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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.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Video: Full-Length Program | Watch Botany of Desire Online | PBS Video
Video: Full-Length Program | Watch Botany of Desire Online | PBS Video
Program: Botany of Desire
Episode: Full-Length Program
Featuring Michael Pollan and based on his best-selling book, this special takes viewers on an eye-opening exploration of the human relationship with the plant world, seen from the plants' point of view. The program shows how four familiar species -- the apple, the tulip, cannabis and the potato -- evolved to satisfy our yearnings for sweetness, beauty, intoxication and control.
Monday, November 21, 2011
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Thursday, November 17, 2011
The California Federation of Teachers issued a statement today formally endorsing the "Occupy Wall Street" movement.
cft.org
October 14, 2011—The California Federation of Teachers issued a statement today formally endorsing the "Occupy Wall Street" movement. Click here for the statement. CFT members in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, and Oakland have already been participating in the occupations for the past two weeks. Shown in photo: Rebecca Hensler (right), counselor in Denman Middle School, during Occupy San Francisco event before school on October 12. The CFT also recommends Department of Education-approved materials on the historical background of the "Call to Action" for November 2. Matthew Hardy photo
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Texas Judge Beats Disabled Daughter on Video - YouTube
Texas Judge Beats Disabled Daughter on Video - YouTube
2004: Aransas County Court-At-Law Judge William Adams took a belt to his own teenage daughter as punishment for using the internet to acquire music and games that were unavailable for legal purchase at the time. She has had ataxic cerebral palsy from birth that led her to a passion for technology, which was strictly forbidden by her father's backwards views. The judge's wife was emotionally abused herself and was severely manipulated into assisting the beating and should not be blamed for any content in this video. The judge's wife has since left the marriage due to the abuse, which continues to this day, and has sincerely apologized and repented for her part and for allowing such a thing, long before this video was even revealed to exist. Judge William Adams is not fit to be anywhere near the law system if he can't even exercise fit judgement as a parent himself. Do not allow this man to ever be re-elected again. His "judgement" is a giant farce. Signed, Hillary Adams, his daughter.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
America's inhumane approach to labour problems will finish Obama | Richard Sennett | Comment is free | The Guardian
America's inhumane approach to labour problems will finish Obama | Richard Sennett | Comment is free | The Guardian
The "special relationship" has a perverse twist in the realm of labour; our two societies harbour large numbers of insecure or vulnerable employees whose ills have been addressed timidly by centrist governments. There are real solutions, however, to the travails of work; they are found along Europe's northern rim – in Scandinavia, Germany and the Netherlands. These more balanced economies have avoided Anglo-American, finance-driven capitalism; their governments have protected established companies, especially small companies, providing capital for growth when banks won't lend it. On this stabilising base, Norway and Sweden have made concerted efforts to include young people in starter jobs; their youth unemployment stands at about 8%. The Germans put big resources into youth training schemes; the Dutch effectively supplement the wages of part-time employees. Factories in Europe's northern rim have long explored how to deal humanely with automation, and tried in many different ways to counteract the outsourcing of jobs. Existential Gloom may well be inherent in the northern temperament, but these prosperous countries have in everyday practical life proved good at shaping labour. Why don't we learn from them?
Thursday, November 3, 2011
NYTimes: Fraud Case Seen as a Red Flag for Psychology Research
From The New York Times:
Fraud Case Seen as a Red Flag for Psychology Research
A Dutch scholar was found to have falsified findings in dozens of papers, in a field that critics say is vulnerable to such abuses.
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Freshman 15 is a myth, study says - latimes.com
Freshman 15 is a myth, study says - latimes.com
"Freshman 15," "Freshman 15"… how often do you read that stat about weight gain during that first year of college, and how often do you wonder if it’s true?
Two researchers – one at Ohio State University and the other at the University of Michigan at Dearborn -- decided to take a thorough look. In a study to be published in the December issue of the journal Social Science Quarterly, they report that…
.. drumroll ..
..it’s not true. It’s a myth. Weight gain among freshman students is far less than 15 pounds, as a rule — more like three pounds. And it doesn’t seem to have much to do with college: Young adults who don’t go to college gain just about as much weight as those who do.
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