Word: confrontational
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...do—he comes to my room, sells me my shit, lets me hook-up with him, then steals it all back so I would be marginalized in the role of drug-slut the next morning.” The very next evening, Crick made a point to confront her weed man with the allegations, but instead just hooked up with him again...
...that such collective mourning only truly honors its dead when it gives rise to political militancy. It is all too easy to stand in solidarity with the dead—the demands made by the living are so much more difficult to meet. How can we begin to confront the virulent transphobia that keeps trans people from finding jobs, housing, or health care that makes them so vulnerable to violence in the first place? Though gay and lesbian activists have made significant social and legislative inroads in the last two decades, progress for gender-variant people has been...
...Baghdad. They gathered weapons from pre-existing caches, many of which still litter the country unguarded. They formed small cells that mostly act independently but sometimes coordinate operations, communicating through messengers. Lately, Ahmed says, these units have begun to work with foreign fighters who have infiltrated Iraq to confront the Americans. He says his group welcomes "anybody who embraces the language of the Koran." Hiding is easy, Ahmed contends: "I am in my country. Every door to every house is open...
...Educating students and officials within institutions, such as the International Monetary Fund, the U.S. Government and the World Bank, about the ways in which global trade policies continue to rob the poor would be a fine start. Summers must wake up from the rosy matrix of optimism. He must confront the consequences of our selfish policies on the developing world—before the people he wishes to help die from poverty and infectious diseases...
...confront national issues through volunteerism and never engage in politics is like fighting with one hand tied behind your back. For every bit of difference you make through your efforts with the Phillips Brooks House Association, the reach of the counterproductive decisions that the Bush administration makes every day is that much greater...