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Is Ft. Hood Like Columbine? By Columbine's Dave Cullen

Newsweek | Dave Cullen | Posted 11.09.2009 | Home

Read More: Dylan Klebold, Islam, Ft. Hood, Columbine Book, Crime, Eric Harris, Ethnicity, Bullying, Terrorism, Fort Hood, Fort Hood Victims, 9/11, Virginia Tech, Guns, Colorado, Texas, Columbine, Religion, Soldiers, Military, Fort Hood Analysis, Psychiatrist, US Soldiers, Nidal Hasan, Ptsd, Home News

My brain is about to bust with all the apparent parallels to Columbine, Virginia Tech and 9/11, and the startling differences to each as well. But the...

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Monroe-Woodbury High School Plot: Charges Expected In Planned Columbine Anniversary School Attack In Upstate New York

AP | Posted 10.21.2009 | New York

Read More: Columbine, Monroe New York, Gasoline, Teenager, 15 Year Old, Crime, Bombs, Bullying, Monroe-Woodbury High School, Propane, New York News

MONROE, N.Y. — A 15-year-old boy accused of stockpiling gasoline, propane and a machete for a planned school attack on the anniversary of the Co...

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Unlearning the "Perfect Lessons" From History

Carol Smaldino | Posted 10.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: History, Germany, The Civil War, Naziism, Perfectionism, Bullying, Putin, War of Northern Aggression, Middle East, Columbus Day, Righteousness, Russia, Vladimir Putin, Stalin, Perfection, Carl Jung, Politics News
Carol Smaldino

To admit our part in emotional and educational and political violence, through our modeling of hatred and righteousness or through our passivity, we would have to begin to turn the notion of perfectionism on its head.

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Stop Bullying in Schools: Disney's Demi Lovato Makes Her Impact (VIDEO)

Posted 10.13.2009 | Impact

Read More: Bullying Prevention, Education, Teachers, Bullying, Students, Educators, School Bullying, Parents, Impact News

The Fourth Annual National Bullying Prevention Awareness Week was held October 4-10, sponsored by the PACER Center, to encourage communities nationwid...

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The Messy Reality of High School Hazing

Rosalind Wiseman | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Relational Aggression, High School, Hazing, Bullying, Millburn, Teenage Girls, New Jersey, Fraternities, Living News
Rosalind Wiseman

Why do we take as a given that membership in a group should depend on being broken, demeaned and humiliated?

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What Kanye and Taylor Teach Youth About Relationships and Bullying

Rachel Simmons | Posted 09.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Taylor Swift, Bullying, Kanye, Kanye West Taylor Swift, Vmas, Kanye West, Living News
Rachel Simmons

Imagine a world where as many people defended targets in real life as they seem to do for Taylor Swift online. Let's talk about the power each of us has to speak up on behalf of those who are marginalized.

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Hey, I Got Your Civility Right Here, Champ!

Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 09.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Teabaggers, Bullying, Bullies, Obama, Kayne, Civility, American Idol, Joe Wilson, Joe the Nerd, Politics, Smerconish, Nancy Grace, Breaking Politics News, Glenn Beck, Bachmann, Simon, Springer, Media News
Joe The Nerd Ferraro

I hope that President Obama calling people out on the incivilities will lessen the rewards for acting like a dope. Whether the Kanye comment was leaked or not, we all need to just start calling this behavior for what it is.

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Hi, Dumbo

Juliet Linley | Posted 11.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Udine, Ears, Vivi, Otoplasty, Children, Bullying, Dumbo, Living News
Juliet Linley

Is subjecting a kid to a plastic surgery operation to avoid potential bullying really necessary?

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Bullying In The Workplace Linked To Sleep Problems

NYTimes.com | Tara Parker-Pope | Posted 10.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Workplace Discrimination, Workplace, Work, Sleep Disorders, Effects of Bullying, Bullying, Sleep, Insomnia, Tara Parker Pope, Sleep Deprivation, Living News

New research shows that victims of work bullying often have sleep problems once they get home. The trauma of bullying in the workplace is so great tha...

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Bullies Delight in Town Hall and Center

Carol Smaldino | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Town Hall Debate, Nazi Germany, Conscience, Bullying, Us-vs-Them, Town Hall Debate Reaction, Bullies, God, Capitalism, Jewish, Protesters, Ten Commandments, Ownership, Health Care Reform Protests, Town Hall, Nazis, Property Rights, Protests, Health Care Reform, Nazi, Town Hall Meetings, Christian, Naziism, Politics News
Carol Smaldino

We have witnessed a spate of violent bullying and psychological assault, moods of hostility and derision which have stooped to levels that defy any clear intention to act for the greater good.

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Be Who You Are

Terrance Heath | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Gay, Education, Cyberbullying, Bullying, LGBT Youth, Safe Schools, Politics News
Terrance Heath

School will soon start again, and countless LGBT youth will return to classrooms all over the country. Some will return to schools where they find support and protection; some won't.

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Getting Real: Women Reject A Post-Feminist Kumbaya

Peggy Klaus | Posted 08.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Women in the Workplace, Women Workers, Business Success, Mentors, Career Women, Workplace Discrimination, Female-Bullying, Bullying, Sisterhood, Women at Work, Women-Bullies, Bullies, Career Success, Living News
Peggy Klaus

The frequency at which I hear this kind of war story from women across all professions, career levels, and ages suggested that the issue affects a lot of people.

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Three Laws to Protect Americans from Sexual Discrimination

Steve Hildebrand | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Discrimination, Sexual Discrimination, Workplace Discrimination, Bullying, Harassment, Politics News
Steve Hildebrand

The children and workers in this country need Obama to protect them on the playground and in the workplace.

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What Kind of Girl Power is This?

Rachel Simmons | Posted 07.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Women's Empowerment, Boarding School, Female Friendships, Hazing, Girl Power, Bullying, Living News
Rachel Simmons

Girls grow up in a world that largely depicts female aggression as comedy, and euphemizes their cruelty as a "rite of passage," developmental phase or "girls being girls."

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Should Comedy Be Politically Correct?

Paul Krassner | Posted 07.17.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Stephen Colbert, School Shooting, Daily Show, Jon Stewart, Jay Leno, Bullying, Late Night, Sarah Palin, Tonight Show, Colbert Report, Alex Rodriguez, Comedy, David Letterman, Comedy News
Paul Krassner

Letterman's joke about Palin's daughter wasn't the first time a comedian has been accused of telling a joke that could be blamed for the possibility of instigating a criminal act.

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Workplace Bullying: Are Women Their Own Worst Enemies?

Abby L. Ferber | Posted 06.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Women's Movement, Workplace, Mickey Meece, Gender Inequality, Sisterhood, Bullying in the Workplace, Bullying, New York Times, Bullies, Feminism, Harassment, Gender, Business News
Abby L. Ferber

Assumptions about gender end up distorting the reality of bullying in the workplace, all too often suggesting that women themselves are undermining feminism's goal of advancement for women.

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Protecting Victims, Preserving Freedoms

Rep. Linda Sanchez | Posted 06.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Internet, Megan Meier Case, Megan Meier, Megan Meier Myspace, Cyberbullying, Children, Kids, Bullying, Teens, Megan Meier of Missouri Committed Suicide, Bullies, Web Bullying, Politics News
Rep. Linda Sanchez

The Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act would criminalize bullying like when perpetrators hide behind the anonymity of the web. Severe online bullying must have consequences.

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Don't Be An Adult Bystander

Rosalind Wiseman | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Youtube, Peer Pressure, Parenting, Gays, Gay Issues, Bullying, Politics News
Rosalind Wiseman

We must do better. We must individually and collectively change the definition of masculinity to standing up for social justice so that real men speak out when they see someone being targeted.

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Another Dead Boy

Sara Whitman | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taunting, Hate Crimes, Schools, LGBT Issues, Jaheem Herrera, Safe-Schools, Bullying, Effects of Bullying, Politics News
Sara Whitman

There is something deeply wrong. We must demand change. We must enable teachers to do the right thing. We must teach our children tolerance.

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Getting to the Roots of Hate Crime

Abby L. Ferber | Posted 05.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Hate Crimes, Hate, Annual Day of Silence, Bullying, Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, Mathew Shepard Act, State Hate Crime Statutues, Colorado, Harassment, Transgender, Gay, Oppression, Gender Identity, Gender Expression, Schools., Angie Zapata, Federal Hate Crime Law, Privilege, Inequality, Hate Crime, Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover, Politics News
Abby L. Ferber

If we are serious about protecting people from violence and crime simply because of their group identities, we must also take seriously their right to equality in the home, workplace, and school.

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Break the Silence on Bullying

Debra Chasnoff | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gay Rights, Bullying, Wyoming, Matthew Shepard, Bullies, Gay, School, Gay Issues, Laramie, Straightlaced, Groundspark, Politics News
Debra Chasnoff

After telling his mother, "I get picked on every day... I can't do this anymore," Eric Mohat, a 17-year old student from Ohio, locked himself in his room and shot himself.

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An End to Name-Calling?

Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 02.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Public Schools, Name-Calling, Joseph Lowery, Homosexuality, Obama Joe Lowery, Education, Intolerance, Gay Rights, Cyberbullying, Effects of Bullying, Bullying, Gay, Glsen, Feelings, Emotion, Children, Idiots, Long Island, Emotions, Anger, Kids, Newsday, Sadness, Living News
Joel Schwartzberg

Some will say "No Name-Calling Week" is more accurately called "PC Police Week." After all, an offensive term over the dinner table might be applauded in a rap song.

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Change and the Dream: Teaching Our Children About Non-Violent Living

Terry Real | Posted 02.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Relational Life Therapy, Bystander, Parenting Tips, Bully, Children, Bullying, Full Respect Living, Non-Violent Social Change, Violence, Cyberbullying Trial, Relational Issues, Psychology, Partnership With Children, Dr. King, Self Esteem, Terry Real, Martin Luther King, Violence in Schools, Kids, I Have a Dream, Jr., Teachers, Relational Living, Schools, Non-Violent Resistance, Parenting Advice, Victim, Parents, Living News
Terry Real

It is in everyone's interest -- the victim, the bully and the bystander -- to create a safe environment in which respect for one another is not just a voluntary matter but a baseline norm that we insist upon.

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Civil Rights Progress: Taking Stock Before the Inauguration

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Equality, Hate Crimes, Civil Rights Movement, Bullying, Obama Inauguration, Suicide, Prince Harry, Police Brutality, Gays and Lesbians, Jesse Jackson, Race, Civil Rights, Marriage, Gay Rights, Ban on Gay Marriages, Same-Sex Marriage Rights, Homophobia, Racism, Equal Protection, Gay Marriage, Gay Issues, Politics News
Emma Ruby-Sachs

In this time of struggle for many LGBT Americans, I can't help wondering why those who are passionate about some civil rights aren't interested in all civil rights.

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Let the Right One In: New Vampire Film with a "Beat"

Karin Badt | Posted 01.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: How to Work With Child Actors, Swedish Film, Vampires, Let the Right One In, Tomas Alfredson, Bullying, Violence in Schools, Filmcraft, Entertainment News
Karin Badt

Several people excitedly told me I had to go see Tomas Alfredson's new film, Let the Right One In, a Swedish film which is also currently playing at the Angelika in New York.

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