On Thursday, November 12th, the film “Push” opens in limited release in my city. I have been looking forward to seeing ‘Push”, which is based on the novel by Sapphire:
Push (French Edition) by Sapphire (Mass Market Paperback – Oct 14, 1998)
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The following New York Times article discusses the film, its director, Lee Daniels, stars [...]
CLAUDE-LEVI STRAUSS, FATHER OF MODERN ANTHROPOLOGY WHO ALTERED VIEWS OF THE ‘PRIMITIVE’
By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN
Published: November 4, 2009
Claude Lévi-Strauss, the French anthropologist whose revolutionary studies of what was once called “primitive man” transformed Western understanding of the nature of culture, custom and civilization, has died at 100.
November 3, 2009
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Mr. Lévi-Strauss in Brazil in the 1930s. [...]
In honor of all of our proud veterans of foreign wars, service in peacetime, and for giving the ultimate sacrifice.
We thank you humbly from the bottom of our hearts.
SALUTARE.
On November 5, 2009, at approximately 1:30 pm Central Time, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, a U.S. Army psychiatrist, opened fire on and killed 13 people, and wounded 30 others, at Fort Hood, located outside Killeen, Texas. Let us all keep the families who lost loved ones in this attack, in our thoughts.
May the families who [...]
One day America will have to come to terms with her sexualized gendered race hatred of Black American women and girls during slavery and segregation. Until then, the denial will continue to be a stumbling block in acknowledging that the various hues that Black people come in were the result of force, moreso than consent. [...]
Royce Clyde Zeigler, stepfather of little Riley Ann Sawyers, has been found guilty of capital murder.
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‘Baby Grace’ Stepfather Found Guilty of Capital Murder in Galveston
Credit: GALVESTON COUNTY DAILY NEWSby Kevin Reece / 11 News
Posted on November 6, 2009 at 1:28 PM
Updated today at 9:17 PM
GALVESTON, Texas—A Galveston County jury found Royce Clyde Zeigler II guilty [...]
Other titles on the environment and armed conflict from UNBISnet
UN | Non-UN
International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict6 November
On 5 November 2001, the General Assembly declared 6 November of each year as the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War [...]
I have written somes posts which have addressed the issues women in combat face, and how those issues differ for them in comparison to men in combat:
“Home From the Military: Women of Color”
“U.S. GI Women in Fear of the Enemy in Their Army”
“PFC Lavena Johnson”
“The War in Iraq”
Here is a New York Times article that speaks [...]
The police can give all kinds of excuses as to why it took them so long to act on these murders, but, that these women were Black women and that their lives were of little value cannot be discounted. The reign of the “Missing Pretty White Women Syndrome” still looms large in the minds of [...]
EBAY refuses benefit auction for Roeder
By JUDY L. THOMAS
The Kansas City Star – October 27, 2009 / 11:19 PM
Related:
Previous coverage | Online auction to raise funds in Scott Roeder case
Mike Hendricks | Killing Tiller was far from a noble act
An eBay auction planned by abortion opponents to raise money for the man accused of killing [...]
