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Progress = Rebellion (in China)

by | Sep 17, 2013 | Asia, Care, Food, Human Rights, Politics

From the NYTimes: Leaving the Land [Slideshow] Picking Death Over Eviction Articles in this series look at how China’s government-driven effort to push the population to towns and cities is reshaping a nation that for millenniums has been defined by its rural life....

Cairo 672

by | Sep 16, 2013 | Afri, Care, Human Rights, Middle-East, Review, STL, Women

by Mohamed Diab, 2012, Egypt, 100 min. My Review: Based on real events, the film follows the separate lives of three Cairo women – played by three compelling actresses. At first each story is presented as a single strand; slowly though, as through the perspective of...

Bill Moyers: Justice & Fairness Against the Lottery!

by | Jul 22, 2013 | Afri, Asia, Care, Death, Doc, Eco, Food, Health, Hispanic, Human Rights, Ideas, Media, Native, Now, Politics, Quotes, Racism, US, Women, Youth

The fundamental conclusion I’ve reached after 79 years and a lot of work is that life is lottery. I don’t buy this argument that people are self-made; our opportunities are presented to us – how we resolve them, how we exploit them, how we respond to them are the...
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