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Stopping Sex Selection in Massachusetts While We Still Can

February 10, 2011 By john-f-triolo 23 Comments

The practice of sex selected abortions is relatively new to North America but has been practiced for decades, openly and covertly, in many South and Southeast Asian countries.  In recent years small segments of certain immigrant groups … [Read more...]

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Ford Hall Forum: “AIDS, Social Justice and the Politics of Transformation” (9/30/10)

September 28, 2010 By aidsaction Leave a Comment

This event is presented in collaboration with the Old South Meeting House, a museum and National Historic Landmark dedicated to the free exchange of ideas, as part of the Partners in Dialogue series. … [Read more...]

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The Referees Are Not Just Biased, They’re Bigots.

May 28, 2008 By joeltpatterson 27 Comments

If any institution has failed America, it has been the televised media, especially in discussing political news.  There's no excuse for the litany of prejudiced behavior from our media personalities in this compilation by The Women's … [Read more...]

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Clinton and the Bitter, Bitter End

May 21, 2008 By massmarrier 10 Comments

Hillary Clinton has gone on for far too long while not going far enough toward her party's nomination. Today's leads in Salon and Slate, as well as many papers, join Obama in exasperation. Slate asks Can Obama do anything to get Clinton … [Read more...]

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How we choose…

February 6, 2008 By pipi-bendenhaft Leave a Comment

In my opinion, however, it appears that Barack Obama has  resolved his struggle around his identity as a bi-racial black person in a white world (In his self-reflective book "Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance") in … [Read more...]

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Imus’ non-apology

April 13, 2007 By Charley on the MTA 30 Comments

This must have been what forced CBS's hand in firing Imus:Before the CBS announcement, Imus appeared on WFAN radio Thursday. He lashed out at MSNBC, at the black activists who were his antagonists and at a prominent black Democrat, Harold … [Read more...]

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“Black girls just wanna get f___ed all night, I just don’t have that much jam”**

April 11, 2007 By tblade 42 Comments

Misogyny:Jelly Roll Morton, inventor of Jazz sang "Winin Boy Blues" in the 20s and 30s [listen] Every time the changin' of the moonthe blood comes rushing from all the bitches womb...I want about ten sweet bitches to myself"The Lemon Song" … [Read more...]

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Imus and Black Women

April 11, 2007 By david-eisenthal 72 Comments

I posted the following piece on The Eisenthal Report yesterday. As the story has developed, I've felt it even more important to keep up the pressure.It appears that Don Imus, the reptilian radio personality, will get off with a slap on the … [Read more...]

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“Pimping”: Why Some White Male Progressives are Fascinated w/Using Offensive Pseudo-Ghetto Slang

April 1, 2007 By francislholland 15 Comments

In fact, white (usually male) "progressives" have taken the term "bitch slap" entirely out of its originally limited underclass context and usage and are using it instead as a generally applicable synonym for "to castigate" and "to put in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: blackosphere, blacks, bloggers, linguistics, mysogyny, sexism, whites, whitosphere

Is Francis L. Holland a “Bull in a China Shop”?

March 6, 2007 By francislholland Leave a Comment

In this "bull in a china shop" metaphor, if I am the "bull", then who is the fragile "china"?  Are the political ideas of the whitosphere so fragile that the slightest bit of irreverent examination will shatter them like glass?  … [Read more...]

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Woke up sick about the state, which has so badly mismanaged so much of the COVID-19 response for the entire year, insisting their judgment should be substituted for local districts when they have made it clear they both don’t know and don’t care about local conditions. #MAEdu

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My unsolicited environmental recommendation of the day: this episode of "Why Is This Happening?"

The conversation between @drvolts and @chrislhayes is accessible to those who know little about the power system, and it's smart, funny and quite profound. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/powering-the-grid-with-david-roberts/id1382983397?i=1000510291170

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#BREAKING: Mass. Aims To Take Remote Learning Option 'Off The Table,' Bring Students Back To Classrooms https://boston.cbslocal.com/2021/02/23/massachusetts-covid-19-coronavirus-schools-in-person-learning-jeff-riley/

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OPINION: Despite the governor's shortcomings -- most recently, the rollout of the COVID vaccine -- none of the state's Democrats show any interest in challenging him in 2022. https://wbur.fm/3k9W2nf

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OPINION: Despite the governor's shortcomings -- most recently, the rollout of the COVID vaccine -- none of the state's Democrats show any interest in challenging him in 2022. https://wbur.fm/3k9W2nf

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