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Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Census shows 1 in 2 people are poor or low-income
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/12/14/national/w214302S21.DTL
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Friday, December 9, 2011
Some News Makes You Know Less
A new Fairleigh Dickinson PublicMind Poll finds that the Sunday morning political shows on television "do the most to help people learn about current events, while some outlets, especially Fox News, lead people to be even less informed than those who they don't watch any news at all."
"For example, people who watch Fox News, the most popular of the 24-hour cable news networks, are 18-points less likely to know that Egyptians overthrew their government than those who watch no news at all (after controlling for other news sources, partisanship, education and other demographic factors). Fox News watchers are also 6-points less likely to know that Syrians have not yet overthrown their government than those who watch no news."
These results mirror a University of Maryland study published last year.
Push Up Bikini Tops at Abercrombie Kids » Sociological Images
Push Up Bikini Tops at Abercrombie Kids » Sociological Images
Allison K. sent in another example of the sexualization of young girls. Abercrombie Kids is selling bikinis with “push-up” tops. According to Wikipedia, the company markets its products at kids age 7-14. The average age of puberty is 12. So, at what age should girls start trying to enhance their cleavage? How old is too young?
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
A small group from We’re What’s Left, Occupy SLO, and Occupy Cuesta College are driving up to Oakland on Sunday night to be part of the West Coast Port Blockade on December 12
A small group from We’re What’s Left, Occupy SLO, and Occupy Cuesta College are driving up to Oakland on Sunday night to be part of the West Coast Port Blockade on December 12. This promises to be a remarkable action. Port cities up and down the West Coast, including San Diego, Los Angeles, Oakland, Portland, Tacoma, Seattle, Vancouver, and Anchorage are participating in coordinated port shutdowns to put a dent in the profits of EGT and Goldman Sachs who make great profits at the expense of the workers. Solidarity actions are occurring concurrently throughout the country.
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