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In the year 2013 a human being fighting for freedom can still be murdered outside his home. On Wednesday night Chokri Belaid, human rights activist, was shot 4 times and murdered in Tunisia. The Government has claimed that this was an isolated …
“The latest in a series of bloody riots in” Venezuela’s severely overcrowded prisons where inmates often freely obtain weapons and drugs with the help of corrupt guards” has resulted in at least 5 dozen deaths. “Venezuela currently has 33 prisons …
Six men are in police custody and a seventh is being sought after gang raping a 29-year-old woman on a public bus. The driver and bus conductor are among those arrested. “The number of reported rapes in India — a …
In the aftermath of the horrific shooting in Newton, Connecticut, at Sandy Hook Elementary school, school districts immediately stepped up efforts to “protect” our nations kids. Most schools keep doors locked during the school day. Many districts already use buzzer systems, where by anyone trying …
Aaron Swartz death on Friday, January 11, 2013 is a vivid reminder that “suicide is the 3rd leading cause of death among young people ages 15-24, and is the 10th leading cause of death overall.” This amazing, talented, socially-aware and active young …
As a queer person there is much to be proud of as 2013 begins. Last year was an unprecedented year of progress in the LGBT rights movement, with greater LGBT visibility and support for marriage equality gaining huge momentum. And …
A Topeka sperm donor is currently in a legal battle against the state of Kansas to keep from being declared the legal father of the child resulting from his sperm donation. A January 8, 2013 hearing is scheduled in Topeka, …
This has been a rather disturbing day with the Newtown shootings, and apparently something eerily similar happened in China earlier today. Twenty Two children were injured in China by a knife wielding man at an elementary school in Central China. CBS is reporting that none of …
By Matthew Cohen SJS Staff Writer I sit here trying to think of something poignant to say, but my heart is broken. I could never imagine that something like this could happen, its impossible to take in. Two things will come …
by Michelle Sicignano, LMSW, Staff Writer, Social Justice Solutions Most of us by now have heard the news reports of Rhonda Lee, the African American female meteorologist fired for responding to a viewers Facebook criticism of her hair style. These two links relate the details: Meteorologist fired after responding to viewer …