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Letter About Palin Goes Viral
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:05:00 -0400
This week in Wasilla, Alaska, a woman named Anne Kilkenny sent a letter to some college friends about her former mayor, Sarah Palin. By week's end, the letter was pinging around the country and Kilkenny's phone was ringing off the hook.
Teen Sex, Sex Education And Sarah Palin
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:39:00 -0400
Gov. Sarah Palin has been a strong supporter of programs that advocate abstinence until marriage, and she also opposes explicit sex education. Alaska's law is silent on these issues, however, and it provides no specific funding for sex education in the schools.
Examining Palin's Pentecostal Background
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:14:00 -0400
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has electrified religious conservatives who see her as one of their own. The Republican vice presidential candidate brings evangelical credentials to the ticket and has a Pentecostal background.

The Talk of the Town

Dorothy Wickenden: An old-style, Los Angeles feminist on Obama.
Dorothy Wickenden Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:00:00 -0000
Rosalind Wyman--seventy-seven years old; doughty feminist; political fund-raiser and philanthropist; hostess to J.F.K., Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton, and Hollywood types too numerous to count; youngest elected member of the Los Angeles City Council (at the age of twenty-two); first woman to run a national political . . .
Lauren Collins: The Brooklyn painter Kehinde Wiley.
Lauren Collins Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:00:00 -0000
The painter Kehinde Wiley first travelled to Nigeria in 1997. He was trying to find his father, whom he had never met, or, more crucially for a portraitist, seen. (His mother didn’t have any photographs.) After several weeks in Lagos, he found his dad, who welcomed him. But--like any . . .
James Surowiecki: What drives market volatility?
James Surowiecki Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:00:00 -0000
American investors are frazzled. True, oil prices have fallen from their most vertiginous highs, the dollar is a bit stronger, and the stock market has actually risen over the past month. But none of those things have happened in a smooth and steady fashion. The stock market’s “ascent,” in particular . . .

 

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Humane Society International (HSI) - International arm of HSUS (Humane Society of the United States). Oversees and coordinates efforts worldwide, addressing wildlife, companion and farm animals, and the use of animals in research and testing.
Meta Description: [ The Humane Society of the United States ]

International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) - Works to stop all commercial exploitation and trade of animals by changing policies and practices through campaigns and grants to other organizations. Includes breaking news, publications, media center and current campaigns. Headquarters in Massachusetts, USA.
Meta Description: [ IFAW's mission is to improve the welfare of wild and domestic animals throughout the world by reducing commercial exploitation, protecting wildlife habitats, and assisting animals in distress. We seek to motivate the public to prevent cruelty to animals and to promote animal welfare and conserva... ]

Open Rescue - Focussed mainly on factory farming, giving aid, rescue and veterinary treatment to any animal known to be suffering and in pain. Includes reports from rescue teams around the world.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) - Operates under the principle that animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or use for entertainment. Includes information on campaigns, action alerts and how to live a vegan lifestyle. Headquarters in Virginia, USA.
Meta Description: [ PETA's animal rights campaigns include ending fur and leather use meat and dairy consumption fishing hunting trapping factory farming circuses bull fighting rodeos and animal experimentation ]

PETA Kills Animals - Information on animal cruelty performed by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
Meta Description: [ From July 1998 through the end of 2003, PETA killed over 10,000 dogs, cats, and other companion animals -- at its Norfolk, Virginia headquarters. That's more than five defenseless animals every day. ]

PETA2 - Educates young people about veganism and vegetarian lifestyles.
Meta Description: [ peta2.com is loaded with exclusive interviews and contests with all of your favorite bands from Good Charlotte and Simple Plan to The Beastie Boys and Bright Eyes. Get free stickers and tickets to concerts in our giveaways. ]

The Institute for Animal Associated Lifelong Learning - A humane education organization with information and activities for teachers and parents to develop in children empathy, compassion and respect for animals and people.
Meta Description: [ The Institute for Animal Associated Lifelong Learning is a humane education organization with information and activities for teachers and parents to develop empathy, compassion and respect for animals and people. ]

World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) - Campaigns against using animals for commercial, research, sport or entertainment purposes. Offers news, features, press notices, action points and fundraising ideas.
Meta Description: [ WSPA International - A global Animal Welfare Organisation. Our vision is a world where animal welfare matters and animal cruelty ends ]