Chavez: Bush is "The Devil"

Holding a picture of Noam Chomsky’s Hegemony or Survival: America’s Quest for Global Dominance, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez referred to George W. Bush as “the devil” during Tuesday’s session at the United Nations General Assembly.
“And the devil came here yesterday. Yesterday the devil came here. Right here.” [crosses himself] “And it smells of sulfur still [...]

Can Our Athletes Ever Be Men Again?

From Blackathlete.net.

“Any challenge athletes pose to the status of our racist society, any efforts to protect the interests of the poor people dying in New Orleans, or any defense of the millions of black men enslaved in the prison system leads to quick abandonment and dismantlement by the athlete’s sources of financial support.Our most powerful [...]

Women Still Hitting the Glass Ceiling in Science

“Women in science and engineering are hindered not by lack of ability but by bias and outmoded institutional structures” in academia, an expert panel reported today.

The panel, convened by the National Academy of Sciences, said that in an era of global competition the nation could not [...]

Colonized Mind: How the Definition of a Word Revealed the Truth

France’s most reputable dictrionary defines “colonization” as getting the “best returns out of a country.” The head of an organization representing France’s black community called Tuesday for the iconic Petit Robert dictionary to be pulled off the shelves for putting what the group said was a positive spin on the definition of the word “colonization.” [...]