March 8 is International Women's Day for women's groups around the world. It is designated in many countries as a national holiday and commemorated by the United Nations.
Though women's rights have changed dramatically over the past century here in the United States and around the world, women continue to face and endure discrimination, insecurity, poverty, and heightened levels of sexual violence especially during times of war and conflict.
The opportunities to break out of the devastating cycles of poverty for people in general are few and far between, but the prospects for women and young girls are always fewer, especially if they lack access to the basic necessities of life such as uncontaminated water, education and security.
Life for women in Kenya can be difficult. For women living in one of the largest slums in the world, life can be devastating.
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Saturday, March 7, 2009
People are the Government
Last night, Bill Maher, ended the New Rules segment of his show with a passionately intelligent, yet humorous monolouge on why we should, instead of wanting less government involvement in our lives as conservatives desire, demand that our government fulfill its responsibilities to run our country and stop “letting unregulated private enterprise run things it is plainly to greedy to be trusted with. . ."
Friday, March 6, 2009
Rachel Maddow: RNC Member Calls for Steele to Resign
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Who Would You Rather Have Leading The Nation?
by Dee Newman
Who would you rather have leading the nation
A devoted husband and father, or the
Vile, cigar-smoking personification
Of hedonism – of greed and gluttony;
A brilliant, soft-spoken conciliator
Who seeks consensus through negotiation,
Or the angry, bombastic competitor
Who thrives on rancor and intimidation;
A disciplined, visionary progressive,
Physically honed and responsible leader,
Or the loud, reckless, sarcastic, aggressive,
Physically unhealthy bottom-feeder;
Someone with the audacity of hope,
Or that of an arrogant misanthrope?
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
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