Post-racial racism? How can that be possible? We’re in a post racial society where Americans no longer see color. I mean, we elected a black man as president, so we’re definitely in a post-racial society! Y’all know we’ve been hearing that BS for the past four years and we social justice activists all know it’s [...]
July 4, 2012
Refuge is partnering with make-up artist Lauren Luke, a makeup tutorial expert to launch a campaign called Don’t Cover It Up, a PSA that encourages women to not conceal their bruises from domestic violence with make up or other accessories. The purpose of the campaign is to get women talking about domestic violence and the [...]
July 3, 2012
The anti-abortion rights reactionary foes were dealt a setback in Mississippi as a judge blocked a law from taking effect that would close the state’s only abortion clinic. U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan in Jackson issued a temporary restraining order the day the new law took effect. He set a July 11 hearing to [...]
June 27, 2012
If you’re like me, then you most likely work in a diverse environment, made up of people from different socio-economic, racial, ethnic, religious backgrounds. Thus, you most likely have run into a problem in which you find a comment or action conducted by a co-worker to be offensive. I’ve recently had my fair share of [...]
June 21, 2012
When will extreme Second Amendments advocates stop using the oppression of marginalized bodies to advance their crusade against gun control? ‘Joe the Plumber’ (remember that character), who is running for Congress in Ohio, is the latest wanna-be politician who is employing this tactic: In the video, Samuel Wurzelbacher loads a shotgun and fires at lemons [...]
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July 7, 2012
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