City elections spark campus activism

CU Columbia Spectator

It's campaign season in New York City, and campus political groups are gearing up to rock the vote. By Elizabeth Foydel With November fast approaching, ...



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PREVIEW-Nobel Peace prize seeks return to activist roots

Reuters

OSLO, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Wanted - a peace maker or rights activist engaged in a current conflict whose influence would benefit greatly ...



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Nobel contenders await peace prize decision

CNN

Hu started his activism focusing on HIV/AIDS in 2001 and co-founded a grassroots organization dedicated to helping children from AIDS families. ...



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Nobel doesn't excite me beyond a point: Mahasweta

Times of India

I am caught up with my columns in newspapers and my activism . But that is not to say that I will not write stories in future. It might happen anyday, ...

Handicapping the Race for Literature's Nobel Prize Newsweek

German Author Wins Nobel in Literature Inside Higher Ed

Herta Mueller honoured with Nobel Prize for Literature SamayLive



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African Activists Honored for Human Rights Campaigns

Voice of America

The Alison Des Forges Defender Award for Extraordinary Activism celebrates people from around the world who have worked through hard times to defend human ...

Bo Kyi Wins Human Rights Watch Award The Irrawaddy News Magazine

Four receive human rights awards United Press International, Asia

Human Rights Watch Honors Top Rights Defenders Human Rights Watch (Communique de presse)



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Young environmental activist wins another award

Ventura County Star

Loorz has become a minor he is 15, after all celebrity in the environmental activism world since he started showing his own version of Al Gore's ...

Dangerous or realistic?

The Australian

The popularity of the FreeRice web site is attributed to the rise of slacktivism - a pejorative portmanteau of slacker and activism used to describe ...

The New Face of Student Activism

Town Hall

Imagine for a moment you know a student activist at an expensive New England university. This alternatively dressed student and his ...

Part Two: Talking with Harvey Wasserman, activist , journalist, author, college ...

OpEdNews

Welcome back for the second portion of my interview with author and activist Harvey Wasserman. ...



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Expressing Convictions at the Mall

New York Times

It has many names: buycotting, ethical consumerism, moral economics, latte activism , critical consumption. Whatever you call it, buying is getting more ...

ACORN prostitution sting caught on video is wave of new conservative activism

Examiner.com

Had ACORN been watching the activist scene from the Right and not just encouraging it from the Left, they might have seen O'Keefe coming. ...

Acorn Falls, the Web Rises New York Times

With tarnished image, ACORN's future cloudy The News Journal

ACORN Under Fire After Undercover Revelations NewsMax.com

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Tea Party Activists Reject PAC-Backed 'Tea Party Express'

The Washington Independent

In media appearances, Williams said that the Tea Party Express was herding cats, and giving people a constructive outlet for their activism . ...

Simcox takes credit for Tea Parties Arizona Daily Star



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Washington Marches: Past and Present

Windy City Times

For example, forty years after the Stonewall uprising in a New York City gay bar an event sparking a nationwide upsurge of gay-rights activism that ignited ...

Why we're marching, too Socialist Worker Online



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Brace for activism in 2010

IR Magazine

'But activism has continued at a hectic pace as evidenced by the number of proxy fights being at an all-time high.' While some activists collapsed during ...

MRSA survivors say screening is key

Chicago Tribune

Ken Reimer's activism began when his infant daughter, Madeline, died after contracting a mysterious illness. ...



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I am a marijuana activist from New Zeala

CelebStoner

I am a marijuana activist from New Zealand and had the pleasure of meeting Dana for the first time when he visited New Zealand last month. ...

California's Governor Leads the Way for Business-Friendly Green Activism

Seeking Alpha (blog)

Tuesday Governor Schwarzenegger again demonstrated what a business-friendly green activist politician looks like. It's a pretty rare species, ...



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Santa Clara County Conservation, a talk by Craig Breon

San Jose Mercury News

He has taught Environmental Law and Environmental Activism at Santa Clara University, hosts a radio program of environmental issues and African music (KKUP) ...

Nobel Peace Prize coveted, but oh so controversial

Toronto Star

Won for environmental activism . It's the pinnacle of peace prizes, the heaven of humanitarian awards. But the $1.5 million Nobel Peace Prize, whose winner ...



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Social Media and Activism

New York Times (blog)

The most successful logo in human history is not the Nike swoosh or any other corporate design. Instead, it's probably one designed by ...