from the Philadelphia Sun Criminal defense attorney and former Plainfield, NJ Mayor Mark Fury filed a $50 Million lawsuit against Columbia University, Viking Press and the estate of Manning Marable regarding Marable’s posthumously published biography, “Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention.&#[...]
Posts Tagged ‘race’
May 9th, 2011 - 12:55 pm § in Hypocrisy
We Give Berkeley Professor a D.
Ed. This post from the Berkely Blog gets a D. Prof. Mendoza dismisses a genetics of intelligence by reductio ad absurdam. Asserting that there is no genetic factor or very little in intelligence would be as silly as claiming that there are no genetic effects on the speed of thoroughbred horses[...]
May 5th, 2011 - 8:56 am § in America
Institutional Racism on Campus at the “Other” UW
Ed. The story of racism at the University of Wisconsin rings all too true. A few years ago there was a murder suicide at the University of Washington. A Taiwanese resident shot and killed Roger Haggitt, a Professor of Pathology,. The resident then committed suicide. A horrible story fo[...]
May 2nd, 2011 - 6:10 am § in America
Free Speech Under Attack by Radical Right
Ed. While the progressive world has been distracted by the absurdist attacks on President Obama’s birth certificate, there is a far more serious and relentless attack on academic free speech itself. CLICK THE FLAG to read “The AFL-CIO, Communism & Right-to-Work in Missouri” K[...]
April 30th, 2011 - 12:00 pm § in America
Lyrics for Guns N Religion (by Don Smith)
Guns N Religion (by Don Smith) We don't need no regulations. We don't need no gun control. No Environmental Protection Agency. No Centers for Disease Control. Hey, liberals, leave our guns alone! All and all you're just another commie pinko. All and all you're just another commie pinko. *** We[...]
Republicans as Racists
The Weekly has obtained a copy of an email sent to fellow conservatives this week by Marilyn Davenport, a Southern California Tea Party activist and member of the central committee of the Orange County Republican Party. Under the words, “Now you know why no birth certificate,” there&#[...]
the state has 440 high schools and only 88 certified physics teachers. We are not going to be able to get a certified physics teacher in every one of those other high schools. But what we can do through technology is bring in high quality physics content. We combine that with an effective teacher in the classroom to maximum student outcome
No money? No problem, a wave or wiggle of a magic mouse and the problem is solved! The Washington Post reports on the National Summit on Education Reform, an annual convention hosted by former Fla. Gov. Jeb Bush’s Foundation for Excellence in Education. Bush is not alone in this effort. The [...]
Gershom Sizomu, the first African-born black rabbi in Uganda
Rabbi runs for parliament, trying to win support from outside his tiny, century-old Ugandan Jewish community. A diary. By Tablet Magazine | Mar 28, 2011 7:00 AM Rabbi, Run from Tablet Magazine on Vimeo. Last month, Gershom Sizomu Wambedde, likely the first black African-born rabbi, ran for the par[...]
A Wish For Passover
Ed. Passover is now a week away. A wish for Passover from Americans for Peace Now. Ed. BRS and I are long term members of PeaceNow and striongly recommend it to all of our friends, Muslims, Jews, Zionists, and Palestinians. Their stand for Peace is why I am so upset by the death of Mer [&helli[...]
April 5th, 2011 - 8:11 pm § in America
MLK Park Labor Rally Celebrates King’s Legacy
Some 150 activists congregated Monday evening to hear speakers and music commemorating the legacy of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. RiseUp Productions' People's Sound System ensured that every word was heard, loud and proud, echoing from the walls of the amphitheatre-shaped par[...]