"Losing My Religion for Equality"

US President Jimmy Carter quits Southern Baptist Church to fight for women's rights...
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Lost the Race but Won our Hearts!

 X-country runner Iván Fernández Anaya 

shows what sportsmanship is all about!

On 22 December 2012, Basque athlete Iván Fernández Anaya was competing in a cross-country race in Burlada, Navarre. He was running second, some distance behind race leader Abel Mutai - bronze medalist in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the London Olympics. As they entered the finishing straight, he saw the Kenyan runner - the certain winner of the race - mistakenly pull up about 10 meters before the finish, thinking he had already crossed the line. Fernández Anaya quickly caught up with him, but instead of exploiting Mutai's mistake to speed past and claim an unlikely victory, he stayed behind and, using gestures, guided the Kenyan to the line and let him cross first.

Chimp study reveals origins of human fair play

The human tendency to share may have more ancient evolutionary routes than previously thought.

This is according to a study of the performance of chimpanzees in a test called the "ultimatum game".

Are We Born With a Sense of Fairness?

Fairness - Innate to All?

It seems we’re predisposed to prefer and expect fairness.  We begin with fairness as our default position, then we’re surprised and affronted when we first face a situation that seems unfair, so that’s what we remember.

Here are several rationale, experiments and videos demonstrating the premise.

Don't Kick Immigration Reform Down the Road | Human Rights Watch

Don't Kick Immigration Reform Down the Road | Human Rights Watch:

U.S. employers in 2007 reported wages of $90 billion for millions of workers whose paychecks did not match real names and Social Security numbers. From that, $11.2 billion went to the Social Security Trust Fund and $2.6 billion went to Medicare. Yet unauthorized immigrants are not eligible for most public benefits; even legal immigrants are not eligible in the first five years after gaining legal residency.

Conclusion: The Judgment of Fairness -

Conclusion: The Judgment of Fairness -: " the evolution of fairness concludes by asking if even today humankind has found a way to be both cooperative and competitive."

Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide,

So glad this series is launching this fall...

Half the Sky is a four-hour PBS primetime documentary film and national broadcast event inspired by Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, the widely acclaimed book by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn.

Girl at New Light Crèche in Kolkata, India

Photo by Joshua Bennett

Filmed in 10 countries, the film follows Nicholas Kristof and celebrity activists America Ferrera, Diane Lane, Eva Mendes, Meg Ryan, Gabrielle Union and Olivia Wilde on a journey to tell the stories of inspiring, courageous individuals. Across the globe oppression is being confronted, and real meaningful solutions are being fashioned through health care, education, and economic empowerment for women and girls. 

The linked problems of sex trafficking and forced prostitution, gender-based violence, and maternal mortality — which needlessly claim one woman every 90 seconds — present to us the single most vital opportunity of our time: the opportunity to make a change. All over the world women are seizing this opportunity.