BREAKDOWN: Industrial Agriculture
From Deep Green Resistance: http://dgrnewsservice.org/2013/05/12/breakdown-industrial-agriculture/ By Joshua Headley May 12, 2013 In no other industry today is it more obvious to see the culmination...
View ArticleOver half the world’s population could rely on food imports by 2050 – study
From The Guardian UK: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/may/07/half-population-food-imports-2050 Potsdam Institute projection suggests population growth would increase imported food, even...
View ArticleDon’t Shoot – Organize!
From Truth Out: http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/16313-dont-shoot-organize By Bill Moyers and Michael Winship Saturday, 11 May 2013 We were struck this week by one response to our broadcast last week...
View ArticleRonald Reagan: Accessory to Genocide
From Common Dreams: http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/05/12-2 More than any recent U.S. president, Ronald Reagan has been lavished with honors, including his name attached to Washington’s National...
View ArticleAssata Shakur and a Brief History of the FBI’s Most Wanted Lists
From Common Dreams: http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/05/08-2 by Jamilah King Published on Wednesday, May 8, 2013 by ColorLines.com Assata Shakur has been given many names over the past four...
View Article‘Purity’ culture: bad for women, worse for survivors of sexual assault
From The Guardian UK: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/09/elizabeth-smart-purity-culture-shames-survivors-sexual-assault Virginity has no bearing on a person’s worth, yet ‘purity...
View ArticleA Message to Abercrombie’s CEO from a Former Fat Girl
From Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sara-taney-humphreys/a-message-to-abercrombies_b_3245941.html Sara Taney Humphreys 05/09/2013 I should be working on my next manuscript, as it’s due...
View ArticleMurder Is Our National Sport
From Truth Dig: http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/murder_is_our_national_sport_20130512/ By Chris Hedges May 12, 2013 Murder is our national sport. We murder tens of thousands with our industrial...
View ArticleCornel West: ‘They say I’m un-American’
From The Guardian UK: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/may/13/cornel-west-they-say-i-am-unamerican The American academic and firebrand campaigner talks about Britain’s deep trouble, fighting...
View Article‘Homophobia, no! Socialism, yes!’ chant hundreds of Cubans in pro-gay march
From Gay Star News: http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/%E2%80%98homophobia-no-socialism-yes%E2%80%99-chant-hundreds-cubans-pro-gay-march130513 The Cuban government sponsored an anti-homophobia march...
View ArticleMarriage Equality Victories Show How Change Happens, One Step at a Time
From Yes Magazine: http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/love-and-the-apocalypse/find-the-open-checkerboard-squares Before 2004, no state allowed same-sex marriage. Today, it’s legal in 11 states and the...
View ArticleAnd Now There Are Twelve: US: State of Minnesota legalises equal marriage as...
From Pink News UK: http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/05/13/us-state-of-minnesota-legalises-equal-marriage-as-bill-passes-in-senate/ by Joseph Patrick McCormick 13 May 2013 Minnesota is to become the...
View ArticlePush accelerates to build more LGBT senior housing
From LGBTQ Nation: http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/push-accelerates-to-build-more-lgbt-senior-housing/ LISA NEFF Saturday, May 11, 2013 As the rebels of the Stonewall era enter their 60s and...
View ArticleWhy ENDA Matters to the Trans Community
From Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brynn-tannehill/why-enda-matters-to-the-trans-community_b_3223419.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices Brynn Tannehill 05/12/2013 In the modern era of LGBT...
View ArticleSex Reassignment Surgery, Post-Transsexual and Closure
I had SRS over 40 years ago, my wife/life partner had hers over 15 years ago. While I blog at Woman Born Transsexual I sometimes have a hard time finding trans-specific material to put up. So I run...
View ArticleMinnesota Gov. Signs Marriage Equality Into Law
From The Advocate: http://www.advocate.com/politics/marriage-equality/2013/05/14/minn-gov-signs-marriage-equality-law The Democratic governor’s signature makes Minnesota the 12th U.S. state to embrace...
View Article‘Ag-Gagging’: Are We Kept in the Dark, or Willfully Blind When It Comes to...
From Common Dreams: http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/05/14-8 by Lauren Gazzola Published on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 by Common Dreams Monday’s veto by Tennessee governor Bill Haslam of legislation...
View ArticleWe’ve Never Been Here Before: 400ppm of CO2 Measured in the Atmosphere at...
From The Union of Concerned Scientists: http://blog.ucsusa.org/weve-never-been-here-before-400ppm-of-co2-measured-in-the-atmosphere-at-mauna-loa-126 Melanie Fitzpatrick, May 14, 2013 We’ve just...
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