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Just found a site that should be interesting to engineers and engineering students: Progressive Engineer. Here's a summary of what they're about from their website:

Progressive Engineer is an online magazine and information source covering all disciplines of engineering in the continental U.S. The magazine features profiles of engineers and companies and stories on projects that detail the accomplishments of engineers from a human perspective in an easy-to-read style. It also has a job board and directories of engineering firms, engineering organizations, and engineering schools. Think of it as a one-stop shop for today’s engineer.

Activists across the country today are protesting the investment policies of JPMorgan Chase bank. While other leading banks such as Citigroup and Bank of America created more progressive investment standards in response to pressure from groups such as the Rainforest Action Network, JPMorgan Chase has been conspicuously slow to change.
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Found this in the bookstore last week. This is former NBA star Charles Barkley's second book. Barkley pulls content from interviews he did with Bill Clinton, Jesse Jackson, Tiger Woods, Morgan Freeman, and many others. Here are some excerpts from the publisher's overview:

The thing about race, Charles Barkley says, is we talk about it only when something bad happens and tempers are high, and so all we do is shout at one another across a chasm that's wide and getting wider. The rest of the time we try to pretend that the chasm isn't there....  Read More »

Peta2.com, a site for young people about animal rights, recently did a short interview with Billy of Good Charlotte. They posted this answering machine message from Billy, for people to download and put on their own voicemail. I converted it from WAV to MP3 format, for those who prefer it that way.

The message says: "Hey what's up? This Billy from Good Charlotte. Here's what you gotta do -- go vegetarian and check out Peta2.com.  Read More »

The Stanford Social Innovation Review just came out with a great article on why conservatives have been winning the "war of ideas." The subtitle of the article is "Why mainstream and liberal foundations and the think tanks they support are losing in the war of ideas in American politics." Key points:  Read More »

This just in from the Rockridge Institute, the paragon of progressive framing:

The Rockridge Institute is now accepting applications for its Summer 2005 internship program. Rockridge internships are a great opportunity for students and recent graduates to explore the effects of framing in public discourse and make a contribution to American progressivism.  Read More »