angryasiangirlsunited: reuters: Workers from garment factories...
angryasiangirlsunited:reuters:Workers from garment factories in Bangladesh and Cambodia rallied for better working conditions on May Day (May 1). We stand with them.
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"There are little folds of skin all over the place, you can hardly find it....
“There are little folds of skin all over the place, you can hardly find it. The little hole underneath is so terribly small that I simply can’t imagine how a man can get in there, let alone how a whole...
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fazstreetart: Commentary. In February, I posted two pieces in...
fazstreetart:Commentary.In February, I posted two pieces in Bed-Stuy on Tompkins and Halsey. These two pieces got the most attention of any pieces I’ve put up so far. Within a few days, someone had...
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thenationmagazine: This is what the sequester looks like. (h/t...
thenationmagazine:This is what the sequester looks like. (h/t Congressional Progressive Caucus)
View Article"A two-year-old girl who was born without a windpipe had one grown from her...
“A two-year-old girl who was born without a windpipe had one grown from her own stem cells - making her the youngest person in the world to successfully benefit from this groundbreaking procedure.” -...
View Article"It’s a monumental overask to expect women to be gentle with the egos of men...
“It’s a monumental overask to expect women to be gentle with the egos of men who only feigned friendship in order to get laid.” - No One is Entitled to Sex: Why We Should Mock the Nice Guys of OkCupid...
View ArticleThe Case for Ethical Fashion | The Nation
The Case for Ethical Fashion | The Nation: When I think about solutions to the problems of how our clothes are made—and let’s be honest, the vast majority of our clothes are made in factories just like...
View Article"A Lowndes High School student apparently climbed on top of rolled, upright...
“A Lowndes High School student apparently climbed on top of rolled, upright wrestling mats last week, fell into a center opening of a rolled mat, became lodged inside, upside down, and died, according...
View Article"Around 4 million people are employed in Bangladesh’s 4,500 textile...
“Around 4 million people are employed in Bangladesh’s 4,500 textile factories. The industry generates 80% of the country’s $24 billion annual exports — making Bangladesh the world’s second largest...
View Article"A week since the disaster, Hamida Akhter is one of many workers still...
“A week since the disaster, Hamida Akhter is one of many workers still unaccounted for - in addition to more than 400 confirmed dead. Just how many has become increasingly sensitive, as the fallout...
View ArticleCorporate social responsibility: Disaster at Rana Plaza | The Economist
Corporate social responsibility: Disaster at Rana Plaza | The Economist
View ArticleOpinion: The bloodshed behind our cheap clothes - CNN.com
Opinion: The bloodshed behind our cheap clothes - CNN.com: I began working in Bangladesh’s garment industry at the age of 12, making just $3 a month. I went to work because my father had a stroke and...
View ArticleOpinion: The bloodshed behind our cheap clothes - CNN.com
Opinion: The bloodshed behind our cheap clothes - CNN.com: If Wal-mart and its fellow retailers that count on Bangladeshi labor demand change, we can be sure it will happen. As the protocol states,...
View Article"A woman’s right to bodily autonomy outweighs fetal pain because we live in a...
“A woman’s right to bodily autonomy outweighs fetal pain because we live in a society that does not force people to use their bodies to support others — not their organs, not their bone marrow, not...
View Article"Five things everyone should know about U.S. incarceration"
"Five things everyone should know about U.S. incarceration": 1. The US incarcerates more people per capita than any other nation in the world: Approximately 1 in 100 adults or more than 2.2 million...
View ArticleThis Islamophobic picture, posted by a Tennessee official, is the worst thing...
This Islamophobic picture, posted by a Tennessee official, is the worst thing you'll see today: wilwheaton:If a private citizen did this, it would be hate speech. Why is it okay for an elected official...
View Article"Don’t fool yourself. English isn’t inherently superior, or easier to learn,...
“Don’t fool yourself. English isn’t inherently superior, or easier to learn, or more sonically pleasing. Its international usage comes from forceful assimilation and legacy of colonialistic injection....
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sustainableprosperity: Public Education Fights for Its...
sustainableprosperity:Public Education Fights for Its LifeWednesday, 17 April 2013 16:46By Max Eternity, The Eternity Group | News Analysis Austerity measures are eroding America’s public school...
View Articleyuriadventure: One of the most ridiculous concepts that society promotes is...
yuriadventure:One of the most ridiculous concepts that society promotes is that we should always consider “the other side”, that we should always compromise, that the truth is always “in the middle....
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