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Politics and activism take center stage at Cannes
Fri, 18 May 2012 08:29:00 -0700
One doesn’t usually associate the Cannes Film Festival with politics and activism, but both were in the rainy air on Friday, when news hit the trade publications that Harvey Weinstein had acquired the documentary “The Oath of Tobruk,” French philosopher Bernard Henri-Levy’s film about the fall of Muammar Qadaffi, as well as “Code Name Geronimo,” action filmmaker John Stockwell’s dramatic feature ...
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Rinku Sen: What Fires Young Progressives' Activism? A New Study Asks Them
Thu, 24 May 2012 10:56:16 -0700
Today, Colorlines.com's publisher, the Applied Research Center, released "Millennials, Activism and Race," a report on the motivations of young people who are active in progressive...
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FARM takes new track in animal rights activism
Fri, 11 May 2012 04:02:18 -0700
Along with their cabernet and Camembert, visitors at the Second Saturday art walk in Sacramento this weekend will get a taste of a new kind of animal rights activism. Click to Continue »
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Community health alliance stresses activism in Braintree
Wed, 16 May 2012 14:53:24 -0700
To improve the health of local residents, it’s crucial to set priorities, “think outside the box” and create innovative partnerships, according to officials of the Blue Hills Community Health Alliance, otherwise known as Community Health Network Area (CHNA) 20, during a recent gathering hosted by Mayor Joseph Sullivan at town hall.
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Undocumented Latino youth turn to activism to combat obstacles
Fri, 11 May 2012 09:54:04 -0700
Undocumented Latino youth in the US face futures clouded by fewer rights than their documented peers and the constant fear of deportation. Such status constraints usually aren't fully understood until young adulthood, said UC Irvine anthropologist Leo Chavez, and the awareness often serves as a catalyst for political and civic involvement.
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Iggy Rodriguez, the artist as a conscious political being
Thu, 24 May 2012 20:44:36 -0700
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Iggy Rodriguez is a political activist and an artist. For him, his work as an artist is enriched and given meaning by his activism, and his work as an activist is also improved by the discipline he has cultivated as an artist. Currently the coordinator for the Makabayan coalition [...]
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Miss Representation
Sat, 26 May 2012 20:55:06 -0700
Recommended Miss Representation , directed and written by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, is less a documentary and more a collective moan of frustration. The marginalization of women, both by a patriarchal society and by women themselves through societal pressure or plain old apathy, gets to many of the participants on a level that, underneath well-spoken arguments, feels like a basic, reflexive "gahh ...
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Judicial activism continues to flourish in Canada
Fri, 18 May 2012 02:14:52 -0700
Letter writer Steven Austin is rightly concerned about an activist high court's growing propensity to "legislate from the bench."
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Uncommon Interview: Charles Vidal
Thu, 17 May 2012 20:42:51 -0700
From on-campus activism to campaign strategizing, fourth-year Charles Vidal has earned his place as one of the most active young conservatives in the state.
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‘Lizz Free or Die’ is Winstead’s latest chapter of social activism and commentary
Mon, 21 May 2012 07:06:55 -0700
In 1991, Lizz Winstead produced and starred in her one-woman show “Don’t Get Me Started.” Turns out she just was getting started: Since her days on the stand-up comic scene in Minneapolis, Winstead has played stages all over the world, co-founded “The Daily Show” and Air America and wrote, produced and starred in the off-Broadway variety show “Wake-Up World.” Her first book of essays, “Lizz ...
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