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Rinku Sen: What Fires Young Progressives' Activism? A New Study Asks Them
Thu, 24 May 2012 10:56:16 -0700
Today, Colorlines.com's publisher, the Applied Research Center, released "Millennials, Activism and Race," a report on the motivations of young people who are active in progressive...
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Politics and activism take center stage at Cannes
Fri, 18 May 2012 08:29:00 -0700
One doesn’t usually associate the Cannes Film Festival with politics and activism, but both were in the rainy air on Friday, when news hit the trade publications that Harvey Weinstein had acquired the documentary “The Oath of Tobruk,” French philosopher Bernard Henri-Levy’s film about the fall of Muammar Qadaffi, as well as “Code Name Geronimo,” action filmmaker John Stockwell’s dramatic feature ...
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Undocumented Latino youth turn to activism to combat obstacles
Fri, 11 May 2012 09:54:04 -0700
Undocumented Latino youth in the US 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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