Hey, Conservative Mom, I Don’t Like ‘Gender Bender Day’ Either
From Tranifesto: http://tranifesto.com/2013/05/27/hey-conservative-mom-i-dont-like-gender-bender-day-either/ by Matt Kailey May 27, 2013 A Milwaukee mom refused to send her seven-year-old son to the...
View ArticleWalmart fined $110 million for dumping toxic chemicals in California
From Raw Story: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/05/28/walmart-fined-110-million-for-dumping-toxic-chemicals-in-california/ By Agence France-Presse Tuesday, May 28, 2013 Wal-Mart was hit with $110...
View ArticleClimate Crisis: Radical Action or a New Battlefront in the War on Nature?
From Common Dreams: http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/05/28 Climate change is happening, but geoengineering schemes are not the solutions we need by Rachel Smolker and Almuth Ernsting Published on...
View ArticleBeware Capitalist Tools
From Robert Reich: http://robertreich.org/post/51486709867 By Robert Reich Monday, May 27, 2013 Forbes Magazine likes to call itself a “capitalist tool,” and routinely offers tool-like justifications...
View ArticleNaming Our Nameless War
From Tom Dispatch: http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175704/tomgram%3A_andrew_bacevich%2C_the_eternal_war/ How Many Years Will It Be? By Andrew J. BacevichMay 28, 2013 For well over a decade now the...
View ArticleUS prosecutors: Liberty Reserve ran $6bn money-laundering scheme
From The Guardian UK: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/may/28/liberty-reserve-accused-money-laundering Federal prosecutors in New York shut down Costa Rica-based digital currency firm and claim...
View ArticleIs rape legitimate if she dresses provocatively? One author argues yes
From Salon: http://www.salon.com/2013/05/28/is_rape_legitimate_if_she_dresses_provocatively_one_author_argues_yes/ Rape apologist author compares dressing provocatively to leaving a laptop in the back...
View ArticleThe Vatican and women: Beyond sex, lies and scandals
From Al Jazeera: http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/05/201352613408849918.html Although the new Pope is seen as a reformer, equality for women clearly isn’t on the agenda. Marwan Bishara 26...
View ArticleAlejandro Garcia Padilla, Puerto Rico Governor, Signs Gay Rights Bills
From Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/29/puerto-rico-gay-rights-governor-_n_3353701.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices 05/29/13 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico’s governor has signed...
View ArticleRegnerus Study: Suspect ‘Science’
From The Southern Poverty Law Center: http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2013/summer/suspect-science#.UaY6uZxu5hr by Evelyn Schlatter Intelligence Report,...
View ArticleRegnerus Is ‘Disgraced,’ Anti-Gay Parenting Study ‘Deeply Flawed’ Says Chief...
From The New Civil Rights Movement: http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/regnerus-is-disgraced-anti-gay-parenting-study-deeply-flawed-says-appointed-reviewer/politics/2013/05/29/67639 by David Badash...
View ArticleIs It Wrong to Perform at Michfest?
From The Advocate: http://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2013/05/28/it-wrong-perform-michfest With the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival sticking by its policy against admitting openly...
View ArticleMisogynist Erick Erickson makes it worse
From Salon: http://www.salon.com/2013/05/30/erick_erickson_makes_it_worse/ Pro-tip: When accused of sexism, don’t reference your opponents’ “panties” By Alex Seitz-Wald Thursday, May 30, 2013 Erick...
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