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  • July 2008

    • Housing Bill Funds Democratic Ally

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 31, 08 9:36 AM CDT

      Housing Bill Funds Democratic Ally

      (Newser) - Nestled in the housing bill President Bush signed yesterday is an acronym Republicans don’t like one bit: ACORN. The Wall Street Journal reports that the group is among the many housing-related nonprofits the bill hands cash to, but Republicans grumble that it does more than housing. It’s also co-managing a $15.9 million voter registration campaign aimed at low-income Hispanics and African Americans–in other words, likely Democratic voters. More »

    • Anti-Gay Rant Makes Hill Wish It Hadn't Asked

      Washington Post  |  Jul 24, 08 11:54 AM CDT

      Anti-Gay Rant Makes Hill Wish It Hadn't Asked

      (Newser) - Don’t ask Elaine Donnelly what she thinks of gays in the military—she’ll tell you. Congress made that mistake yesterday, and the anti-gay activist let out what Dana Milbank of the Washington Post calls an “extraordinary exhibition of rage.” Donnelly warned the panel of the “HIV positivity,” “forcible sodomy,” and “exotic forms of sexual expression” that would no doubt flourish in an outed military. More »

  • June 2008

    • Facebook Boots Kitty-Eating Kids

      Copenhagen Post  |  Jun 12, 08 1:42 PM CDT

      Facebook Boots Kitty-Eating Kids

      (Newser) - A group of Danish students were kicked off Facebook when they posted photos of themselves cooking and eating a cat, the Copenhagen Post reports. The students intended to point out the hypocrisy in designating some animals pets and others food, but have infuriated the almighty social-networking site and animal rights groups alike. “This is the worst way to draw people's attention,” said the director of a Danish rescue group. More »

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      pets  • animal rights  • cat  • abuse  • Denmark  • cooking  • activist

  • May 2008

    • Quake Efforts Break Barriers in China

      New York Times  |  May 20, 08 11:09 AM CDT

      Quake Efforts Break Barriers in China

      (Newser) - The Chinese people have responded to last week's Sichuan earthquake with an unprecedented outpouring of volunteer work and donations—outside the scope, and control, of the Chinese government, the New York Times reports. China’s regime doesn’t trust public activism, and has long restricted private charity groups. But the quake crisis and public reaction are so broad it has grudgingly accepted help. More »

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      China  • earthquake  • China earthquake  • Sichuan province  • activist  • volunteer

  • February 2008
  • January 2008

    • Bin Laden Son Plans 'Race for Peace' Event

      Associated Press  |  Jan 18, 08 4:30 AM CST

      Bin Laden Son Plans 'Race for Peace' Event

      (Newser) - Osama bin Laden’s 26-year-old son says he wants to be an “ambassador for peace” between Muslims and the West and is planning a cross-continental horse race to raise money for child war victims, AP reports. Omar Osama bin Laden, one of the al-Qaeda leader’s 19 children, is planning a 3,000-mile race across North Africa with his 52-year-old British wife. More »

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      al-Qaeda  • Osama bin Laden  • Muslims  • peace  • activist  • Omar bin Laden

  • September 2007

    • Chrissie Hynde Fuming Over Leather Bag Namesake

      Independent (UK)  |  Sep 3, 07 10:34 AM CDT

      Chrissie Hynde Fuming Over Leather Bag Namesake

      (Newser) - Rocker Chrissie Hynde is furiously threatening to sue an Italian fashion house after it named a red leather handbag after her. The Pretenders star, whose commitment to animal rights has resulted in her arrest in the past, says she's livid that the designers are putting brass in pocket off a potshot at her.  "At first, I thought this must be a joke, it's so outrageous and thoughtless," Hynde tells the Independent. More »

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      animal rights  • boycott  • PETA  • vegetarianism  • fur  • activist  • leather  • Moby  • Burberry

  • August 2007

    • Writer Grace Paley Dies at 84

      Los Angeles Times  |  Aug 23, 07 6:07 PM CDT

      Writer Grace Paley Dies at 84

      (Newser) - Acclaimed writer and activist Grace Paley, who in only three collections of short stories gave earthy voice to the interior life of the Bronx Everywoman, died yesterday at age 84 in her Vermont home, the Los Angeles Times reports. Paley—whose sensibility admirer Philip Roth called "splendidly comic and unladylike"—suffered from breast cancer. More »

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      Iraq war  • obituary  • breast cancer  • literature  • feminism  • writer  • activist

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