http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Milk Thought I’d read up on Harvey Milk prior to the release of the Gus Van Sant biopic marking the anniversary of his death. An interesting story, with an even more interesting – and irony-tinged – footnote: Though Feinstein was known to carry a handgun in her purse, she became a proponent of gun control. […]
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Why Is Harriet Tubman Facing South? – NYTimes.com
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/why-is-harriet-tubman-facing-south/ A new 10-foot-tall bronze statue of Harriet Tubman in Harlem, part of a $2.8 million project, is being formally dedicated by the city at 1 p.m. on Thursday, but the work has confounded some observers because Tubman appears to be striding determinedly south, rather than heading north toward freedom. The moment I saw the […]
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Majora Carter: Greening the ghetto | Video on TED.com
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/majora_carter_s_tale_of_urban_renewal.html As promised, here’s the first – and, this week, the most powerful – of the TED talks that I’ve enjoyed. South Bronx green activist Majora Carter shows what a strong will and a great attitude can contribute towards turning a historically dangerous neighbourhood into a living, breathing green space. Required viewing for anyone who […]
Irena Sendler – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irena_Sendlerowa Cute wee wifie, right? Actually, this is one major hardass grandma: Irena Sendler was a Polish Catholic social worker. During World War II she was an activist in the Polish Underground and the Żegota Polish anti-Holocaust resistance in Warsaw. She helped save 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto by providing them with false […]
Sudan Teddy Teacher Gillian Gibbons Wants To Teach In China | Home | Sky News
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1298900,00.html Teddy bear row teacher Gillian Gibbons is heading abroad to work again – this time setting her sights on a job in China. Undeterred by her time in a Sudanese jail, the 54-year-old Liverpool mother has told Hello! magazine she still hopes to work abroad. I was unwired at the time this story was […]
dynamic-polaritys reviews – StumbleUpon
http://dynamic-polarity.stumbleupon.com/ Thinking of quitting was my own reaction to the wave of crap that results from pressing the Stumble button. While I understand the benefit of a user-policed system (cf. Ebay), the deus ex machina reluctance of the SU developers to actively engage is galling. A big thumbs-up, then, to Dynamic-Polarity. Like me, she’s mad […]
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000N2G3RY/ I saw a mention somewhere about Amy Winehouse’s new album, and managed to find a few tracks today. While this won’t be news to the Brits of SU, but for those other music fans, I’m compelled to say holy cow! Though she seems determined to blow it all with the usual self-destructive behaviour, there’s […]
Lone Starlets – New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/03/opinion/03swartz.html A New York Times editorial offers a three-fer in obituaries for tough Texan broads; The late, lamented Ann Richards, Nellie Connolly and Molly Ivins.
Molly Ivins, Columnist, Dies at 62 – New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/01/washington/01ivins.html?ei=5087%0A&em=&en=cbff8057d6896bcd&ex=1170651600&pagewanted=all I recognised her name, but can’t think of many Molly Ivins articles I may have read. Which is a shame, ’cause she sounds like exactly the kind of sharp-tongued, inflated-ego popping columnist to whom I often gravitate. In her syndicated column, which appeared in about 350 newspapers, Ms. Ivins cultivated the voice of a […]
Refugees Find Hostility and Hope on Soccer Field – New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/21/us/21fugees.html?ei=5087%0A&em=&en=1fa37aebc606b997&ex=1169701200&pagewanted=all SU’s acting weird, but I’m determined to post this, so here goes! This is a stunning and inspiring article from the New York Times. In a small town in Georgia, an immigrant woman has organised a soccer team made up entirely of refugee children. She is their coach, their mentor, their friend and their […]
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