The third annual gathering of the Netroots (formerly known as the YearlyKos Convention) will be held July 17–20 at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas.Netroots Nation 2008 will include panels led by national and international experts; identity, issue and regional caucuses; prominent political, issue and policy-oriented speakers; a progressive film screening series; and theContinueContinue reading “Encouraging people of color to apply for Netroots Nation scholarship”
Monthly Archives: May 2008
Barbara Rodgers to Leave CBS 5
Barbara Rodgers estimates that she’s done at least 8,000 interviews during her 36 years in broadcasting. Most of those for CBS 5 (KPIX-TV), the station that has been her home away from home since 1979. Now Rodgers has decided to take a break.”After almost 29 years at CBS 5, I had been thinking about whenContinueContinue reading “Barbara Rodgers to Leave CBS 5”
UN Expert on Racism Begins Fact-Finding Mission in US
Several national civil liberties and human rights groups today welcomed a fact-finding mission to the U.S. by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. The American Civil Liberties Union, Global Rights, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law, the U.S. Human Rights Network, theContinueContinue reading “UN Expert on Racism Begins Fact-Finding Mission in US”