The T Riders Union and other community organizations gathered in front of the Massachusetts State House Jan. 23, 2012 to rally against proposed MBTA fare hikes and service changes. The protesters argue that the changes will greatly affect lower income, elderly and disabled communities already displayed by the recession. (Part of the video is in Spanish with English translation.)
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Focus on Public Transit Justice
Published January 25, 2012 Global Wire Associates Leave a CommentTags: fare hikes, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, MBTA, public transportation, T Riders Union, transit justice
UK Race Relations: Yesterday & Today
Published January 4, 2012 Global Wire Associates Leave a CommentTags: Anuj Bidve, criminal justice, London riots, Mark Duggan, race, racism, Stephen Lawrence, United Kingdom
Two white men were found guilty and received life sentences for the murder of Stephen Lawrence, the black teenager stabbed to death by five white youths at a London bus stop in 1993. Nearly two decades on, the verdict may have brought some closure to a case that put a spotlight on racism and criminal justice in the United Kingdom. I was a teenager myself at the time and remember hearing a little about this case, but it wasn’t until I viewed the BBC film The Murder of Stephen Lawrence when I got the whole story of the case and how England is so not “postracial.”
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Library 2.0: Supporting Underserved Communities
Published December 7, 2011 Global Wire Associates Leave a CommentTags: American Library Association, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, digital divide, Digital Public Library of America, economic disparities, public library, rural libraries, urban libraries
With the advent of e-books, audio books, Kindles and other devices that make the art of reading a digital experience, many wonder with the declining number of bookstores, what will happen to public libraries. For those of us who are lucky to live in places where a library exists, they are not only spaces to read and lend out books, but they also act as community meeting spaces.
However, the increase in digital media has also been compounded with the current economic downturn, which has contributed to the budget cuts and closings of many public libraries around the United States. Even more unfortunate is that many of these endangered public libraries are serving marginalized populations in rural and inner city areas.
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Focus on the Middle Class
Published October 27, 2011 Global Wire Associates Leave a CommentTags: debt, economic justice, economy, green jobs, Occupy Boston, Occupy Oakland, Occupy Wall Street, poverty, recession, student loans, Van Jones
Environmental activist Van Jones spoke to Occupy Boston Oct 27, 2011. Jones served as a Special Advisor for the White House Council on Environmental Quality in 2009. He is a proponent of a “sustainable, environmentally beneficial economy,” and author of “The Green-Collar Economy; How One Solution Can Solve Our Two Biggest Problems.” He spoke to the crowd about how Washington has failed the American middle class because of the growing number of “banksters.”
