“While Justice Alito can’t see into the future, most Americans can. If this court doesn’t reject bigotry, history will reject this court.” Continue reading
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BEAN COUNTER: VOLUME 15, ISSUE 1
President Putin announced plans to sign a bill that would block US families from adopting Russian children, part of a series of legal retaliations for American sanctions against Russian human rights violations. PROTIP: if somebody makes you look bad, screwing over orphans out of spite isn’t going to help much. MINUS 3 Continue reading
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KONY 2012: WILL IT COVER THE NIGHT?
With over 180 million views in over 200 countries and counting, more than 3.5 million have pledged to take a stand tonight against a man who was virtually unknown to most of them before the global release of KONY 2012 just one month ago. According to Invisible Children, the website has sold out of its “action kits” for canvassing cities, making spectators wonder: just how big will tonight be? Continue reading
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BEHIND THE SCENES: DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS
In anticipation of the organization’s new book, Doctors without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontiéres (MSF) hosted a panel discussion at the Boston Public Library last Wednesday night about the dilemmas faced by humanitarian groups in negotiating access to areas of crisis. Continue reading
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RAINN WILSON: COMEDIAN AND RIGHTS ACTIVIST?
Rainn Wilson did a college tour, not for the sake of comedy, but for that of human rights. Continue reading
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TAKE BACK BOSTON
Last Friday, over 1000 demonstrators sent a message to Bank of America and other corporations as part of Right to the City’s “Take Back Boston.” The message? Put people over profits. Continue reading
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BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE @ THE HOUSE OF BLUES
It’s relatively common knowledge that Alfred Nobel created his whole peace prize thing as a way to atone for inventing dynamite. Maybe if Ol’ Al had known Mick Jones would eventually name his post-Clash band after the explosive, he’d have gone easier on himself. Continue reading
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