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The girl who wants to change India

Abhijeet Prabhakar — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:09:20 +0000

Indian politics today is dominated by 90 year old moral police and 50 year old criminals who get ahead in the power ranks by dividing people on caste/religion/race. The urban youth seems to be more interested in Bollywood or moving to the US....

Clarification: Gay Marriage-Activism story

AP — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:58:39 +0000

In an Aug. 4 story, The Associated Press reported that gay couples in California are using their weddings to wage a ballot fight. The story identified a source in the story, Pamela Yager, as a wedding planner. It should have specified that Yager plans pre-wedding parties, rather than wedding ceremonies or receptions.

Gay couples use weddings to wage ballot fight

AP — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:14:05 +0000

When Pamela Brown got married, the two bride figurines atop her wedding cake celebrated her newfound right in California to marry another woman. But one of the figurines had a tiny sign over its head with something more to say: “Vote No on...

Call to Action: Global General Strike Called for 9/11/08

GlobalPunditOrg — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:17:27 +0000

General Strike Called for 9/11/08 The following is news of an International call-to-action and General Strike by Vote Strike Riverside,CA - More and more people are calling for a General Strike, for a way to withdraw our...

Religion becomes a hyphen!

Sarah Naguib — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:35:37 +0000

“No one shall be subject to coercion which would impair his freedom to have or to adopt a religion or belief of his choice…” Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, signed and ratified by Egypt on 14th...

Advertising with a Social Message

Graeme — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:33:57 +0000

Advertising is usually that to which we associate pretty well every single one of the seven deadly sins. It has certainly at least taken greed and enshrined it as a virtue, along with the other sins. I was pleasantly surprised when I came...