Tracy Rector FACEBOOK This was left on my son’s school today which is part of Temple De Hirsch Sinai. It breaks my heart that the students, especially the middle schoolers, had to face this hatred in what’s supposed to be a safe space. FYI, in the last 50 days since the Dictator and hi[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Bill of Rights’
Yeshivah University Joins Sanctuary Movement
In response to #MuslimBan, Jewish university declares itself a ‘Sanctuary Campus’ Yeshiva University announced yesterday that it will offer “sanctuary protection” and “financial support” for undocumented students, staff, and faculty members. The… STUDYINTERNATIONAL.CO[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: What Will Orthodox ‘Republicanity’ Look Like?
excerpts from an essay by Louis A. Ruprecht, posted at Religion Dispatches. Ruprecht discusses how Gary Laderman of Religion Dispatches coining the term “Republicanity”,in two essays. In the first, he (Laderman) described the ways in which “Republicanity” now seems to opera[...]
Evangelism Spoils the Sweet Milk of the Sacred Cow
A sacred cow of American politics is that freedom of religion is not the same as freedom from religion. The view from India, a land with a far greater history of religious tolerance than our own, is very different. Excerpted from an essay by Suhag A. Shukla, Esq. Co-Founder/Managing Director, Hind[...]
People of color should not vote with everybody else!
Majority-minority? by N in Seattle at HorsesAss has a great post on the effort to increase a “majority minority” Congressional district south of Seattle … you know where all of those black, yellow, brown, people live unless they are Korean, Indian, Lummi, or Chinese. The proponents[...]
October 12th, 2011 - 10:31 am § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
UW AAUP Censors a post about the NIH.
A few days ago I posted a very important issue .. the 50% decline in funding rates at he NIH since the early 2000’s. I discussed why this should be of concern to all of us interested in the University School of Medicine. I also suggested that our federal representatives need to be educated a[...]
August 18th, 2011 - 11:33 pm § in Misc.
Free diabetes and blood pressure drugs for Brazilians
Brazil is to provide free medicines for everyone suffering from high blood pressure or diabetes. The drug s will be distributed through a nationwide network of budget pharmacies, where many medicines are already heavily subsidised. President Dilma Rousseff said the measure was part of her campaign t[...]
八英雄 Dozens Targeted in Chinese Crackdown on Critical Voices
from Der Springer Sandra Schulz in Shanghai eight heroes Ai Weiwei Liu Xianbin Ni Yulan Zhao Lianhai Liu Xiaoyuan Ran Yunfei Liu Xiaobo Teng Biao The recent disappearance of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei made headlines around the world. But the Chinese regime has also targeted dozens of other critics a[...]
Who is Morozov? Amazing ideas about education, freedom, and the internet!
This cartoon is awesome. I can not summarize what is in this cartoon … ritalin, the enlightenment, radical right classist efforts to restrict education, … get some coffee, tea or a glass of wine and WATCH! from a comment at YouTube: “It would be nice to see the President (us[...]
When Trump Bans the Real Media