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Nicole Hughes
July 10, 2008 | 11:21 am EST
The TakePart Top 10 Weekly Roundup is a compilation of the week’s most notable stories from our entertainment-meets-social-action blogging network. Check out some of our most popular stories of the week, as well as a few TakePart blogger favorites!
TakePart Gang:
Everything I Know About Climate Change, I Learned in the Fifth Grade by Martin Musatov
When Torture Is Condoned, Is FISA That Shocking? by Wendy Cohen
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Nicole Hughes:
Baltimore Woman Turns Tragedy Into Art
Why Don’t We Do More to Stop Global Warming?
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Foods You Should and Shouldn’t Buy Organic
Paper or Plastic? The Environmental Impact
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Jon Popham:
The Energy Independence Bill: A Filibuster Odyssey
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Gina Telaroli:
While Iran Tests Missiles, Test These 5 Iranian Films
Mao’s Out, Time to Capitalize On the Olympics
When tragedy strikes, it can feel debilitating. A death in the family, the loss of a job, a divorce or separation, or even changes like moving to a new town can leave one feeling immobile and unable to carry out the simplest tasks. With the passing of time our lives can regain a sense of normalcy – but what if a tragedy left you in a state of permanent disability, where the smallest tasks that are often taken for granted become near insurmountable hurdles one must face everyday?
It happened to Caroline Koger. Caroline was mugged while walking in her neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland. Her assailant hit her in the head three times, causing a traumatic brain injury, which made Caroline lose most of her hearing, and impaired her speech and cognitive abilities. Unable to perform many of her previous everyday tasks either at all or without concerted effort, Caroline thought her life was over.
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Apparently there is a mugger loose in my neighborhood of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Rumor has it he is specifically attacking women at knife point. Needless to say this news has sent shivers up my spine. I will never understand how a person can viciously attack an innocent person. Never.
Here’s a great (and one of the only) reports from Brian Lehrer show on “the Williamsburg stabber.”
While there are wonderful services such as Right Rides that promote safe ways to get home and offer free rides to women, transgender and gender queer individuals, more needs to be done in all cities to keep streets safe. 
and volunteer or donate to rightrides.org. Also check out this video about what it’s like to walk home alone.
Not only does news of my new neighborhood stabber terrify me but it infuriates me that I found out about it via an email forward from a friend rather than some sort of neighborhood alert. Guess I’ll need to waste even more money on cabs.
As a result of the reported muggings, there have been increased cops on the streets. We should be happy about this, right? I am, but a bunch of idiots on the Internet
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