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A Desperate Situation at Guantánamo: Over 130 Prisoners on Hunger Strike,...
Hunger strikes are a desperate action taken by people with no other means to call attention to their plight. I used to be ignorant of American History. I believed we were a good nation. Over the years...
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If You Think The Religious Right Wants A Cure For AIDS, You’d Be Dead Wrong
From Addicting Info: http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/04/29/if-you-think-the-religious-right-wants-a-cure-for-aids-youd-be-dead-wrong/ By Justin “Filthy Liberal Scum” Rosario 2013/04/29 From The...
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Rapists should not get custody
From Salon: http://www.salon.com/2013/04/29/rapists_should_not_get_custody/ A shocking number of states allow custody rights to men who impregnate their victims. One state is saying “enough” By Mary...
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TX Man: After 34 Years My Partner’s Sister Forced Us Apart, Took Our Home...
From The New Civil Rights Movement: http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2-texas-man-after-34-years-my-partners-sister-legally-took-our-home-because-we-werent-married/legal-issues/2013/04/29/66089 by...
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Yale Health extends sex-reassignment coverage to students
From Yale Daily News: http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2013/04/26/yale-health-extends-sex-reassignment/ By Cynthia Hua Friday, April 26, 2013 The Yale Health Plan will now cover sex-reassignment...
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If you Want to Lobby for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, Stay Home
From TransAdvocate: http://www.transadvocate.com/if-you-want-to-lobby-for-the-employment-non-discrimination-act-stay-home.htm by Marti Abernathey April 26, 2013 Reposted with permission I recently...
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Oregon Legislation Aims to Criminalize Environmental Civil Disobedience
From Common Dreams: http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/04/30-7 ACLU charges that bills that target actions against logging companies “effectively criminalize civil disobedience for one...
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Pilots and Professors Barely Scraping By? 9 Surprising Jobs That Pay a Pittance
From Alternet: http://www.alternet.org/economy/pilots-and-professors-barely-scraping-9-surprising-jobs-pay-pittance It’s not only fry chefs who are struggling to make ends meet. By Joshua Holland...
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House GOP Plans Even Deeper Food Stamp Cuts
From The Nation: http://www.thenation.com/blog/174094/house-gop-plans-even-deeper-food-stamp-cuts George Zornick on April 29, 2013 Lost in the shuffle of last year’s big fiscal cliff deal was the deal...
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The Great Degrader
From The New York Times: http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/27/the-great-degrader/ By Paul Krugman April 27, 2013 I’ve been focused on economic policy lately, so I sort of missed the big push to...
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Lean Socialist
From In These Times: http://inthesetimes.com/article/14873/lean_socialist/ Why liberalism needs socialism–and vice versa. BY Bhaskar Sunkara April 29, 2013 He wasn’t a household name, but for the last...
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Cosmetic surgery trends show how the female body is constantly fetishised
From The Guardian UK: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/apr/30/plastic-surgery-report-female-form In case you missed the memo, upper arms are the new trophy female body part, the one that...
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Brutal Murder Of Transgender Woman Prompts News Organizations To Blame ‘Male’...
From The New Civil Rights Movement: http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/brutal-murder-of-transgender-woman-prompts-news-organizations-to-blame-male-victim/discrimination/2013/04/30/66158 by David...
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International Workers Day: A Reminder of US Progress on Worker’s Rights
From Common Dreams: http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/05/01-4 by Laura Finley Published on Wednesday, May 1, 2013 by Common Dreams May 1 is International Workers Day. It is a day to be reminded...
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Political corruption and the ‘free trade’ racket
From Al Jazeera: http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/04/201342954234869993.html The US-EU free trade pact and TPP are about securing regulatory gains for major corporate interests, writes...
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Hey, FDA: Drop the Plan B Age Restriction
From The Nation: http://www.thenation.com/blog/174140/hey-fda-drop-plan-b-age-restriction Jessica Valenti on May 1, 2013 Yesterday, the FDA announced that it will make Plan B—also known as emergency...
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Mariela Castro to receive gay rights award in US
From The Guardian UK: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/01/mariela-castro-gay-rights-award US officials make U-turn on visa, allowing daughter of Cuban president to attend Equality Forum in...
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Why ENDA’s Religious Exemption Must Be Narrowed
From Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ian-thompson/enda-religious-exemption_b_3193011.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices Ian Thompson and Dena Sher 05/01/2013 Remarkably, there are only 16...
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