Sunday, January 22, 2012

activist


jan 22
  • President Obama will use his election-year address on Tuesday to define an activist economic role for government, hoping to draw a stark contrast between the parties. NYTimes Front Page
  • The city of San Francisco needed a football team like that, after the assassinations of Mayor George Moscone and the politician and gay rights activist Harvey Milk, and after the Jonestown massacre. New York Times, Sports
  • Florida DREAM Act activists, who have been among the most visible in the nation, also are promising to keep the heat on Romney as his campaign comes to the state. Huffington Post Full Feed
  • Through my work as a teacher, a student, author, activist and Huffington Post guest blogger, I see every day how true those words really are. Huffington Post Full Feed
  • In today 's Chile, however, human rights activists are challenging low pay, long hours and discrimination that afflict domestic workers. Seattle Times full feed
  • The British-based opposition activist group, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, confirmed the incident Saturday and said 15 prisoners were killed. NPR News
  • In today 's Chile, however, human rights activists are challenging low pay, long hours and discrimination that afflict domestic workers. Times Leader
  • Among the pardoned is Michael Nabil, 25, an activist who went on a hunger strike to protest his conviction for posting remarks saying the army tried to quell the uprising against Mubarak. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet
  • Syrian troops fought intense battles against defectors elsewhere in northern Syria, activists said, leaving dozens of people wounded in the increasingly militarized 10-month uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. NYTimes Front Page
  • While Alaa Jarban, a youth activist who said he saw protesters killed last spring, called the immunity law รข ? NYTimes Front Page
  • WASHINGTON -- Although he appears headed to victory in Saturday 's South Carolina primary, Newt Gingrich faces skepticism from grassroots Republican activists and officeholders, who increasingly prefer Mitt Romney as their first choice for the Republican presidential nomination. Huffington Post Full Feed