America’s Rich Are Getting Richer Even Faster Than You Thought
From Alternet: http://www.alternet.org/americas-rich-are-getting-richer-even-faster-you-thought We have come, as a nation, almost full circle back to the deeply unequal America of the late 1920s. By...
View ArticleThe Origins of Our Police State
From Truth Dig: http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_origins_of_our_police_state_20130916/ By Chris Hedges Sep 16, 2013 ELIZABETH, N.J.—JaQuan LaPierre, 22, was riding a bicycle down a sidewalk...
View ArticleUS super-rich hit new wealth record five years after financial crisis
From The Guardian UK: http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/sep/16/us-super-rich-recover-losses-financial-crisis-forbes Forbes magazine says the 400 wealthiest Americans are worth a record $2.02tn,...
View ArticleThe Banality of Systemic Evil
From The New York Times: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/15/the-banality-of-systemic-evil/?_r=0 By PETER LUDLOW September 15, 2013 In recent months there has been a visible struggle in...
View ArticleBefore You Give up on Democracy, Read This!
From Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/frances-moore-lappe/before-you-give-up-on-democracy_b_3915901.html Frances Moore Lappe 09/18/2013 Who doesn’t feel like throwing in the towel… with...
View ArticleBurying the Lede: The LGBT Community’s Deafening Silence on Federal...
From The Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dana-beyer/burying-the-lede-federal-transgender-employment-protections_b_3937357.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices Dana Beyer 09/17/2013 Transgender...
View ArticleSimmering divide over ENDA’s broad religious exemption set to boil
From Metro Weekly: http://www.metroweekly.com/poliglot/2013/09/simmering-divide-over-endas-broad-religious-exempt.html by Justin Snow September 17, 2013 Congress has returned to Washington after its...
View ArticleThe LGBT community desperately needs to confront anti-gay propaganda
From LGBTQ Nation: http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/09/the-lgbt-community-desperately-needs-to-confront-anti-gay-propaganda/ Alvin McEwen Wednesday, September 18, 2013 Reposted with permission The...
View ArticlePrivate prisons demand states maintain maximum capacity or pay fees
From Raw Story: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/20/low-crime-rates-bad-for-business-so-private-prisons-require-maximum-capacity/ By Travis Gettys Friday, September 20, 2013 Falling crime rates are...
View ArticleNSA chiefs defend agency’s conduct in letter to families of employees
From The Guardian UK: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/20/nsa-chiefs-letter-employees-families General Keith Alexander and deputy director John Inglis sign letter ‘in light of unauthorised...
View ArticleSex shocker! Men and women aren’t that different
From Salon: http://www.salon.com/2013/09/18/sex_shocker_men_and_women_arent_that_different/ Think human males and females are so distinct? Look at lions, cardinals, anglerfish and elephant seals! By...
View ArticleCan the “New” Trumka Trump Trumka?
From Common Dreams: http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/09/20 by Ralph Nader Published on Friday, September 20, 2013 by Common Dreams Sitting in the office of the AFL-CIO president, Richard Trumka,...
View ArticleRussian Lawyer Comes Out as Trans In Protest of Anti-LGBT Laws
From The Advocate: http://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2013/09/16/watch-russian-lawyer-comes-out-trans-protest-anti-lgbt-laws Masha Bast, a human rights lawyer in Russia, revealed that she is...
View ArticleLiverpool-born 1960s icon and transsexual April Ashley reflects on her...
From The Liverpool Echo: http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/lifestyle/liverpool-born-1960s-icon-transsexual-april-6065502 Once George Jamieson, the former model remembers her journey from suicide...
View ArticleThe Crisis at Fukushima’s Unit 4 Demands a Global Take-Over
From Common Dreams: http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/09/20-1 by Harvey Wasserman Published on Friday, September 20, 2013 by Common Dreams We are now within two months of what may be humankind’s...
View ArticleEPA chief tells Grist what coal will have to do to survive in a...
From Grist: http://grist.org/climate-energy/epa-chief-tells-grist-what-coal-will-have-to-do-to-survive-in-a-carbon-constrained-future/ By Lisa Hymas and Chip Giller 20 Sep 2013 It’s been a long time...
View ArticleIs Oil Industry Funding of a Fracking Study a Problem? Let’s Ask an...
From FAIR: http://www.fair.org/blog/2013/09/19/is-oil-industry-funding-of-a-fracking-study-a-problem-lets-ask-an-oil-funded-expert/ By Jim Naureckas Sep. 19, 2013 The New York Times had a report...
View ArticleMillennials will not be regulated
From Salon: http://www.salon.com/2013/09/20/millennials_will_not_be_regulated/ Can you hear that new California sound? It’s the “sharing economy” marching relentlessly forward. You can’t stop it By...
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