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Jihad For Love

Thu May 22, 2008 at 05:42:12 AM PDT

After reading thishttp://www.dailykos.com/...
, and the story of the Iranian man who won his deportation battle yesterdayhttp://news.yahoo.com/...I decided to write something about a film that is about to have its  Theatrical Launch at the IFC this week. Jihad For Love is a film that deals with the subject of homosexuality and Islam. I watched it in a private screening and felt that it was a really good film. It deals with the topic in a way that is both educational and respectful of the cultures these men and women live in.

Al Jazeera cameraman freed from Gitmo

Fri May 02, 2008 at 06:18:53 AM PDT

Cameraman who was taken to Guantanamo is freed

Sami al-Hajj hits out at US captors  
Al-Hajj had an emotional reunion with his son,
after six years of detention in Guantanamo

Al Jazeera cameraman Sami al-Hajj has hit out at the US treatment of detainees at the Guantanamo Bay military prison where he was held for nearly six and a half years.

Saying that "rats are treated with more humanity", al-Hajj said inmates' "human dignity was violated".

Al-Hajj, who arrived in Sudan early on Friday, was carried off the US air force jet on a stretcher and immediately taken to hospital.

Later, he had an emotional reunion with his wife and son.

One black man's reaction to Obama yesterday

Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 05:18:50 PM PDT

I read this article at Black Agenda Report and thought it was excellent. Obama’s ‘Race Neutral’ Strategy Unravels of its Own Contradictions
http://www.blackagendareport.com/...

Change is going to come to US News Media

Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 06:46:36 AM PDT

I went to bed thinking the story of Jeremiah Wright speech at NAACP dinner was going to be one of positive coverage and woke up to complete disaster. You would think he killed someone or raped a white woman while I slept.

Small liberal arts college for sale on Craigslist and Ebay! No joke.

Tue Apr 01, 2008 at 06:04:59 PM PDT

Do you want to buy this College? Known for its progressive education, social activism and much more.
Years in operation:155 years.
Leadership and first president: Horace Mann, none other than the American education reformer and abolitionist.
College motto: "Be Ashamed to Die Until You Have Won Some Victory for Humanity." By Horace Mann
Most well known Alumni: Correta Scott King, Stephen Jay Gould, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Rod Serling
Location: Yellow Springs; a beautiful town of 5,000 progressive/artistic population; many healthy, organic food stores; It also has Glen Helen, an  Outdoor Education Center located in a beautiful 1,000 acre park with many trails.
Okay, the above is what I would write. But the original ad as it appears on Craigslist is here:
http://urbanworldonline.com/...


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