Confronting the 1 percent directly
From Waging Non-Violence: http://wagingnonviolence.org/feature/confronting-the-1-percent-directly/ George Lakey May 7, 2013 When do activists get to confront the 1 percent directly, in a situation in...
View ArticleSocial Security’s Explosive Injustices
From Truth Out: http://truth-out.org/news/item/16213-social-securitys-explosive-injustices By Richard D Wolff Tuesday, 07 May 2013 People over 65, a growing share of the US population, are suffering a...
View ArticleIt’s All Too Easy to Get Fired in America: In 49 of 50 States, You Can Be...
From Alternet: http://www.alternet.org/economy/its-all-too-easy-get-fired-america-49-50-states-you-can-be-fired-any-reason With the exception of Montana, you can be fired for the color of your shirt,...
View ArticleHouse Expected To Pass Overtime Pay Law Change
From Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/08/house-overtime-pay-law_n_3237583.html?utm_hp_ref=politics BY SAM HANANEL, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 05/08/2013 WASHINGTON — The Republican-led...
View ArticleThe dark side of home schooling: creating soldiers for the culture war
From The Guardian UK: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/08/christian-home-schooling-dark-side The Christian home school subculture isn’t a children-first movement. Some former students...
View ArticleIt isn’t easy for gay sportsmen such as Jason Collins to come out. Just look...
From The Guardian UK: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/07/gay-sportsmen-jason-collins-stereotypes The US basketball star and the footballer Robbie Rogers have announced they are gay....
View ArticleCanada: Transgendered woman claims she was ridiculed by Pearson worker
From Global News Canada: http://globalnews.ca/news/544801/transgendered-woman-claims-she-was-ridiculed-by-pearson-worker/ By John R. Kennedy May 8, 2013 TORONTO — A transgendered woman claims she was...
View ArticleVolleyball eases transgender player’s transition
From USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/volleyball/2013/05/08/taylor-edelmann-purchase-college-mens-volleyball-transgender-player/2144599/ Dan DeFrancesco May 8, 2013 PURCHASE,...
View ArticleTransgender Homicides in Baltimore and Elsewhere Raise Alarm
From Metro Weekly: http://www.metroweekly.com/news/?ak=8318 NBJC, NCAVP and others call on authorities to solve recent killings of trans women in Florida, Maryland and Ohio By John Riley Published on...
View ArticleI’ve Had Enough of all the Warrior and Hero Crap
I am really sick and tired of hearing people in the military described as “Warriors and Heroes”. It is such a pile of Nazi like Militaristic Bullshit and hearing it repeated over and over again makes...
View ArticleDoJ to Grant FBI Unlimited Access to Online Communications
From Occupy Corporatism: http://www.occupycorporatism.com/doj-to-grant-fbi-unlimited-access-to-online-communications/ Susanne Posel Occupy Corporatism May 9, 2013 The Obama administration is expected...
View ArticleDame Jacqueline Wilson challenges publishers to halt the pink tide
From The Telegraph UK: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/10039848/Dame-Jacqueline-Wilson-challenges-publishers-to-halt-the-pink-tide.html One of Britain’s most eminent children’s authors has...
View ArticleSlut Shaming: Now In Student Dress Codes?
From Bust Magazine: http://www.bust.com/slut-shaming-now-in-student-dress-codes.html by: Sholeh Hajmiragha May 09, 2013 Hold on to your yoga pants! There are dress codes that deal with the “curvature”...
View ArticleWhat Happens When Condoms Are Criminal?
From Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/renato-barucco/what-happens-when-condoms-are-criminal_b_3218837.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices Renato Barucco 05/09/2013 What comes into your mind when...
View ArticleTransgender rights are not about men wanting to go into women’s restrooms
From LGBTQ Nation: http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/transgender-rights-are-not-about-men-wanting-to-go-into-womens-restrooms/ Daniel J. O’Donnell Sunday, May 5, 2013 I had to speak up. During the...
View ArticleAssembly Passes Bill to Aid Transgender Californians with Name Changes,...
Equality California: http://www.eqca.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=kuLRJ9MRKrH&b=5609563&ct=13129781¬oc=1 Press Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 9, 2013 CONTACT: Steve Roth,...
View ArticleFriday Night Fun and Culture: Phil Ochs
Last night someone on Facebook cited Phil Ochs song, “Outside of a Small Circle of Friends”, in regard to our collective social indifference that enables people like the monster, who kidnapped and held...
View ArticleCalif. state Assembly OKs transgender student accommodations
From LGBTQ Nation: http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/calif-state-assembly-oks-transgender-student-accommodations/ JULIET WILLIAMS Thursday, May 9, 2013 SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Transgender students would...
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