| Betreff: Moving Ideas: Bringing Human Rights Home |
| Von: Moving Ideas |
| Datum: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 11:06:45 -0500 (CDT) |
| An: star.mail@t-online.de |
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Disenfranchisement in America
Denying the vote to students, DC citizens, felons, and non-citizens. Join the fight! Part 3 of a series on voter protection.
http://www.movingideas.org/activism/networks/deny_vote.html
Bringing Human Rights Home
In depth analysis and resources on the politics of U.S. human rights practices.
http://www.movingideas.org/issuesindepth/humanrights.html
Stop Pentagon Interference with Americans Voting Abroad!
Take action today and tell the Pentagon to stop blocking U.S. citizens from voting by restricting access to the web site which provides vital information about voting by absentee ballot!
http://action.movingideas.org/dia/organizations/movingideas/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=171
Indigenous Environmental Justice Issues Enter the Global Ring
From: INTERHEMISPHERIC RESOURCE CENTER
Talli Nauman
The author discusses how after many decades of often-fruitless insistence on treaty guarantees with the United States, Indian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are taking their demands beyond the realm of the U.S. civil rights and environmental movements. http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=5775
The Health of Latino Communities in the South: Challenges and Opportunities
From: NATIONAL COUNCIL OF LA RAZA
Findings show that Latinos in the South are reluctant to use public health care programs and facilities due to barriers such as lack of information about available services, lack of insurance, insufficient numbers of bilingual, bicultural personnel, and disparate treatment. http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=5736
The Urgent Need for Reform of Wholesale Telecommunications Regulation in California
From: ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE
In an attempt to promote healthy competition in the telecommunications industry, in 2002 and 2003 the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) sharply cut the rates at which existing telephone companies are required to lease portions of their telephone networks to new competitors. This new report illustrates how the plan backfired.
http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=5781
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