Since seeing the film "The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo" in my politics of gender class last night, I have not been able to get the images of the women I saw speaking about having been brutally beaten, violated and humiliated out of my mind.

Obama Will Take Us Backward By Channeling Keynes: Amity Shlaes

Commentary by Amity Shlaes

When I describe my interest in medicine/public health, I make a point to emphasize how this goes beyond my scientific curiosity and into my passion for people, particularly marginalized communities. Intersectionalities such as the crib to prison pipeline/ books v. bars have been supported with substantial evidence.

 The World Going Forward:   The Confusion Of   Free- Market Believer

Last weekend, I had the pleasure of attending the Facing Race Conference hosted by  the Applied Research Center in Oakland, California.

You voted. Now what? Kristina Rizga of WireTap writes:

Many progressives hope that the elation and idealism that Barack Obama's campaign helped inspire will turn into a lifetime of community service. [...] And while the president and Congress deliberate policy and allocate funding, the direction of their work will depend, in part, on the continued grassroots activism of young people.

Aliza Bartfield said to me after the Oakland United party Saturday night, "you know its a good party when people dance"  Likewise, I think you know a conference on social justice is good when people are erupting in discussion - minds aroused, passions ignited, networks and strategies forming.  This weekend 8 Yp4 fellows and 5 staff traveled to Oakland, California to attend Facing Ra

I had an interesting conversation with my professor, Ellery Washington and the rest of the small narrative essays class where we talked about how we reacted to news of the election outcome. All of us are writers and are therefore used to constantly analyzing the world around us, seeking the threads that can be twisted together to make compelling stories.

A story posted this week from correspondents in Enugu, Nigeria working with the Agence France-Presse, reveals that raids by the police have found an apparent network of baby “farms” in Nigeria. http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24650838-23109,00.html Twenty teenage girls were rescued earlier this year from a hospital in Enugu.