Social Justice

See You Later, Alligator!

by Anne Landman — July 16, 2008 - 12:15pm

The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless plans to hand out free movie tickets, free passes to the Zoo, Denver's Museum of Nature and Science and other cultural attractions to homeless people during the Democratic National Convention August 25-28. They will even provide free bus tickets for the homeless to visit attractions that are beyond walking distance.

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Rocky Mountain News, July 16, 2008

Gay Times for California's PR Industry

by Diane Farsetta — June 18, 2008 - 2:15pm

California is a hotbed for political messaging, as same-sex couples get married and conservative groups try to stop them with a November ballot initiative. Equality for All, a coalition supporting same-sex marriage, has hired Ogilvy PR Worldwide, the Democrat-leaning firm Dewey Square Group and the polling firm Lake Research Partners.

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O'Dwyer's PR Daily (sub req'd), June 17, 2008

Conservative Bloggers Link Rachael Ray Ad to Terror Symbolism

by Anne Landman — May 30, 2008 - 12:48pm

Dunkin' Donuts pulled an online ad for frozen lattes featuring domestic maven Rachael Ray after receiving complaints from right-wing bloggers, including conservative FOX News commentator

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Advertising Age, May 28, 2008

McCain's Pastor Problems Deepen, Widen

by Anne Landman — May 23, 2008 - 11:24am

Pastor John Hagee, the controversial Christian televangelist who last March endorsed Senator John McCain's nom

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Huffington Post, May 21, 2008

The New Whopper: Burger with a Side of Spies

by John Stauber — May 7, 2008 - 2:46pm

Author Eric Schlosser editorializes about "the growing threat to civil liberties posed by corporate spying," citing Burger King Corporation's spying on the Student/Farmworker Alliance and the Coalition of Immokalee Workers through Cara Schaffer and her private security firm,

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New York Times, May 5, 2007

Special Offer: Free Grass to Subject Your Children to Sludge

by Judith Siers-Poisson — April 23, 2008 - 7:13pm

Sludge keeps rearing its ugly head. Scientists used federal grant money to "spread fertilizer made from human and industrial wastes on yards in poor, black neighborhoods to test whether it might protect children from lead poisoning in the soil." The residents were not alerted to any harmful ingredients in the sludge, and were assured that it posed no health risks for their families.

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Baltimore Examiner, April 13, 2008

British Anti-Terrorism Law Used to Spy on Minors' Smoking, Drinking

by Anne Landman — April 23, 2008 - 12:11pm

A British county has been using an anti-terrorism law enacted in 2000 to spy on minors for petty crimes like using cigarettes and alcohol. The Staffordshire County Council in Britain's Midlands region has been using Britain's Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) for a host of non-terrorism-related applications, like monitoring underage liquor and tobacco sales, recording the movements of farm animals and tracking counterfeit DVD sales.

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The Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, United Kingdom), April 21, 2008

Less Cause, More Marketing for Unilever

by Diane Farsetta — April 10, 2008 - 2:47pm

In 2004, the Unilever company Dove got lots of attention for using "ordinary-looking -- in some cases heavyset -- women in its ads for shampoos and beauty products.

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Wall Street Journal (sub req'd), April 10, 2008
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