacist group rallied against illegal immigration in downtown Los Angeles Saturday as hundreds of counter-protesters g...

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Weekly Diaspora: Local Laws Target Immigrants; Activists Take to the Streets

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rallies, Marches, Immigration Reform, Asian Counseling and Referral Service, Civil Rights, Washington Monthly, Colorado Independent, Racewire, New America Media, Immigration, Seattle, Arizona, Denver, Racial Profiling, Alternet, Home News

By Erin Rosa, Media Consortium blogger While immigrant rights groups pressure the federal government via high-profile marches and rallies, anti-immigr...

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Tea Partying's First Anniversary

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Polls, Nader, Third Party, 1960s, Baby Boom, March, Tea Partier, Sarah Palin, Crist, Republican, Me Generation, Tax Day, Charlie Crist, Decentralization, Vietnam War, Protest, Rally, Rubio, Boomer, Tea Party, Left, Republican Party, Ralph Nader, Reid, Taxes, Lefty, Tea Parties, Florida, Marco Rubio, Libertarian, Primary, Anti-Vietnam War, Grassroots, War, Hippies, Tea Partying, Election, Protesters, Anti-War, Rallies, Silent Majority, Decentralized, Movement, Tax, Chris Weigant, Harry Reid, Candidate, Nixon, Tea Party Express, Baby Boomer, Loud Minority, Politics News

One way or another the Tea Party's future prospects are likely to hinge on whether their decentralized nature turns out to be their strongest point, or their weakest.

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RNC Refuses DNC's Joint 'Civility' Statement, Politico Reports

Politico | ANDY BARR | | Posted 05.25.2011

The Republican National Committee has rejected a proposal from its Democratic counterpart to sign a joint "civility" statement, POLITICO has learned. ...

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Parents, Students and Civil Rights Advocates Protest the Mass Closings of Public Schools

Leonie Haimson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rallies, Protests, US Department of Education, Nyc, Chicago, Naacp, School Closings, New York News

Here in New York, protests have attracted thousands, culminating in a tumultuous eight hour meeting at which parents, students and teachers pointed out how the Dept. of Education had unfairly targeted their schools

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Nikola Pashinian Sentenced: Armenian Journalist Gets 7 Years In Prison For Organizing Unrest

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nikola Pashinian, Rallies, Politics, Newspapers, World, Crime, Protests, Armenian Times, Editor, Media, Armenia, Journalism, World News

YEREVAN, Armenia — A court in Armenia on Tuesday sentenced a journalist to seven years in prison for organizing mass unrest in the wake of the 2...

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Protesters Hold Massive Rallies Against Emissions, Climate Change

New York Times | ANDREW C. REVKIN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rallies, 350 Protests, Environmental Defense Fund, 350.Org, Carbon Emissions, Environment, Protests, Obama, Climate Change, Emissions, 350 Climate Change, Copenhagen, Green News

Campaigners against global warming have drawn on an arsenal of visually startling tactics over the years, from posing nude on a Swiss glacier to scali...

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Does This Misspelled Tea Party Sign Make My Butt Look Big?

Beth Armogida | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stress, Rallies, Tea Party Protests, Cnn, Sarah Palin, Anderson Cooper, Right Wing, Tea Party, News, Barack Obama, President Barack Obama, Comedy News

Every time I see those handmade signs at the Tea Parties displaying anti-Obama phrases filled with hate, fear and misspelled words held by flocks of pallid agitators my stress level reaches a new high.

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Citizens Confront WellPoint: Poster Child for Health Insurance Reform

Peter Dreier | Posted 05.25.2011

Citizens will pay a visit today to WellPoint's Indianapolis headquarters to protest the giant insurance company's abusive practices and its opposition to real health care reform.

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QODS DAY: Protesters Transform Jerusalem Day Into Iran Day

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Esfahan, Demonstrations, Shiraz, Iranian, Violence, Palestine, Iran, Quds Day, Mehdi Karroubi, Rallies, Jerusalem Day, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Qods Day, Islamic Republic of Iran, Tehran, Protests, Israel, Handala, Slideshow, World News

Today a long time tradition of the Islamic Republic of Iran was transformed into nationwide mass protests against the government.

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Democrats Plan More Than 500 Reform Rallies

Politico | Chris Frates | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rallies, Grassroots, Healthcare Reform, Democrats, Lawmakers, Organizing for America, Health Insurance Reform, Politics News

Faced with a souring public mood on health care reform, Democrats and their supporters are launching a national grassroots push Wednesday to show lawm...

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Leadership in Peril: Iranians Won't Wait Out Recount

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Demonstrations, Silent Protest, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Presidential Election, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ali Khamenei, Rallies, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Unemployment, Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, Ali Larijani, Inflation, Protests, Government Control, Recount, Iranians, Islamic Republic of Iran, World News

Thanks to these demonstrations, Mousavi is now firmly coming into his own as the leader of the opposition, and unless Ayotollah Khamenei acts fast, Ahmadinejad won't be the only one who has to step aside.

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Iranian Election: Massive Campaign Rallies Are Reminiscent Of The Revolution

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 05.25.2011

The street gatherings that are taking place in the last days and nights before the Iranian election are reminiscent of the sorts of rallies and demonstrations that were eventually called the Revolution.

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ACORN Helps Lead Progressive Action to Pass A Stimulus Package

Bertha Lewis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rallies, Jobs With Justice, Economic Stimulus Package, MoveOn.Org, Acorn, Economy, Seiu, People for the American Way, Sierra Club, Americans United for Change, US Action, Afscme, Politics News

Because of reality facing America's low- and moderate-income communities, ACORN members and their neighborhoods function as the canaries in our nation's economic coal mine.

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Photos From Hillary Clinton Rally, St. Charles, MO (SLIDESHOW)

Rebecca Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Community Photo Essay, Swing States, Slideshow, Clinton Rallies, Hillary Clinton, Election, Maximum Exposure, Photo Essay, Missouri, Rallies, Barack Obama, Home News

OTB Photojournalist Melissa Hapke attended the Hillary Clinton Rally today in St. Charles, Missouri. Clinton is spending time in this swing state ral...

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Newspeak/Hatespeak

Shana Ting Lipton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John McCain 2008, Rallies, Media News

"He's an Arab," one of Sen. John McCain's elderly female supporters blurted out in reference to Sen. Barack Obama, at one of McCain's rallies. This is...

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