March 2011
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Detroit Black Community Food Security Network
Since February 2006, at a time when many Detroiters have limited access to healthy food choices, the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network has worked tirelessly to raise our awareness about food, where it comes from, who controls it, and the role it plays in building healthy families and communities. We have created models of community...
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“Police here for me.”
– Prominent Bahraini blogger Mahmood al-Yousif tweeted at 3am local time as he was taken by the police.
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“Revolution begins with the self, in the self.”
– Toni Cade Bambara
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WatchHaitians living in the United States but convicted of misdemeanors and drug offenses are now being deported to Haiti again after a one-year moratorium.
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South Sudan: SPLA and Athor clashes 'kill scores' →
fyeahafrica:
Two days of fighting between the South Sudan army and rebels have killed about 70 people, officials say.
The clashes between the SPLA and fighters loyal to rebel leader George Athor have broken out in three states.
After similar clashes last week, the southern government accused the north and President Omar al-Bashir of trying to destabilise it.
South Sudan is due to declare...
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“How disgraceful that President Obama, a former law professor himself, would...”
– Haiti must decide Haiti’s future
(via so-treu)
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“You will find in rivers what you cannot find in seas.”
– Arab Proverb
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“The best bed a man can sleep on is peace.”
– Somali Proverb (via afghanipoppy)
“Your Remedy is within you, but you do not sense it.
Your Sickness is from you,...”
– Ali Ibn’ Abi Talib (A.S.)
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WatchWhy does American Samoa have the highest enlistment rates and casualty rates per capita? A film by Rachel Kahn Taylor examines the role of the military in American Samoa and answers these questions.
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In The Waiting Line: A teacher I know from my high... →
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A late night rant about teaching
Okay, I’m really sick of being the un-appreciated teacher. Maybe it’s the late hour, the fact that I”m exhausted from moving today, or I’m just cranky, but I’m really sick right now. Sick, and angry.
Teachers are not the problem. Unions are not the problem….
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The Middle East feminist revolution. →
promotingpeace:
Women supporting women inevitably leads to women supporting revolution. In Tunisia and Tahrir Square, women were at the front and centre of organising and leading protests, demanding social change [GALLO/GETTY]
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2011 V-Day Spotlight: Women & Girls in Haiti
In 2011, V-Day’s Spotlight Campaign will be on the Women and Girls of Haiti. The Spotlight will highlight the high levels of violence against women and girls in Haiti, and will focus on the increased rates of sexual violence since the devastating earthquake that took place in January 2010. All funds raised through the Spotlight Campaign will be used to support a revolutionary national...
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“Run a hand through your hair like the whiteboys do even though the only thing...”
– Junot Díaz, Dominican-American and Pulitzer Prize winning author
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Pakistan to the US: CIA man has no immunity
A Pakistani court has said a CIA contractor facing trial over the fatal shooting of two men does not have diplomatic immunity.
The court in the eastern city of Lahore also adjourned hearing of the case where Raymond Davis, 36, is being tried until March 8.
Thursday’s decision is at least a temporary blow to the US, which insists Davis was considered a diplomat and was acting in...
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