<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" ><channel><title>Newsvine - StayWoke's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://StayWoke.newsvine.com/</link><description>Newsvine - StayWoke's Column - Articles and Seeds</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2009</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:55:13 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:09:42 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Doctors unite for Children In Need special | TV Blog - Yahoo! TV UK</title><description><![CDATA[Is there a Doctor in the house?  The Doctors Who unite for a good cause!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[StayWoke]]></dc:creator><link>http://StayWoke.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/23/2961707-doctors-unite-for-children-in-need-special-tv-blog-yahoo-tv-uk</link><guid>http://StayWoke.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/23/2961707-doctors-unite-for-children-in-need-special-tv-blog-yahoo-tv-uk</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>doctor-who</category><category>bbc</category><category>tardis</category><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:55:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Weeding While White</title><description><![CDATA[Many have said that the "War on Drugs" is just another war on people of color.  The show WEEDS has shown in an entertaining fashion how a white "Soccer Mom" can be "the dopest suburban weed slanger" and keep the poverty wolf at her door at bay.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[StayWoke]]></dc:creator><link>http://StayWoke.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/31/2882678-weeding-while-white</link><guid>http://StayWoke.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/31/2882678-weeding-while-white</guid><category>politics</category><category>weed</category><category>cannabis</category><category>pot</category><category>marijuana</category><category>crime</category><category>injustice</category><category>war-on-drugs</category><category>race</category><category>class</category><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 15:45:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Watchmen: Hero, Antihero, Superhero</title><description><![CDATA[The movie is not your average SuperHero flick.  Maybe "SuperHeroes" are just regular people with super "powers" and "abilities".  Maybe before embarking on saving the world, one with such aspirations needs to do some introspection and get themselves right.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[StayWoke]]></dc:creator><link>http://StayWoke.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/23/2586897-watchmen-hero-antihero-superhero</link><guid>http://StayWoke.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/23/2586897-watchmen-hero-antihero-superhero</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>movies</category><category>watchmen</category><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:57:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>CA Domestic Partnerships for All Initiative</title><description><![CDATA[Petitions are circulating now that will place on the 2010 CA Ballot a measure that aims to replace the term "marriage" with the term "domestic partnership" throughout California law, while preserving the rights provided in marriage.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[StayWoke]]></dc:creator><link>http://StayWoke.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/15/2548767-ca-domestic-partnerships-for-all-initiative</link><guid>http://StayWoke.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/15/2548767-ca-domestic-partnerships-for-all-initiative</guid><category>politics</category><category>civil-unions</category><category>domestic-partnerships</category><category>marriage</category><category>lgbt</category><category>sgl</category><category>civil-rights</category><category>human-rights</category><category>progressive-politics</category><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 11:46:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Smash the Mirror: The Truth Revealed by &quot;The Twilight Zone&quot;, &quot;American Beauty&quot;, &amp; &quot;Milk&quot;</title><description><![CDATA[Art has a way of holding up a mirror to society and showing to all who dare peer into its face, the truth.  In this mirror, there are those who see nothing.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[StayWoke]]></dc:creator><link>http://StayWoke.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/24/2472414-smash-the-mirror-the-truth-revealed-by-the-twilight-zone-american-beauty-milk</link><guid>http://StayWoke.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/24/2472414-smash-the-mirror-the-truth-revealed-by-the-twilight-zone-american-beauty-milk</guid><category>arts</category><category>milk</category><category>homophobia</category><category>american-beauty</category><category>the-twilight-zone</category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:03:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Why can't a woman write the Great American Novel?</title><description><![CDATA[Female authors hold their own on the bestseller lists, but Elaine Showalter's provocative new history wonders why they get so little respect.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[StayWoke]]></dc:creator><link>http://StayWoke.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/24/2471241-why-cant-a-woman-write-the-great-american-novel</link><guid>http://StayWoke.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/24/2471241-why-cant-a-woman-write-the-great-american-novel</guid><category>arts</category><category>novels</category><category>writing</category><category>women</category><category>publishing</category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:48:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Weed Can Fix the Budget Mess </title><description><![CDATA[Tom Ammiano wants to effectively legalize-- and tax -- California's trade in cannabis.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[StayWoke]]></dc:creator><link>http://StayWoke.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/24/2471113-weed-can-fix-the-budget-mess-</link><guid>http://StayWoke.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/24/2471113-weed-can-fix-the-budget-mess-</guid><category>politics</category><category>marijuana</category><category>cannabis</category><category>legalization</category><category>taxation</category><category>budget</category><category>crisis</category><category>economy</category><category>solution</category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:12:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Imagining 'The Good Society'</title><description><![CDATA[What makes a "Good Society"? Should such a thing be measured in purely material terms? What of free time; of family and friends; of room to develop ourselves as human beings? How best to pursue such aims as human liberty, social justice, democracy, as well as compassion and provi&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[StayWoke]]></dc:creator><link>http://StayWoke.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/09/2413133-imagining-the-good-society</link><guid>http://StayWoke.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/09/2413133-imagining-the-good-society</guid><category>politics</category><category>society</category><category>family</category><category>friends</category><category>justice</category><category>democracy</category><category>peace</category><pubDate>Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:45:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ex-BART cop Mehserle out on bail in murder case</title><description><![CDATA[Johannes Mehserle, the former BART police officer accused of murder in the Jan. 1 shooting death of an unarmed man on the Fruitvale Station platform in Oakland, was released Friday afternoon after posting a $3 million bond, authorities said.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[StayWoke]]></dc:creator><link>http://StayWoke.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/08/2409292-ex-bart-cop-mehserle-out-on-bail-in-murder-case</link><guid>http://StayWoke.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/08/2409292-ex-bart-cop-mehserle-out-on-bail-in-murder-case</guid><category>us-news</category><category>bart</category><category>oscar-grant</category><category>murder</category><pubDate>Sun, 8 Feb 2009 16:06:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Kotori Magazine - Consciously Frugal: 2009 Smells Like Financial Freedom</title><description><![CDATA[I've lost 30 lbs. during this "Recession"! I know what belt tightening REALLY means.  Need more tips on how to live with less...read on...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[StayWoke]]></dc:creator><link>http://StayWoke.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/03/2391258-kotori-magazine-consciously-frugal-2009-smells-like-financial-freedom</link><guid>http://StayWoke.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/03/2391258-kotori-magazine-consciously-frugal-2009-smells-like-financial-freedom</guid><category>business</category><category>finance</category><category>credit</category><category>saving</category><category>budget</category><category>recession</category><category>depression</category><category>frugality</category><pubDate>Tue, 3 Feb 2009 23:57:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Life and Debt in Hip Hop America</title><description><![CDATA[James Dewitt Yancey was a musical genius who elevated Hip Hop music to another level.  Sadly, like many artists, his financial legacy is grim.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[StayWoke]]></dc:creator><link>http://StayWoke.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/03/2388906-life-and-debt-in-hip-hop-america</link><guid>http://StayWoke.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/03/2388906-life-and-debt-in-hip-hop-america</guid><category>business</category><category>j-dilla</category><category>james-yancey</category><category>jay-dee</category><category>donuts</category><category>james-dewitt-yancey</category><category>hip-hop</category><category>business-affairs</category><category>legal-affairs</category><pubDate>Tue, 3 Feb 2009 17:54:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Hawaii civil unions backed by a majority in state House | HonoluluAdvertiser.com | The Honolulu Advertiser</title><description><![CDATA[A majority in the Hawaii State House has signed on to a bill that would legalize civil unions, giving the issue a genuine chance of advancing this session after years of stagnation.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[StayWoke]]></dc:creator><link>http://StayWoke.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/24/2351098-hawaii-civil-unions-backed-by-a-majority-in-state-house-honoluluadvertisercom-the-honolulu-advertiser</link><guid>http://StayWoke.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/24/2351098-hawaii-civil-unions-backed-by-a-majority-in-state-house-honoluluadvertisercom-the-honolulu-advertiser</guid><category>politics</category><category>civil-unions</category><category>hawaii</category><category>lgbt</category><category>sgl</category><category>marriage</category><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 02:48:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Electric Cars Are Better Than Hybrids: Shai Agass</title><description><![CDATA[Electric cars are cheaper and faster than any hybrid on the market, says Shai Agassi.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[StayWoke]]></dc:creator><link>http://StayWoke.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/12/2302331-electric-cars-are-better-than-hybrids-shai-agass</link><guid>http://StayWoke.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/12/2302331-electric-cars-are-better-than-hybrids-shai-agass</guid><category>technology</category><category>electric-cars</category><category>hybrid-cars</category><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:40:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Marijuana's Memory Paradox - Page 1 - MSN Health &amp; Fitness - Health Topics</title><description><![CDATA[]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[StayWoke]]></dc:creator><link>http://StayWoke.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/10/2297952-marijuanas-memory-paradox-page-1-msn-health-fitness-health-topics</link><guid>http://StayWoke.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/10/2297952-marijuanas-memory-paradox-page-1-msn-health-fitness-health-topics</guid><category>science</category><category>marijuana</category><category>brain</category><category>cannabis</category><category>alzheimers</category><pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 03:38:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>New Study Shows Prop. 8 Success &quot;Not Personal&quot; | RD Blog: The Devil's Advocate | ReligionDispatches</title><description><![CDATA[If you live in California and are a Republican, attend church at least once a week, hold socially conservative views, and are 65-years-old or older, you most likely voted "Yes" on Proposition 8...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[StayWoke]]></dc:creator><link>http://StayWoke.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/07/2286223-new-study-shows-prop-8-success-not-personal-rd-blog-the-devils-advocate-religiondispatches</link><guid>http://StayWoke.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/07/2286223-new-study-shows-prop-8-success-not-personal-rd-blog-the-devils-advocate-religiondispatches</guid><category>politics</category><category>proposition-8</category><category>conservatives</category><category>california</category><category>lgbt</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Jan 2009 01:43:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The End of the Green Party by John Walsh</title><description><![CDATA[After the election of '08 it is clearer than ever that the Green Party of the U.S. (GPUS) now lies in the political graveyard.  GPUS, R.I.P.  This piece provides a badly needed postmortem.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[StayWoke]]></dc:creator><link>http://StayWoke.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/03/2271357-the-end-of-the-green-party-by-john-walsh</link><guid>http://StayWoke.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/03/2271357-the-end-of-the-green-party-by-john-walsh</guid><category>politics</category><category>green-party</category><category>third-parties</category><pubDate>Sun, 4 Jan 2009 00:39:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Americans Who Tell the Truth Portraits</title><description><![CDATA[Art that speaks truth to power.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[StayWoke]]></dc:creator><link>http://StayWoke.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/01/2265133-americans-who-tell-the-truth-portraits</link><guid>http://StayWoke.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/01/2265133-americans-who-tell-the-truth-portraits</guid><category>arts</category><category>art</category><category>portraits</category><category>americans</category><category>truth</category><pubDate>Thu, 1 Jan 2009 21:49:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>PublicEye.org - Tying the Not by Surina Khan</title><description><![CDATA[How the Right Succeeded in Passing Proposition 8]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[StayWoke]]></dc:creator><link>http://StayWoke.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/26/2247244-publiceyeorg-tying-the-not-by-surina-khan</link><guid>http://StayWoke.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/26/2247244-publiceyeorg-tying-the-not-by-surina-khan</guid><category>politics</category><category>lgbt</category><category>marriage</category><pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 06:10:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Re-Thinking </title><description><![CDATA[The new jersey 7 (NJ7, also often referred to as the New Jersey 4) is a group of seven young Black lesbian friends who were violently attacked in 2006 in New York.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[StayWoke]]></dc:creator><link>http://StayWoke.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/21/2236556-re-thinking-</link><guid>http://StayWoke.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/21/2236556-re-thinking-</guid><category>politics</category><category>gender</category><category>hate-crime</category><category>lgbtq</category><pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2008 23:29:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>SleptOn Magazine: Don't Sleep On The Struggle. Be A Part Of It</title><description><![CDATA[There is another way. TINA is a falsehood. The truth is out there.  "We've been trotting on the wine press much too long, REBEL!" - Bob Marley]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[StayWoke]]></dc:creator><link>http://StayWoke.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/13/2210854-slepton-magazine-dont-sleep-on-the-struggle-be-a-part-of-it</link><guid>http://StayWoke.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/13/2210854-slepton-magazine-dont-sleep-on-the-struggle-be-a-part-of-it</guid><category>politics</category><category>capitalism</category><category>alternative-economic-systems</category><category>democracy</category><category>compassion</category><pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 03:16:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>