July 2010
82 posts
Credit Cards Take From Poor, Give to the Rich -... →
A new paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston says merchant fees and reward programs offered by many credit-card issuers essentially take money from those who have the least and give it to those who have the most. The imbalance may have to be remedied via government intervention, the authors, Scott Schuh, Oz Shy and Joana Stavins, argued. The paper was published as part of the bank’s...
Federal judge blocks key parts of SB 1070 →
U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton has issued a preliminary injunction preventing several sections of Arizona’s new immigration law from becoming law, at least until the courts have a chance to hear the full case.
Key parts of Senate Bill 1070 that will not go into effect Thursday:
• The portion of the law that requires an officer make a reasonable attempt to determine the immigration...
Que Lo Wat: 100 days of oil: Gulf life will never... →
GRAND ISLE, La. – A hundred days ago, shop owner Cherie Pete was getting ready for a busy summer serving ice cream and po-boys to hungry fishermen. Local official Billy Nungesser was planning his wedding. Environmental activist Enid Sisskin was preparing a speech about the dangers of…
Gay Marriage Legalized in Iceland: Lesbian Prime... →
Essence Hires White Fashion Director, Leaves Loyal... →
On Friday evening, cultural critic and writer Michaela angela Davis tweeted: “It is with a heavy heavy heart I have learned that Essence magazine has engaged a white fashion director, this hurts, literally, spiritually.” Michaela’s tweet erupted a series of reactions, re-tweets, and scores of Facebook comments. Responses ranged from shock, disappointment to utter confusion.
Our immediate...
Black Politician Elected in Russia →
All Hail Jean Gregoire Sagbo, who was the first black politican ever elected to office in Russia. The native of Benin in West Africa was elected to the 10-member council of Novozavidovo, a city of 10,000 people 65 miles north of Moscow. No need to tell you this is big progress in a country where racism is pervasive and often violent.
Sagbo has lived in the town for 21 years and is widely...
This is the link to the International Burn A Koran... →
triangleeyes:
afghanipoppy:
Here’s what you do:
1. Click the Link
2. Lol at their stupidity and bigotry
3. Go to the bottom of the left hand side column, see where it says report?
4. Click it and report it as racist/hate speech
(via: kissestokashmir:redguard:hoaxzine:cutmywires:brosephstalin)
“Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings.” - Heinrich HEINE...
Ghana: Over 21,202 children in Ghana are HIV... →
fyeahafrica:
aidresources:
Ghana: Over 21,000 children in Ghana are HIV positive About 21,202 children have tested positive to the HIV/AIDS disease nationwide, the Central Regional Coordinator on HIV/AIDS Mr Ebenezer Koomson, said on Tuesday.
He painted a dismal picture of the HIV/AIDS situation in the country and described as a “worrying trend” the high rates of deaths of its victims,...
How to Eat Vegan Cheaply →
shakepaper:
vegun:
slaterwashere:
Eat the cheap foods: Beans and rice, peanut butter and jelly, potatoes, corn, etc. Look at the diets of people who didn’t have access to cheap meat. Try to eat like those people by basing your diet on simple plant foods.
Make your own food: Convenience foods are usually more expensive than whole foods. So don’t pay other people to make your food for...
Liberty and Freedom: What if . . . Che had escaped →
http://www.newstatesman.com/international-politics/2010/07/che-during-guevara-later
“I remember it as if it were yesterday,” the man sitting across the table says softly. “Willy went up first; he was leading the centre group. We were almost at the top of the ravine when we heard them.”
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War criminal Netanyahu allied with U.S. envoy... →
fuckyeahmarxismleninism:
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
Comrade Mizher: War criminal Netanyahu allied with U.S. envoy…
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Fidel Castro asks Mandela to keep S. Africa away... →
Cuba’s former leader Fidel Castro on Sunday sent a message to South African former President Nelson Mandela, asking him to keep his country away from U.S. military bases and NATO, the official website Cubadebate said.
“You should exercise all your immense moral force to keep South Africa away from U.S. military bases and NATO,” said Castro.
He called Mandela his old and prestigious friend,...
Watchcurate:
DAMELO TODO is a feature documentary about trans resistance - told through an unconventional lens of clublife and performance art. The film focuses on the Silver Platter, a 40-year-old, family owned bar in MacArthur Park that serves a Latina transgender immigrant community. The bar has been a flashpoint of performance, support, and community for over 40 years, and for the past two...
Pride
I was up in Danbury, CT and a lady at Walmart pulled up to my girl and our friends saying how good it was to see us (out) :D.
Thank you ladyyyyy. We see you tooooooooo.
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U.S. Government Revamps GobiernoUSA.gov to Engage... →
hispanicbuzz:
The website provides a wealth of information in Spanish and features a new look, improved search capabilities, and integration with social media channels. Via hispaniconlinemarketing.com
Que Lo Wat: Argentina Votes to Legalize Gay... →
(BUENOS AIRES, Argentina) — Argentina legalized same-sex marriage Thursday, becoming the first country in Latin America to grant gays and lesbians all the legal rights, responsibilities and protections that marriage brings to heterosexual couples.
After a marathon debate, 33 lawmakers voted in…
“So Bullock’s a hero. While black women are belittled for being single mothers,...”
– Sandra Bullock, Transracial Adoption, and the Worship of White Motherhood | Women’s Rights | Change.org (via clingtomymouth)
REAL TALK
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