Precious, my Precious: Black Female Citizenship, Complexity, and the Politics...
An article by Malkia Cyril from the Center for Media Justice , posted by Samhita, at feministing.com Nov, 20th, 2009 As I sit against the florescence of the television screen, watching the conservative...
View ArticleLoosen China’s One-Child Policy?
The NPC (National People’s Congress) & CPPCC (Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference) Sessions 2010 going on in Beijing from March 5th to 14th, during which various state-level...
View ArticleThe Morning After Mother’s Day
Guest blogger H. Patricia Hynes, a retired Professor of Environmental Health from Boston University School of Public Health, is on the board of the Traprock Center for Peace and Justice. Mother’s Day...
View ArticleSay it Ain’t So, MoJo! Who’s to blame for population alarmism?
Bewildered, we stared at the June issue of Mother Jones. In capital letters splayed the width of the cover, the magazine asked, WHO’S TO BLAME FOR THE POPULATION CRISIS? Cartoons of three white people...
View ArticleRace, Labor, and Justice: We Are What We Eat
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers & allies march for their rights. It’s no secret that the food justice movement is gaining momentum with great gusto. Everyone from celebrities to high profile...
View ArticleReproductive Justice Conference 2011!
Tomorrow kicks off the 30th Anniversary Reproductive Justice Conference, From Abortion Rights to Social Justice: Building the Movement for Reproductive Freedom! PopDev workshops include Progressive...
View ArticleLabor, Gender & Globalization: The Implications of My Underwear
Lately, all I can think of when I look at patterned clothing is where it came from. For some reason artificial patterns—stripes, polka dots, texts or cartoon characters—bring factories to mind for me...
View ArticleMeet Michael Tobias: Ecologist, Animal Lover, Anti-Immigrant Activist
What makes environmental racism so insidious is that at first glance, it seems to rely purely on numbers and nature: two realms that purportedly exist outside of politics. However, ecologist Michael...
View ArticleWe Cannot Shop our Way to Food Justice
By Jaime Hamre Organic, fair trade, locally-produced, all natural, cage free, cruelty free, eco-friendly. An elaborate array of labels and certifications yanks at the conscience of the American...
View ArticleThe Argument for an Anarchist Platform
By Ian Sloan Part 1 of 2 The Organizational Platform of the General Union of Anarchists published by the Group of Russian Anarchists Abroad has spurred tension and disturbed gentle anarchist...
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