Social Justice League

09/22/2011

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44592285/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/?GT1=43001

Death row inmate Troy Davis neared his ex*****on Wednesday despite a furious last-ditch campaign in the U.S. and Europe to win clemency for the 1989 slaying of a Georgia policeman he claims he did not commit.

09/10/2011

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/08/michele-bachmann-womens-rights-gender-politics-feminists_n_954139.html?ref=email_share

During Wednesday night's Republican debate, Rep. Michele Bachmann (Minn.) stood at a podium flanked by seven men. She articulated her plan to repeal "Obamacare" and to slash gasoline prices when the moderator addressed her, but she generally faded into the background as Rick Perry and Mitt Romney pu...

09/02/2011

http://www.good.is/post/ivy-league-fooled-how-america-s-top-colleges-avoid-real-diversity/

Each year the nation's top colleges trumpet their ever-growing populations of minority students. But "minority" may not mean what you think it does.

07/25/2011

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43877005/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/?GT1=43001

The New York hotel maid who accused former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of attempting to r**e her said in an interview that he appeared as a "crazy man" and attacked her when she entered his room.

07/09/2011

http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/insidestory/2011/07/20117983027610792.html?utm_content=rssautomatic&utm_campaign=twitter&utm_source=SocialFlow&utm_term=june&utm_medium=tweet

Protesters are taking to the streets in Egypt, demanding faster reforms.

07/05/2011

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43637195/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/t/homosexuality-disease-says-india-health-minister-aids-conference/

India's health minister has derided homosexuality as an unnatural "disease" from the West, drawing outrage Tuesday from activists who said the comments set back the country's campaign for gay rights and its fight against HIV.

07/02/2011

http://www.hbcudigest.com/five-most-visible-hbcu-presidents/

06/28/2011

This is the change we want to see, women having equal opportunities as men in all spheres. http://www.radiofiji.com.fj/fullstory.php?id=37710

The fight against gender inequality in Fiji has been long and hard but it is bearing fruit says Fiji Womens Crisis Centre Coordinator Shamima Ali.

06/28/2011

Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present system and bring about conformity or it becomes the practice of freedom, the means by which men and women deal critically and creatively with reality and discover how to participate in the transformation of their world -Paulo Freire

06/28/2011

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/25/nyregion/gay-marriage-approved-by-new-york-senate.html?_r=1&scp=6&sq=new%20york%20gay%20marriage&st=cse This is social justice we are seeing, where everyone exercises their right and with no fear of being judged and prejudiced against.

The law will take effect in 30 days, making New York the sixth state where gay and le***an couples can wed and giving the gay-rights movement new momentum.

06/27/2011

'Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever does.' -Margaret Mead