The new season of MTV’s my Super Sweet 16 proves to be more dramatic, more preposterous, more flamboyant and more exorbitant than the two seasons before it.
Case in point: rich little Marissa gets two cars for her 16th birthday – a convertible for the weekends and an S.U.V. to transport her during the week.
The show [...]

Gas prices are still up and Exxon is still making a killing. They just posted record profits this quarter:
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-Jean Chen

This is interesting… while thousands of working class Mexicans and their allies are taking to the streets, Indian immigrants who are highly educated have been waging a different kind of war on immigration policies. They’ve been working with lobbyists and getting to folks in Washington.
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- Jean Chen

Recent reports and articles say that a large and growing population of poorly educated black men in the United States are becoming more and more disconnected from mainstream society. We’re discussing why.

 

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Pink Salmon — For the RecordPriya, How often are you blogging these days?

Lil Romeo, the son of rap mogul Master P versus Bow Wow. Ding! Ding! Lets get it on…
Say What?
Its true, hip-hop’s teenyboppers are feuding. Once friends, Lil Romeo and Bow Wow are now enemies. The conflict stems from Bow Wow not really having kind words to say about Lil Romeo in [...]

Nepal activists and protestors scored a victory by getting their government to reinstate a lower house of parliament,
THIS ARTICLE reports.
Victory, however, came along with 14 alleged dead, and many, many wounded.
The U.S. PULLED many of its workers from the area, and urged American citizens to postpone travel there.

As a nation, we’re participating in less physical activity than ever before. And we’re getting sicker and heavier because of it. Why?

 

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Think the Internet is always to be trusted?
Well, check out some ALLEGED punk rock activism online!
And now, check out THE OTHER SIDE of the story.
Lastly, check out some PRANKS that are actually funny, punk rock, artistic and worthwhile.

Do you feel police get away with everything?
If your answer is yes, you shouldn’t be too pleased to hear that three off duty cops in Milwaukee were found not guilty by an all white jury of beating a biracial man at a party, in which two of the cops got their jobs back.
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THIS article about the resignation of White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan is the latest in a series of staff lineup changes in the Bush Administration.
HERE is some info about senior policy coordinator Karl Rove.
And, HERE is the 411 on Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.
What’s the deal? Why are [...]

Has the social justice movement become a thing of the past, or has civil rights activism moved in new directions?

 

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So, what I want to know is, what exactly are “meaningful consequences?”
IN THIS ARTICLE the Bush Administration says they will send Iran “a clear message” about their nuclear program, and will impose meaningful consequences if they don’t comply.
Didn’t the Bush Administration basically say the same thing to Iraq?
Where is this heading?
Are we prepared [...]

According to this article from MSNB.com, the “US market share of international tourism is at an all-time low, dropping 35 per cent between 1992 and 2004, which translates into $286bn in lost revenue, according to the Travel Industry Association of America (TIA).”
Hmm…might it be because the people of this world have learned [...]

Yup, I said it –Republicans are evil.
And here’s just one step by step explanation of why…
1.) Insane republicans wanted to ensure that they would win the 2002 senate election in New Hampshire.
2.) Since republicans don’t feel they have to follow the rules, they decided to use illegal tactics to ensure this victory.
3.) Republicans decided that [...]