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Monthly Archives: February 2010
What is This Graph About? (9)
The answer is here. More mystery graphs.
Posted in quiz, what is this graph about?
Tagged discrimination, facts, graphs, human rights, human rights facts, migration, mystery graph, poverty, statistics
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Political T-Shirt (12): Fight Only For Peace
Seen on the streets of Paris. OK, it’s not really a t-shirt. And then there’s this. More on peace; more on war. More political t-shirts.
Human Rights Nonsense (12): Protecting Human Rights Against the Antichrist
From The Washington Post, a story about a bizarre reaction to an odd proposal: The House of Delegates [of Virginia] is scheduled to vote Wednesday on a bill that would protect Virginians from attempts by employers or insurance companies to … Continue reading
Why Do Countries Become/Remain Democracies? Or Don’t? (9): The Resource Curse
I’ve written before on the reasons why countries develop or fail to develop more democratic forms of government. See here and here. That’s because I believe democracy is a human right that serves numerous important values. If we agree on … Continue reading
Posted in democracy, economics, freedom, globalization, poverty, trade, why do countries become/remain democracies
Tagged causation, corruption, democracy promotion, democratic transition, democratization, diamonds, direction of causation, economic growth, natural resources, oil, resource curse, statistics, transition, wealth
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Political Jokes & Funny Quotes (74): Stop Vandaling Education
(source) More on education. More jokes. More funny protest signs here, here and here. Some other examples of bad spelling in protest signs are here and here.
Political Graffiti (86): Child Labor & Sweatshops
(source) More on child labor and sweatshops. More on children’s rights. More political graffiti.
Posted in political graffiti, trade, work
Tagged child labor, children's rights, human rights, nike, political graffiti, politics, sweatshops
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Human Rights Ads (40): Pedophilia, Child Rape
(source) More on pedophilia. More on children’s rights in general. More human rights ads.
Posted in human rights ads, law
Tagged ad, advert, advertising, children, children's rights, human rights ad, pedophilia, rape, sex
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Measuring Poverty (5): The Mystery of the Feminization of Poverty
Regular readers of this blog know that we strongly believe in the importance of accurate data and numbers on human rights violations. This is perhaps even more the case for the rights violation that is called ”poverty”: one can assume that, to some … Continue reading
Human Rights Poem (75): I, Too, Sing America
(source) I, Too, Sing America, by Langston Hughes I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes. But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong. Tomorrow I’ll sit … Continue reading
Posted in art, discrimination and hate, equality, human rights poem
Tagged discrimination, human rights poem, jim crow, Langston Hughes, poem, poetry, segregation
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