Bookmarks for December 1st through March 25th

These are my links for December 1st through March 25th:

• University Television Ads Depict White Dominance, Study Finds – "The researchers found that the overwhelmingly majority of the students and alumni depicted in the advertisements were white, with minority members generally being depicted only as token members of larger groups. The common image of a group of students st
• What Created This Monster? – "The Federal Reserve not only taken has action unprecedented since the Great Depression ? by lending money directly to major investment banks ? but also has put taxpayers on the hook for billions of dollars in questionable trades these same bankers ma
• Gays fear an influx of hate – "The tragedy has exacerbated tensions between Sacramento's gay community and the region's booming population of Slavic evangelical Christians, whose most vocal congregants in recent years have mobilized on the streets and statehouse steps to protest homos
• The Mind of a One-Woman Multitude – Erykah Badu – "As she floated in the tub (?I always go all the way underneath the water and try to hold my breath a long time,? she said), she had a revelation: ?Different thoughts kept coming into my head. The first thought was, ooh, I wonder if my hair gonna be
• Boy?s Killing, Labeled a Hate Crime, Stuns a Town – "Hundreds of mourners gathered at a church here on Friday to remember an eighth-grade boy who was shot to death inside a junior high school computer lab by a fellow student in what prosecutors are calling a hate crime."
• Many blacks worry about Obama's safety – "They watch with wonder as Barack Obama moves ever closer to becoming America's first black president. And they ask themselves, their family, their friends: Is he at risk? Will he be safe?"
• Postpartum Depression More Likely In African-American And Low-Income Women – ""Women who are poor already have a lot of stress, ranging from poor living conditions to concerns about paying the bills. The birth of an infant can represent additional financial and emotional stress, and depression negatively impacts the woman's abilit
• The Republican Democrat – "But now the candidate who should be as familiar as anyone with "the Chicago way" — given that he's actually from Chicago — is on the receiving end of some less than polite politics, and more than a few progressives don't like what they're seeing. Barac
• The Triumph of Narrative – "Though we may or may not have reached the end of the unexpected upsets and dramatic reversals of the primaries, much less the general election to come, there is no doubt that of all the people who ran for president this year, Obama has run the smartest a
• Biracial, but not like me – ""Dreams From My Father" is the story of Obama's personal evolution from parochialism to a universal humanism. It's also the story of how a man blessed with a powerful analytical mind developed emotional intelligence along the way. Obama's tortured interi
• A Suburb Looks Nervously at Its Urban Neighbor – "For many outsiders, the attack on Mr. McDermott is seen as comeuppance for a community that seemed smug about its wealth, security and racial diversity. ?I wonder how much ?tolerance? the ?progressive,? snooty, pseudo-intellectual limousine lib
• An Unjust Conclusion – "During nearly a month of testimony Manso had seen the defense chip away at the state?s case?the contaminated crime scene, the spotty crime lab testing?and when the verdict was read he heard gasps from hard-bitten reporters in the balcony. How could
• Jurors testify about claims of racism – The Boston Globe – "The three jurors contacted McCowen's lawyer, Robert A. George, who is not related to the juror, days after the verdict to say that an atmosphere of racism permeated deliberations. The three jurors filed affidavits and largely hewed to them yesterday, wit
• Outsourced Wombs – "We, however, can hear the imperious tone, so much more audible in radio than in the troubling print reports that have surfaced lately on Indian surrogate mothers? ?wombs for rent.? And we should care about how things sound."
• Men shoot themselves in tattoo attempt – "Two men trying to trace a loaded .357-caliber Magnum as a pattern for a tattoo accidentally shot themselves, the Otero County Sheriff's Department said Monday."
• None of the Above: Books: What I.Q. doesn?t tell you about race – "The lesson to be drawn from black and white differences was the same as the lesson from the Netherlands years ago: I.Q. measures not just the quality of a person?s mind but the quality of the world that person lives in."
• In Marseille, Rap Helps Keep the Peace – "The Marseillais have plenty of explanations for this disparity, aside from the obvious one that the poor areas here aren?t segregated on the city outskirts, as they are in Paris ? but it is hip-hop, as much a source of local pride as the town?s soc
• A Midnight Service Helps African Immigrants Combat Demons – "Those other churches might argue that such a focus on witchcraft is a relic of Africans? old beliefs, a dangerously pagan preoccupation. But scholars say this is Christianity made profoundly African. Spiritual Warfare considers itself Pentecostal, and
• The Web Users? Campaign – "In the new and evolving online world, the greatest momentum goes not to the candidate with the most detailed plan for conquering the Web but to the candidate who surrenders his own image to the clicking masses, the same way a rock guitarist might fall ba
• The New New Philosophy – "But now a restive contingent of our tribe is convinced that it can shed light on traditional philosophical problems by going out and gathering information about what people actually think and say about our thought experiments. The newborn movement (?x-
• On campuses, students struggle with racism, ethnic tensions – "The tensions, says Daren Graves, an assistant professor of general education at Simmons College, mirror a nationwide movement opposed to political correctness that's occurring in response to the advances of the civil-rights movement."
• White May Be Might, But It's Not Always Right – "Unfortunately, this line of questioning reinforces one of the most persistent myths in America, that white is always right. The myth reflects an enduring double standard based on "white" and "black" explanations for social problems. And it assumes that "
• 33 ways to say 'black' and 'box' – "The concentration of works that deliberated, deconstructed or dabbled in notions of identity gave Moniz pause. "I was shocked if not dismayed," she admits. "I wasn't thinking about blackness at all. Except that the artists were black.""
• A Separate Union, of Athletes, for Athletes – "The news media response to Taylor?s murder was disturbing, and should have been sobering to all professional athletes. Several commentaries rehashed Taylor?s past transgressions, expressing no surprise that Taylor died a violent death."
• The Geography of Hate – "And the number of hate groups, according to the annual count by the Southern Poverty Law Center, has shot up 40 percent in recent years, from 602 groups in 2000 to 844 in 2006."
• In Gaps at School, Weighing Family Life – "But whether it is a parent?s fault or the societal pressures on the parent, the results are hard on the child: The average scores for black and Hispanic children on reading and math assessments at the start of kindergarten are 20 percent lower than for
• Europe dream turns sour for African migrant youth –
• Is Hello Kitty Turning Feral? – "?I think Sanrio has become somewhat more liberal in its licensing strategy,? he said. ?You won?t find Hello Kitty pitching hunting rifles or malt liquor, of course, but the brand has moved into more daring areas such as ladies? evening and nigh
• Mothers Scrimp as States Take Child Support – "The collection of child support from absent fathers is failing to help many of the poorest families, in part because the government uses fathers? payments largely to recoup welfare costs rather than passing on the money to mothers and children."
• Effort to Limit Junk Food in Schools Faces Hurdles – "But that intense corporate involvement, along with exemptions that would allow sales of chocolate milk, sports drinks and diet soda, has caused a rift among food activists who usually find themselves on the same side of school food battles."
• Penny Foolish – "Yet the company has adopted a far more activist approach when the issue is the well-being of livestock. In March, Burger King announced strict new rules on how its meatpacking suppliers should treat chickens and hogs. As for human rights abuses, Burger K

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