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Will Dell & HP help China censor the Dalai Lama?Will Dell & HP help China censor the Dalai Lama? Will U.S. companies like Dell and Hewlett-Packard help China to censor its citizens access to the internet? There are over 300 million internet users in China, and the government is already active in restricting their access to sites that ...
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Obama's Faith-Based Office — Meeting Joshua DuBois [Speaking of Faith® from American Public Media]Search: The very words "faith-based" became controversial during the Bush administration, yet Barack Obama has retained the faith-based centers in 11 federal agencies that his predecessor created. And within weeks of assuming the presidency, he announced priority areas for his own White House ...
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' Atheism And Its Critics' by To the Best of Our Knowledge - Wisconsin Public Radio - 080622 - RichardDawkins.netAtheists have been called the most hated minority in America. And yet recent atheist manifestos by Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris have all made the best-seller list. So have these atheists changed our thinking about religion? We'll talk about he New Atheism with Richard ...
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FW: Two ChoicesWhen I received the following email, and you might be surprised to hear that I had some difficulty with making this “choice”. I have known any number of people with disabilities who would resent the implication of this message, who would argue that independence and self-determination abhor ...
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Disability 101: Nothing about us without us | SummitDaily.comIt has become a political slogan and the motto of the international disability rights movement: Nothing about us without us. James Charlton is the author of the book "Nothing About Us Without Us: Disability Oppression and Empowerment" in which he argues that it is the paternalism of our systems ...
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The history of disabled activism | SocialistWorker.orgThe history of disabled activism THE DISABILITY community is a large percentage of the U.S. population. Census data would say it is 18.7 percent of the overall population. This translates into 54.4 million people with disabilities in 2005. The data also has a sub-category of 12 percent of ...
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The Torture Debate Is Not Yet Over : NPR"We need a policy on torture,"Talk of the Nation news analyst Ted Koppel says. "The argument has evolved into the positing of two questions: Did it work and was it necessary?" He adds: "Torture should be, clearly and unambiguously, against the law."
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Nativos digitales: “Hay que ser anfibios, híbridos y polialfabetizados” | El caparazonNativos digitales: “Hay que ser anfibios, híbridos y polialfabetizados” Nativos digitales, Dieta cognitiva, inteligencia intuitiva y arquitectura de la participación es el nuevo libro (en breve en el mercado) de Alejandro Piscitelli. Lo presentaba hace pocos días en Buenos Aires y podríamos ...
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Pullman Porters Helped Build Black Middle Class : NPR| | | Pullman Porters Helped Build Black Middle Class Morning Edition , May 7, 2009 · Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown were descendants of Pullman porters — that distinctive and distinguished figure from yesteryear — the uniformed ...
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Democracy Now! | Longtime Anti-Nuclear Activist John Dear Arrested 75+ Times Protesting War and Nuclear WeaponsAdobe Flash Player version 9.0.115 or higher is required to watch video inline on this webpage, and JavaScript must be enabled. You can choose another option on the listen/watch page if you prefer. Longtime Anti-Nuclear Activist John Dear Arrested 75+ Times Protesting War and Nuclear Weapons ...
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