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more.htm In 1993, she won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary for columns on Cuban-American issues and a series out of Haiti during the repressive de facto regime that ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. She was awarded first prize in commentary by the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors in 1993 and 1994. In 1992, after six months on the job, she was selected as one of three finalists for the Pulitzer Prize, for her columns on Cuban-Americans in Miami. www.poynterextra.org /pointssouth/2001/faculty/balmaseda/more.htm   (997 words)

ZNet Commentary: The Social Movement Left Out While other social movements have been granted the status of having a collective dimension and are viewed as the result of systemic social structures rather than personal shortcomings, the disability movement has largely been left out as an oppressed group. The concept of inferiority is rooted in the late 19th century social creation of "normality." "The normal" was used as a means of measuring, categorizing, and managing populations. The dominant view that Oliver refers to is that the social and economic pain that disabled people deal with is a personal problem, an individual pathology, a personal tragedy and a personal failing. www.zmag.org /sustainers/content/2002-08/31russell.cfm   (1631 words)

Commentary on Byrne & Hilbert, “Color Realism and Color Science” But it isnÂ’t just that we donÂ’t yet know any such standard; we have good reason to believe that there couldnÂ’t be one, any more than there could be an unknowable fact about the correct pronunciation of the word “controversy” (who really has it right, the Brits or the Americans?). A good workaday definition of color that people could agree on could be used to answer the naive question-- “What, if anything, is color?”-- in a way that is scientifically defensible, informative, and readily shown to be an satisfier of that innocent and admirable curiosity, not just the answer to some wildly different substitute question. Commentary on Byrne and Hilbert, “Color Realism and Color Science” ase.tufts.edu /cogstud/papers/byrnehilbertbbs.htm   (1631 words)

Grapes Wrath essays - Free Grapes of Wrath Essays: Steinbeck's Social Commentary But such social realism crafts a point, not to allow a voyeuristic peek at the poor but to illustrate the depth of poverty and exploitation contemporary Americans are suffering. But it also offers a powerful social commentary, directly in the intercalary chapters and indirectly in the places and people it portrays. However, the novel is not a prescription for political action but rather a loaded description exhorting us to greater social commitment, wider compassion and to formulate policies for justice. www.123helpme.com /view.asp?id=4647   (959 words)

Gore Responds on Social Security (Commentary) Ordinary workers, who have seen Social Security drawn to the brink of insolvency by politicians who failed to act on reform, may resent Gore's belief that they "are not the fittest." Gore's statements show a great lack of regard for the abilities of ordinary Americans. For commentary on the politics of the Bush proposal and Gore's response, see "Dancing On the Third Rail," by Derrick Max, Cato's Director of Government Affairs. But many indignities will be suffered by those who are not the fittest." www.socialsecurity.org /daily/05-11-00.html   (553 words)

Stand to Reason Commentary - Reparations: Guilt by Skin Color I'm simply going to call this "guilt by skin color." Reparations to modern day African-Americans for ancient slavery only makes sense if there's some kind of "oneness," some kind of psychic connection that's real between groups of people, even over time, that is necessarily based on skin color. Put simply, blacks will always be the victims regardless of how much time has gone by, according to this scenario, regardless of how far away from the event one gets, regardless of what's been done to repair the damage. And the guilt is shared by the entire group, again based on skin color, regardless of the period of history we're in. www.str.org /free/commentaries/social_issues/reparati.htm   (553 words)

mythofsisyphus.net :: THE BASE :: Books (Amazon) Politics Culture Poetry Commentary Apparel Mugs In fact, precisely what now is needed is commentary to awaken our fellow Americans to the tyranny growing in America. The single best piece of commentary I have seen on the Silveira case is by another lawyer: "Reflections Upon the U.S. Supreme Court's Rejection of Silveira" by Peter J. Mancus. We suffer not from a lack of commentary. www.mythofsisyphus.net   (2401 words)

Salon color commentary A splash of color in an otherwise white television landscape, "Noah's Arc" is the first gay series to feature African Americans in leading roles. Based on an internal study of radio audiences, the company created a "no-urban dictate," aiming to dissociate its brand from listeners with a lifestyle the company was trying to avoid. jump.salon.com /rlink/read.DiversityInc.com/1525442   (2401 words)

AGR Online/ Commentary Lists of Americans who attend protests, and lists of Americans with names similar to the names of convicted felons, or who were born around the same time. Dozens of other Americans have been detained in a similar manner in recent months. They’re all on two lists now: the list that got them detained at the airport to begin with, and another list of people who were detained at airports, and probably a third list of people who show up on at least two other lists. www.agrnews.org /issues/194/commentary.html   (794 words)

Does Israel Need a Plan? - article by Daniel Pipes And while ultimately it is up to the Palestinians to liberate themselves from the demons of their own irredentism, others, especially Israelis and Americans, can indeed help—by holding firm against the seductive appeal of road maps that lead exactly in the wrong direction. * Adam Garfinkle and I discussed the shortcomings of this idea in "Is Jordan Palestine?" Commentary, October 1988. www.danielpipes.org /article/1015   (3847 words)

Pulitzer Prize for Commentary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Pulitzer Prize for Commentary has been awarded since 1970. 1993: Liz Balmaseda, Miami Herald, for her commentary from Haiti about deteriorating political and social conditions and her columns about Cuban-Americans in Miami. 1976: Walter Wellesley (Red) Smith, New York Times, for his commentary on sports in 1975 and for many other years. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Commentary   (580 words)

Pulitzer Prize-winner is Commencement speaker In 1994, he won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary for his writing on crime, AIDS, the Nation of Islam and violent rap lyrics. Once called the "Lone Ranger of Columnists" by a colleague, Raspberry is known for his independence of mind and his enlightened commentary on social and political issues. "As urban affairs columnist for the Post and some 180 newspapers across the country, he has reached millions of Americans with his commentaries on matters of critical importance," Davis said. www.udel.edu /PR/UpDate/98/23/pulitzer.html   (339 words)

List of Native Americans -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article This is a list of (Any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived) Native Americans. In the (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776) United States List of Native Americans -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/L/Li/List_of_Native_Americans.htm   (1731 words)

Irish-American Mailing List This list is for the discussion of the Genealogy, Culture and History of Irish Americans. It is beautifully sung by the Irish Tenors, in a concert with orchestra on Ellis Island, with a well-prepared commentary by Martin Sheen... Drawn by opportunities in the growing frontier town, Irish men and women who were fleeing economic hardship and famine in Ireland were quick to make their mark on Chicago's political, religious, and economic life. www.connorsgenealogy.com /IrishAmerican   (1563 words)

Freeport Memorial Library - Everything about the African American experience from speeches and commentary to biographies, historical documents and events. African American Odyssey From the Library of Congress Students, test your knowledge of famous African Americans with this quiz! www.nassaulibrary.org /freeport/africanamericanstudies.htm   (151 words)

Commentary Magazine - The Americans: The Democratic Experience, by Daniel J. Boorstin ...The pages of the Journal of American History and the American Historical Review are not filled with essays testing and evaluating the theses Boorstin has advanced in The Americans;* indeed, the leading * John P. Diggin's "Consciousness and Ideology in American History: The Bur- den of Daniel J. Boorstin," in American Historical Review, Vol... The Americans: The Democratic Experience, by Daniel J. Boorstin ...It gives passing reference to the two volumes of The Americans then published but deals primarily with Boor- stin's The Genius of American Politics... www.commentarymagazine.com /Summaries/V57I4P88-1.htm   (151 words)

Israel news and commentary from IsraPundit Under siege last week at his holiday ranch in Crawford, Texas, from the peace activist Cindy Sheehan, one of the military’s “gold star” mothers whose son died in Iraq, and under pressure from opinion polls showing dwindling American support for the war, Bush is on the defensive. Ho hum, the usual, talks and more talks ad infinitum, then threaten the useless UN and it's security council and the threat of sanctions with it's huge Muslim voting bloc blah blah blah..... Conservatives in America are contrasting Tony Blair’s clarity of purpose since the July bombings in London and the vacillations of the Bush administration about the future of Iraq and the nature of the terrorist threat. www.israpundit.com   (151 words)

NOVEL Databases for New York State Residents with DMV Driver License/DMV Photo ID An Almanac provides historical information and current commentary on the American Revolution; Biographies profiles approximately 60 British and American men and women connected with the conflict; and Primary Sources presents the text of speeches, diary entries, and other material. Major Acts of Congress examines landmark pieces of legislation (e.g., the Civil Rights Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Freedom of Information Act), explaining the historical factors that led to the proposal of each act, looking at the adoption process and assessing each act's impact on American life. This full text newspaper database has seven New York Newspapers including the New York Times from 2000 on, and over fifty national and international newspapers. www.novelnewyork.org /remotenyid_subj.htm   (950 words)

Pulitzer Prize for Commentary The Pulitzer Prize for Commentary, awarded since 1970. Miami Herald, for her commentary from Haiti about deteriorating political and social conditions and her columns about Cuban-Americans in Miami New York Times, for his commentary on sports in 1975 and for many other years www.nndb.com /honors/502/000079265   (417 words)

ibiblio - March: Blogs@ibiblio One of the first library-related blogs, librarian.net has been providing links and commentary on library issues with a radical librarian perspective. is a Brooklyn-based magazine and blog exploring the politics and perversions of mass media and American culture. SCO lawsuits, including transcripts of the legal documents filed in plain text and transcripts of teleconferences and media events. www.ibiblio.org   (856 words)

China List : China A guide for Americans to do business in China as well as to help Chinese businessenter the US market. The People's Republic of China External Service broadcasts featured programs,commentary and news via FM and shortwave to most of the world's regions using... China List excludes all liability of any kind (including negligence) in respect of any third party information or other material made available on, or which can be accessed using, this Website. www.china-list.com   (856 words)

Israel news and commentary from IsraPundit Commissioned by the Arab American Institute and carried out by Zogby International, the poll found little support for the notion that the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is the most important factor in determining attitudes toward the United States, which remained mostly negative. But since American hostility to the Iranian regime is clear, the fury with the rulers cannot be deflected, as it is in Egypt, to the distant Infidels in the United States. Ever since the Palestine Mandate was created, the Arabs have resisted the Zionist enterprise and Britain supported this resistance. israpundit.com   (4835 words)

Israel news and commentary from IsraPundit Those too young (or perhaps too old) to remember Viet Nam have witnessed a replay of the "Terrorist as Hero" strategy in the "Israeli-Palestnian" conflict. Subsequent to last week's horrific jihad attacks in London, we began to hear from those who knew the young men that were identified as the fiends who murdered more than fifty innocent Londoners trying to get to work. Though forced to literally "stay underground" [in tunnels] the North Vietnamese and their 5th column of Viet Cong terrorists, managed to trounce the U.S. in the pages of the world's newspapers, on the evening news, and on Universtity campuses. www.israpundit.com   (4835 words)

:: rogerebert.com :: Commentary :: Ebert's Most Hated (xhtml) Everybody is there except the Jewish kid from the Bronx and the guy named Ole with a Swedish accent. Bo and Luke are involved in a mishap that causes their faces to be blackened with soot, and then, wouldn't you know, they drive into an African-American neighborhood, where their car is surrounded by ominous young men who are not amused by blackface, or by the Confederate flag painted on the car. A case can be made for the movie, but it would involve transforming the experience of viewing the film (which is excruciatingly boring) into something more interesting, a fable about life and death. rogerebert.suntimes.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050811/COMMENTARY/50808002   (3523 words)

Sean's Russia Blog For example, Americans seem to love Ronald Reagan because he restored their sense of dignity (even while undermining middle class and economic foundations). The question “Why do Russians love Stalin?” continues to fascinate observers but often serves as a means for them to paint Russians as inherently "abnormal," authoritarian and violent. It is misleading to interpret strong public support for the revolution, Stalin or the Soviet Union as evidence for the Russians’ inability to come to grips with their past. seansrusskiiblog.blogspot.com   (3772 words)

This Media Tribe Disfigures Public Life :: No Categories I couldn’t help think of the “Grumpy” bloggers out there when I got to the part of the speech that asked of internet commentary: “Is this comment there simply because it is obligatory to have at least one really hostile voice, never mind its credibility?” In my experience, Protestant Americans in particular have trouble with this one: that in some sense it might be crucial to our survival as a humane race that we participate in policed conversations. We do still need them, in one way or another, because the jury is still out on the bulk of the human race, I�m afraid. www.nocategories.net /essays/this-media-tribe-disfigures-public-life   (1032 words)

FORUM: Akaka bill fair, overdue and lawful - Commentary - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper Bruce Fein's commentary titled "New racism in new bottles," (July 15) attacking S. 147, "the Akaka Bill," is not only full of gross misrepresentations and outright lies, it is astoundingly ignorant and utterly offensive to Native Hawaiians, African-Americans, and all Americans who believe in equality and justice. The Akaka Bill, simply put, provides long overdue federal recognition to Native Hawaiians, a recognition extended for decades to other Native Americans and Alaska Natives. To suggest non-Hawaiians under the Akaka Bill would suffer like African-Americans under Jim Crow diminishes in the cruelest way the real injury and misery inflicted upon African-Americans of that period. www.washtimes.com /commentary/20050723-092113-3500r.htm   (753 words)

Racism among some Jewish Intellectuals (by Sam Hamod) - Media Monitors Network Certainly we have many trained in journalism and broadcasting, but we cannot break the monopoly; not even for commentary or those little ditties that complain about the world of pots and pans and about “how I lost my virginity at 17” etc. etc. It is clear that NPR is not for all of us, but for a chosen few such as Scott Simon, Shelby Foote, Ken Burns, Daniel Shorr—where are the African Americans, the Arab Americans, the Latino Americans, the Native Americans on the daily and weekly shows? A friend of mine saw the “documentary” about Gen. Stonewall Jackson, his response was that it was so overloaded with sentiment that he almost forgot (though he’s black) that Jackson was fighting to defend slavery! www.mediamonitors.net /samhamod1.html   (753 words)

PopPolitics.com - Commentary on Popular and Political Cultures. MTV World's premise for these new channels was commonsensical: that young bicultural Americans have tastes different from those of youths in their ethnic homelands and therefore need, as it were, a customized MTV. Starting this summer, as reported in the New York Times, MTV will be creating distinct channels for second-generation immigrant youth -- MTV Desi for Indian-Americans, MTV Chi for Chinese-Americans, and MTV K for Korean Americans (links for the last two channels don't yet exist). So it's no surprise for me that a new effort by Def Jam records and others to bring diversity to the video game genre (dominated by white males) is an empty effort, at best, and a cynically manipulative use of their hip hop "authenticity," at worst. www.poppolitics.com   (753 words)

JHU Inter-Asian Council Angry Asian Man - Current events affecting Asian Americans, news on famous Asian Americans, and criticism of TV programs and events furthering Asian stereotypes. Model Minority - Articles and commentary to empower Asian Americans UMBC - Asian Student Connection at the University of Maryland Baltimore County www.jhu.edu /~iac/links.htm   (142 words)

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