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Cancelled Flights and Other Things Gone Wrong: The Passenger's Bill of Rights

Sun, 15 Jul 2007 10:11:24 -0700

BlogHer - Jul. 15 (Opinion) - Enter Flyer's Rights and a number of consumer organizations trying to push the Passenger's Bill of Rights (PBOR) in to law. There's a good read about the PBOR on Independent Traveler.The related links at the top of this article are worth your time too - they're about your rights right now and there are some harrowing tales by survivors up there, too.

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Disaboom: Social Networking for the Disabled

Sun, 08 Jul 2007 08:00:54 -0700

BlogHer - Jul. 08 (Opinion) - For years I've been wishing for a good online community website for people with disabilities and caretakers of people with disabilities. I've seen some good niche email lists and message boards but nothing like an "iVillage" or a "WebMD" for people with disabilities. Disaboom appears like it just might be BETTER than what I've been looking for. I'm impressed.

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Mary Joyce: Global Social Change Blogher

Sun, 06 May 2007 12:02:43 -0700

BlogHer - By Beth Kanter - May. 06 (Opinion) - My colleague Mary Joyce who writes a blog called "ZapBoom: The Sound That Change Makes" that focuses on the question, "Under what conditions does citizen activism occur and how can it be supported and encouraged?"

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White Mother, White Father, White Child - Talking Race in Middle America

Sun, 06 May 2007 12:06:02 -0700

BlogHer - By Dorothy - May. 06 (Opinion) - As a Protestant white woman married to a white man and raising a white child in a fairly white city, I do need to read about raising an anti-racist child. Not because I'm racist, but because I'm not on the receiving end of much, so it might be hard for me to remember other people can have a different experience.

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Cities, states, companies compete to be the most green

Sun, 06 May 2007 16:39:28 -0700

BlogHer - By Elisa Camahort - May. 06 (Opinion) - With the federal government seemingly completely stymied by the administration's lack of faith in science, and therefore lack of interest in environmental action (oh, yes, I did go there!) it is the cities, states and companies of the U.S. that are trying to step up to the plate.

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On Barack Obama's Church and its Senior Pastor

Sun, 25 Mar 2007 08:48:52 -0700

BlogHer - By Kim Pearson - Mar. 25 (Opinion) - In the past, I've written about the need for cultural competence in reporting on Obama. Nowhere is the lack of cultural competence -- and its unfortunate consequences -- more apparent than in the widening rift between TUCC and the press. Incomplete reporting, uninformed blogging -- and most recently, the Church's reported imposition of a clumsy media relations policy provide a distorted picture of a widely-respected church, theological perspective and Christian leader. My intention in this post is to share my experience of TUCC, and, more importantly, to correct some of the misinterpretations of black liberation theology that have been reflected in the coverage of the church.

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Interview with Jo Lee of CitizenSpeak

Wed, 27 Sep 2006 02:34:11 -0700

BlogHer - By Beth Kanter - Sep. 27 (Interview) - As reported by the Executive Director of N-TEN, Katrin Verclas earlier this week, The Antonio Pizzigati Prize was awarded to George Hotelling, an open source software developer who built CitizenSpeak. But a big congratulations goes to Jo Lee - an amazing woman (and mother of two) who works in the nonprofit technology space - for all her work managing the project and making it a huge success.

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Oriana Fallaci, Noted Italian Journalist, dead at 77

Fri, 15 Sep 2006 16:50:05 -0700

BlogHer - By Kim Pearson - Sep. 15 (Opinion) - Oriana Fallaci, 77, who died today, brooked no compromises and took no prisoners. According to spokespeople for the private hospital in Florence where she met her end, the noted writer had been battling cancer for 10 years. Since September 11, 2001, Fallaci has been best known as a strident -- or some might say, rabid -- critic of Islam. But years before, she made her mark as one of the most extraordinary interviewers in journalism -- so extraordinary that in 2004, she interviewed herself about her own impending death.

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Mothering mantras

Wed, 13 Sep 2006 17:40:53 -0700

BlogHer - By Mir - Sep. 13 (Opinion) - Anyone who's ever been responsible for the care and upkeep of another human being knows that the inherent challenges in doing so can be enough to unhinge even the most grounded of souls. We all have our tips and tricks for coping. For me? It's all about the mantras, baby.

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Team Moms for Modesty

Wed, 06 Sep 2006 16:43:58 -0700

BlogHer - By Mary Tsao - Sep. 06 (Opinion) - Mothers of daughters, is your daughter a cold blooded man eater? How do you feel about your daughter wearing a T-shirt that invites the world to Bite Me?

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Feminist Fightback Set to Launch in London

Tue, 05 Sep 2006 13:24:47 -0700

BlogHer - By Melinda Casino - Sep. 05 (Opinion) - Do you live in the London area and feel up for some political action? Then you might be interested in the Feminist Fightback conference. Sofie Buckland of Volsunga describes the grassroots event:

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Cruisin' the Crafty Podcasts

Sun, 27 Aug 2006 01:43:46 -0700

BlogHer - Aug. 27 (Opinion) - Elle, one my favorite artquilt bloggers, has started a podcast!! Her first edition recaps the Art Sewciety Bleach Discharge Day of Fun.

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Read Health Blogs With Me

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 18:39:28 -0700

BlogHer - By Denise - Aug. 24 (Opinion) - 'm super busy at work, at home, everywhere and that means I haven't had time to read my blogfeeds as quickly or as often as I normally would. It's catch-up time for me so I'm spending my lunchbreak sifting through the blogs I haven't read for the last 24 hours. I'm going to link you to anything health related that is sitting in my feeds.

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And the confessions keep on coming

Sun, 20 Aug 2006 14:14:00 -0700

BlogHer - By Mir - Aug. 20 (Opinion) - Got some dirty laundry to air out? You now have your pick of appropriate sites to get anything and everything off of your chest, thereby affording you the relief of confession without angering everyone who reads your blog.

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All around the globe, moms find common ground

Sun, 13 Aug 2006 16:31:51 -0700

BlogHer - By Mir - Aug. 13 (Opinion) - Most of the blogs I read are American, and I've found myself actively seeking out ones that are not, because I'd started feeling sort of lazy and ethnocentric. There's a whole world out there! And the internet brings it right to my desk! Time to branch out a little! While it is likely true that there are plenty of commonalities in the human experience, across cultures, it is undeniably true that the commonalities across the parenting experience transcend location and culture in a way that little else does.

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DOPA: "Suppose You Were An Idiot..."

Sun, 30 Jul 2006 17:38:40 -0700

BlogHer - By Marianne Richmond - Jul. 30 (Opinion) - ...And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." Mark Twain DOPA, which stands for, Deleting Online Predators Act of 2006, or HR 5319, "amend{s} the communications act of 1934 to require recipients of universal service support for schools and libraries to protect minors from commercial social networking websites and chat rooms." The vote was 410 to 15. I think that is called a landslide.

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A Conversation with TechSoup's Susan Tenby on Virtual Nonprofit Communities

Tue, 25 Jul 2006 22:07:54 -0700

BlogHer - By Beth Kanter - Jul. 25 (Opinion) - Susan Tenby has been working at CompuMentor for more than six years. Currently the Online Community Manager for TechSoup, she was part of the original launch team for the Techsoup, a one-stop resource for nonprofit technology needs including free information, resources, and support.

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Chindia Rules - Indian Blogs, China-style Censorship

Thu, 20 Jul 2006 14:32:50 -0700

BlogHer - By DesiGal - Jul. 20 (Opinion) - India's big dream for itself is to transform Bombay to a Shanghai like shimmering city by the sea. Dr. Manmohan Singh, the Indian Prime Minister, has made no secret of this desire of his. While Shanghai remains a distant reach for Mumbai - as of now - India's managed the dubious distinction of mimicking China's stranglehold on spontaneous creativity. Last week, I wrote about the bomb blasts in Bombay. One of the bigger fallouts of the blasts has been India's Department of Technology (DoT) blocking certain blog sites. Bloggers in India haven't been able to access popular blog sites such as Blogspot and LiveJournal. And boy are they hopping mad.

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Taking the Political Personally

Tue, 11 Jul 2006 15:35:53 -0700

BlogHer - By Melinda Casino - Jul. 11 (Opinion) - If you think you're sick unto death of the so-called "Mommywars", think again. A discussion at Crooked Timber, prompted by Henry Farrell's post, "Taking the Political Personally", raises the bar considerably on a public debate that, so far, manages only to pit employed mothers against stay-at-home mothers (SAHMs). In the U.S., the debate has largely been framed by a few voices, and sensationalised as "Mommywars" in order to sell newspapers.

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What Rocketboom and North Korea Have In Common

Sun, 09 Jul 2006 01:04:11 -0700

BlogHer - By The Anonymous Source - Jul. 09 (Opinion) - The on-going spat between the brilliant former co-host of news vlog Rocketboom Amanda Congdon and her "51-Percent" partner, and equally brilliant producer Andrew Baron has EVERYONE and EVERYONE ELSE in even the mainstream media talking. If you don't know the whole story, start at the bottom here. What do the two have in common now? About as much as North Korea has with the rest of the world: 1) Six-Party Talks.

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Tibet by Rail

Tue, 04 Jul 2006 02:36:28 -0700

BlogHer - By Pam - Jul. 04 (Opinion) - The recent completion of the infamous Golmud-Lhasa line, home to some of the most treacherous terrain in the world, really does open up some travel options. Instead of taking the 48 hour bus journey from Golmud, Qinghai, getting to Tibet is now a breeze.. as far as trains go anyway. That's from popagandhi, who's already planning to put the family on the train to Tibet this winter. (Aside: save some time for getting lost in popaghandi's blog and photostream. Good stuff in there.)

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Blogsurfing Sudan

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 15:45:34 -0700

BlogHer - By Jules - Jun. 23 (Opinion) - After a wave of publicity last month when George Clooney used his celebrity currency to shine the spotlight on Sudan, its been rather disappointing (although rather predictable) to see that nothing has changed, and interest in Sudan has once again faded in the mainstream press. So for today's Surfing Guide, rather than feature bloggers from ANZO (my usual beat), I thought I would jump across to Africa to see if I could find some women blogging in Sudan.

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Moms Blog how Bigger is Better

Tue, 13 Jun 2006 15:46:34 -0700

BlogHer - By Mary Tsao - Jun. 13 (Opinion) - Some of my favorite mommy bloggers are those with big families. Their blogs are filled with the real deal; they answer the question, What is life like when the kids outnumber the adults? Their blogs are also usually funny, sometimes tragic, and always honest. Which is why I was so happy to see that a group of bloggers under the direction of writer and blogger Meagan Francis have come together to start a new website and blog called Larger Families.

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