- Newly bipartisan Civil Rights Commission to hold bullying briefing, with focus on LGBT testimony | The Washington Independent
- The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is scheduled to hold a briefing Friday on bullying and “peer-to-peer” violence in K-12 public schools. Specifically, the commission will concentrate on students targeted due to their race, national origin, religion, disability, gender or LGBT status and on what the appropriate federal response should be going forward, with a focus on student needs, programs and the enforcement efforts of the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice.
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- Thousands march against Mexico drug violence | Al Jazeera English
- Angry Mexicans march on capital to protest against wave of killings that has claimed 38,000 lives since 2006.
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- Wis. Supreme Court Recount Extended In Waukesha County | AlterNet
- The Wisconsin Supreme Court recount deadline is now being extended, from its original May 9 to May 26, due to slowness in one county — Waukesha County, which has been at the center of the vote-counting controversies in the race between conservative incumbent Justice David Prosser and liberal-backed challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg.
- This Mother’s Day, Take Some Time To Watch Mom Do Housework
- Okay, they probably meant that Mr. Clean can help you get housework done faster so you can spend more time with your kids, but the shot of mom teaching her daughter how to clean does lend itself to all kinds of '50s housewife misinterpretations.
- Malcolm X Bio: Are We Missing the Point? | The Root
- Even though the salacious tidbits have made headlines, the treasure chest of revelation is not doing much to break what Marable himself has called the conspiracy of silence around Malcolm … Marable provides evidence that some hope will reopen the case against Malcolm's killers, which has attracted the attention of the Justice Department.
The most significant, and perhaps overlooked, element of the book is what Malcolm means to the entire world, particularly in an age when political Islam and people of color across the world are contesting the subjugated roles established by the West. …
So why hasn't the popular response to the definitive biography of a central figure of the black freedom movement focused on the global significance of Malcolm?
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