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Web Walkathon Raises Money For Cancer Research
Society & Culture  (tags: americans, activists, arts, culture, family, GoodNews, health, humans, internet, media, news, philanthropy, society, world )

Elaine
- 533 days ago - mtv.com
Builders hadn't just created a tour of nations for the cancer benefit; they'd also stocked it with activities: skeet shooting in Central Park, musical performances in Dublin's Blarney Stone pub, sailboat races around a miniature Australia and sky diving..
A Setback in Protecting Teens From Abusive "Treatments"
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, child, children, dishonesty, family, government, law, politics, safety, society, violence )

Elaine
- 555 days ago - alternet.org
The provision most likely to hold these programs accountable and reduce abuse--a "private right of action" which would allow parents and children to sue the facilities in federal court and receive reimbursement for attorneys' fees--has been removed. Why?
New Research on Media Habits of Youth Breaks Stereotypes
Society & Culture  (tags: culture, humans, media, news, society, tv, world )

Elaine
- 573 days ago - mediachannel.org
The survey of 3,500 young people between 15- and 29-years old in the United States, the Netherlands and Finland found that young people get their news and information from a wide variety of sources, but that television continues to be their preferred medi
Dog City: San Francisco's Affordable Housing Struggle
Society & Culture  (tags: americans, economy, finance, money, realestate, family )

Elaine
- 581 days ago - wiretapmag.org
The assault against families in San Francisco is a decades long tale of skyrocketing housing prices, bureaucratic negligence and ruthless over-development. Working families have always put up a fight...
MOGG Culture: Addiction or Cure?
Society & Culture  (tags: americans, child, children, family, humans, media, society )

Elaine
- 581 days ago - wiretapmag.org
While addiction is a clinical diagnosis, MMOGs have rarely been analyzed through a social lens. What compels young people to play for hours on end? What does the trend reveal about their surroundings, their condition, and their desires?
Education: 54 Years Later, Problems Remain
Society & Culture  (tags: americans, children, child, education, environment, freedoms, government, law, society )

Elaine
- 581 days ago - wiretapmag.org
In the legalistic sense, the Supreme Court succeeded completely. Fifty-four years after the ruling, there is not a single school district or state that affirms a policy of race-based segregation.
Court Ruling Puts "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" On Notice
Society & Culture  (tags: activists, culture, freedoms, gayrights, government, military, troops, society )

Elaine
- 581 days ago - alternet.org
At the time, the DADT compromise was thought to be the best that could be achieved. Despite the change, countless numbers of loyal and committed service persons have had their careers ended simply because they are gay.
Bushvilles: Middle-Class Hoovervilles for the 21st Century
Society & Culture  (tags: americans, family, economy, debt, finance, law, money, police, politics, rights, society, women )

Elaine
- 581 days ago - alternet.org
It is illegal for people in California to sleep in their cars on streets. New Beginnings worked with the city to allow the parking lots as a safe place for the homeless to sleep in their vehicles without being harassed by people on the streets or ticketed
Bottlemania: How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It
Society & Culture  (tags: green, greenhousegases, humans, water, business, consumers, corporate, marketing, money )

Elaine
- 581 days ago - alternet.org
Americans eat and drink more on the run than ever before. The author Michael Pollan reports that one in three American children eat fast food every single day, and 19 percent of American meals and snacks are eaten in the car.
America's Disappearing 'Upper Class
Society & Culture  (tags: americans, business, corporate, economy, Entrepreneurs, money, society, celebrity, culture )

Elaine
- 581 days ago - alternet.org
Apparently, in the United States, we don't have an upper class; we have elites -- a complimentary term that obscures true differences in opportunity.
 
 
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