Every once in awhile you run across a headline that is just leaps and bounds more appalling than the norm. Today’s prize goes to The Daily Telegraph out of Australia that ran the following regarding the shootings at Virginia Tech:
“Was gunman crazed over Emily”
The subcaption reads, “THIS is the face of the girl who […]
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Many thanks to the author for permission to reprint the following:
But Some of Us Are Brave—
In Support of the April 28, 2007 National Day of Truthtelling in Durham, North Carolina
By Aishah Shahidah Simmons
While there are many folks who are rejoicing that Imus was fired, I fear that we may have won a battle but […]
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Would that these jokers were fictional:
“A key figure in the World Bank, said to have links to the Roman Catholic sect Opus Dei, was accused yesterday of undermining its commitment to the health of women by ordering the deletion of goals, targets and policies relating to family planning.Juan José Daboub, the bank’s managing director, ordered […]
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On this sad morning after the Virginia Tech shootings, Jane Smiley has these wise words about guns,
“Here’s what I think about guns–guns have no other purpose than killing someone or something. All the other murder weapons Americans use, from automobiles to blunt objects, exist for another purpose and sometimes are used to kill. But guns […]
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Bob Herbert has an outstanding followup commentary on the Imus insanity. He writes,
“Something has gone completely haywire when young American boys and girls are listening to songs like “Can You Control Yo Hoe” and “Break a Bitch Til I Die,” by Snoop Dogg, formerly Snoop […]
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The 3rd International Women’s Peace Conference will be July 10-15 in Dallas, Texas. Go here for all the details.
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The Guardian has an excellent excerpt from Eight Portraits by Gordon Brown about Burmese activist Aung San Suu Kyi:
“For me, Suu Kyi defines the meaning of courage. Once courage was seen chiefly as a battlefield virtue. In most accounts the emphasis is on the physical - physical risk, physical vulnerability or physical triumph. It has […]
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Talk about great timing, I’ve been hanging out in a hotel room this evening channel flipping through the talk shows. What a rough day–Imus or Anna Nicole’s baby’s paternity, channel after channel, major eewww. The thing about Imus that is so revolting is that the only correct response should have been, “This isn’t acceptable, you’re […]
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Code Pink has put together an elegant Public Service Announcement entitled, “Toy Soldiers”. View it here.
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2 very important actions from the latest newsletter from Breast Cancer Action:
“Tell Congress to Support the Toxics Right-to-Know Protection Act
President Bush recently signed an Executive Order (EO) that could exempt hundreds of federal facilities from reporting toxic chemical releases as a part of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) program. This measure […]
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