January 2011
40 posts
Egyptian youth and new dawn hopes: For young...
As police stations and ministry of interior installations continue to burn through the night in many of Egypt’s cities, the Arab World is waking up to a new dawn.
In more than 18 years of living in Cairo, I have never felt the sense of cautious hope that exists in Egypt now, particularly among young men and women who feel that for the first time in their lives they may actually be able to...
“Most of us, in our daily lives, do not think about rape at all. Women, however,...”
– Pornography, Lad Mags, Video Games and Boys: Reviving the Canary in the Cultural Coalmine Matthew B. Ezzell (via iwillnotshavemyvagina)
This x1000. Being on guard a majority of the time is exhausting.
(via reclusiveobscenities)
Phylicia Barnes Is Missing & The National Media...
On Tuesday, December 28, 16 year old Phylicia Barnes was last seen wearing a navy pea coat with a hood, blue jeans, a turquoise shirt and white slippers around the Reisterstown Square Apartments in the 6500 block of Eberle Drive in Pikesville, MD.
Today is January 5th, and over a week later, the Baltimore police are JUST NOW suspecting foul play and/or homicide. There have been candle light...
Phylicia Barnes Is Missing & The National Media...
On Tuesday, December 28, 16 year old Phylicia Barnes was last seen wearing a navy pea coat with a hood, blue jeans, a turquoise shirt and white slippers around the Reisterstown Square Apartments in the 6500 block of Eberle Drive in Pikesville, MD.
Today is January 5th, and over a week later, the Baltimore police are JUST NOW suspecting foul play and/or homicide. There have been candle light...
LISTEN UP PEOPLE! Starting tonight and finishing...
drops of my story: 17 year old Phylicia Barnes is... →
dropsofmystory:
On Dec 28th, this lovely teenager, whose birthday was yesterday went missing from Baltimore. Originally from North Carolina, visiting her sister in Maryland, she was last heard from via facebook the Tuesday after Christmas….Now 2 weeks later and there still no media attention for this girl….
The Forgotten Victims of the Haiti Earthquake →
Although almost a year has passed since that tragic evening, not much has changed in Haiti and those who entered the U.S. on tourist visas are left in legal limbo. Their tourist status only allows them to remain in the U.S. temporarily and it does not permit them work or even to obtain a driver’s license. Yet, they have nowhere and nothing to return to. Being forced to go back to Haiti now means...
Activist in women of Juarez cases slain in Mexico →
healingsakina:
TRIGGER WARNING for graphic description of murder etc.
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico – A poet who led protests against the unsolved killings of women in the violent border city of Ciudad Juarez has herself become the victim of a bizarre slaying, her body found strangled and her left hand severed after a night of partying with three teens.
The body of Susana Chavez, 36, was left last...
Student Elizabeth Lee faces deportation →
Elizabeth Lee was about to graduate from Lowell High School in San Francisco last May and was making plans for her first semester at UC Berkeley when disaster struck: Her mother was arrested. It wasn’t the first time that Melissa Lee, an undocumented immigrant, had been caught by immigration authorities. But this arrest hit her children too, and overnight, Elizabeth went from anticipating her...
Que Lo Wat: 'Romeo' Santos lanzará cinco discos en... →
quelowat:
San Juan, 10 ene (EFE).- El cantante dominicano Anthony “Romeo” Santos, de la agrupación de bachata Aventura, firmó un contrato de 10 millones de dólares con las compañías Sony Music y Jive Records para grabar cinco discos como solista, dijo hoy a Efe su representante.
“Es un contrato bastante…
More Sterilizations of HIV-Positive Women... →
manifestfreedom:
Local rights groups in Namibia, with the support of the International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS, have helped uncover 15 such cases, and a trial involving three HV-positive women who say they were sterilized at public health facilities without their consent is due to resume on 1 September in the High Court.
Workers World statement: The forces behind the... →
fuckyeahmarxismleninism:
Whether Loughner acted alone or with accomplices, this was a political act. It was not another Columbine. Its target was a politician who had already been verbally attacked and threatened by the far right. It must be seen in the context of the poisonous anti-worker, anti-immigrant, sexist, racist, anti-Muslim, anti-gay and anti-Obama offensive of the Republican right,...
Anonymous asked: why are you such a dork?
I just finished reading your About section. I’m loving the fact that your first sentence highlights the fact that you’re both second-generation Dominicans. Growing up in Boston and Miami and spending time in DR taught me how unique of a sociocultural niche I occupy. I am Dominican, I am American, but being a second-generation immigrant and a first generation American is something hard...
What I Eat: Around the World
kay-smith:
Namibia, The Pastoralist Name: Viahondjera Musutua, a Himba tribeswoman Tennessee, USA, The Candidate for Obesity Surgery Name: Rick Bumgardener, former school bus driver Vietnam, The Rice Farmer Name: Nguyen Van Theo Egypt, The Camel Broker Name: Saleh Abdul Fadlallah Ecuador, The Mountain Farmer Name: Maria Ermelinda Ayme Sichigalo Iran, The Baker Name: Akbar ZarehBrazil, The...
Victor Baez Arrested: Dominican Republic...
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Authorities in the Dominican Republic have accused a baseball scout of fraud and of falsifying documents to obtain professional contracts for talented players.
Police said in a statement Tuesday that the arrest of Victor Baez is part of a new push to investigate scouts they say are selling false hopes to young players.
Baez has for many years run a...
