Racism

Kanazawa is a Loon

Kanazawa is a Loon

We encourage readers to contact Psychology Today and ask them to discontinue running shoddy science written by one Kanazawa, who claims to be an Economics Professor. His articles are hateful, discriminatory and simply don’t add up. Write Features editor: Andrea Bartez: andi@psychologytoday.com Editor at Large Hara Marano: hmarano@psychologytoday.com And president: Lawrence Rose who stands...

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KANYE: CAN HE?

KANYE: CAN HE?

I write this in solidarity with the millions who recently marched throughout Europe calling for the media’s recognition of women’s dignity. The march, which began in Italy, called for Berlusconi’s resignation using the slogan; “If not now, when?” It seems as if we are light years from this sort of action in the United States. Anyone can besmirch women’s...

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Wakeup Call

Wakeup Call

Hate and Violence Are Encoded in the DNA of the American Right By Arun Gupta, AlterNet
Posted on January 12, 2011, Printed on January 16, 2011
http://www.alternet.org/story/149500/ Jared Loughner’s attempted assassination of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is a wakeup call for us to confront the reality that hate and violence are encoded in the political DNA of the...

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Free The Scott Sisters

Free The Scott Sisters

What sort of judicial system puts two sisters away for life for being mere accomplices to a 1993 robbery? The teens who actually committed the robbery only served 2 years and have long been free. Neither Jamie nor Gladys Scott had a criminal record and the judge never explained why the Scott sisters deserved such severe sentences.

 Judge Marcus Gordon, who presided over this case,...

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Free Child Trafficking Victim

Free Child Trafficking Victim

Please help save Sara Kruzan who killed her rapist at the age of 16 after being abused by him since she was 11 years old. She was sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole, plus 4 years. She has shown herself to be an exemplary inmate and is now 31 years old having spent over half of her life in prison for a crime she committed as a trafficked, traumatized child. Stand up and...

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Sexual War Crimes

Sexual War Crimes

WASHINGTON, Nov 4, 2010 (IPS) – On the tenth anniversary of a groundbreaking U.N. resolution, a conference on “Women and War” opened here Wednesday to discuss the disproportionate impact violent conflict has on women and possible ways to prevent these atrocities. “I’m often told sexual violence in war and conflict is unavoidable, that it should be considered...

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