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Community health alliance stresses activism in Braintree
Wed, 16 May 2012 14:53:24 -0700
To improve the health of local residents, it’s crucial to set priorities, “think outside the box” and create innovative partnerships, according to officials of the Blue Hills Community Health Alliance, otherwise known as Community Health Network Area (CHNA) 20, during a recent gathering hosted by Mayor Joseph Sullivan at town hall.
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Undocumented Latino youth turn to activism to combat obstacles
Fri, 11 May 2012 12:13:50 -0700
Undocumented Latino youth in the U.S. face futures clouded by fewer rights than their documented peers and the constant fear of deportation. Such status constraints usually aren't fully understood until young adulthood, said UC Irvine anthropologist Leo Chavez, and the awareness often serves as a catalyst for political and civic involvement.
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FARM takes new track in animal rights activism
Fri, 11 May 2012 04:02:18 -0700
Along with their cabernet and Camembert, visitors at the Second Saturday art walk in Sacramento this weekend will get a taste of a new kind of animal rights activism. Click to Continue »
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Uncommon Interview: Charles Vidal
Thu, 17 May 2012 20:42:51 -0700
From on-campus activism to campaign strategizing, fourth-year Charles Vidal has earned his place as one of the most active young conservatives in the state.
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Joan Smith: Is this really how people should treat their pets?
Tue, 15 May 2012 12:36:47 -0700
Dr Johnson was famously sniffy about dogs walking on their hind legs. So I'm not sure he'd have been entranced by Pudsey, the mop-haired pooch whose owner swept up a £500,000 prize at the weekend. Ashleigh Butler, who's 17, has trained her collie-cross to dance on his hind legs, and their barn-storming performance took them to victory in the final of Britain's Got Talent.
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Slacktivism movement growing, not quite activism
Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:39:52 -0700
By: Amanda Enbysk Social media has given rise to a new phenomenon in society: slacktivism . ...
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The Internet Will Revolutionize the Very Meaning of Politics
Wed, 16 May 2012 14:28:09 -0700
So the Washington journalist who warned me 10 years ago that the Internet was doomed, that it would collapse under the weight of all those pages, was wrong. The Internet is here and changing everything, the way we work, shop, communicate, even fall in love. But what of society itself?
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Undocumented Latino youth turn to activism
Fri, 11 May 2012 13:36:22 -0700
Undocumented Latino youth in the United States face futures clouded by fewer rights than their documented peers and the constant fear of deportation.
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Paul Watson: veteran anti-whaling campaigner
Mon, 14 May 2012 12:21:05 -0700
Anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson, arrested Sunday in Frankfurt on a warrant from Costa Rica on charges relating to a high seas confrontation in 2002, has spent decades battling seal hunters.
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Blue Springs depot moving to new home soon
Tue, 08 May 2012 23:16:58 -0700
First there was awareness that the Chicago and Alton Train Depot was slated for demolition. Then there was community activism and effort. And now there is The Move.
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