Late afternoon briefs (not the kind perpetually at war with boxers). In other words, what the heck am I doing besides obsessing about health reform.
Posted at Hell on Earth, but worth a mention here, is a Sudanese Woman’s willingness to take a flogging in order to change things.
Lubna Ahmed Hussein, a journalist working for …
A rare cross posting from Darfur: An Unforgivable Hell on Earth.
There is clearly a debate as to whether all publicity is good publicity. We won’t get into that here, but I lean on the side of usually, with exceptions. “Silence is Not Golden”. As I’ve written about the situation in the Congo here many …
June 3, 2009 – 6:13 pm
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By cooper
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Posted in Blogging, Links, Sexism, Society, Women, activism, human rights, liberty
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Tagged Conflict Rape, human rights, Rape, violence against women, War, Women
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Lavena Johnson. I haven’t written of her case in some time because, despite all the congressional hearings late last year on the issue of sexual assault in the military, her case has never been specifically addressed, and the case has yet to be reopened. A new president was elected, and so on and so forth. …
May 21, 2009 – 2:06 am
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By cooper
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Posted in Blogging, Media, News, Sexism, Women, activism, human rights
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Tagged LaVena Johnson, Military, Murder, Rape
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