Republicans will keep heading right!: What the media doesn’t comprehend
From Salon: http://www.salon.com/2013/11/19/republicans_will_keep_heading_right_what_the_media_doesnt_comprehend/ Chattering classes are convinced Chris Christie will move GOP to the center. This...
View ArticleNoam Chomsky: America Is a Terrified Country
From Alternet: http://www.alternet.org/noam-chomsky-america-terrified-country Noam Chomsky discusses American terror abroad, dire income inequality at home, and what to do next. By Catherine Komp...
View ArticleBernie Sanders Might Just Have to Run for President
From The Nation: http://www.thenation.com/blog/177247/bernie-sanders-might-just-have-run-president# John Nichols on November 19, 2013 Bernie Sanders is not burning with presidential ambition. He...
View ArticleOp-ed: A Loophole for Discrimination
From The Advocate: http://www.advocate.com/commentary/2013/11/19/op-ed-loophole-discrimination Can religious exemptions still knock the wind out of ENDA’s sails? BY Ian Thompson November 19 2013 As is...
View ArticleTransgender women in women’s restrooms: A purely imagined harm
From Zinnia Jones: http://freethoughtblogs.com/zinniajones/2013/11/transgender-women-in-womens-restrooms-a-purely-imagined-harm/ By Zinnia Jones Nov. 12, 2013 This August, California passed the School...
View ArticleTackling Violence Against Women and Girls: An Urgent Priority
From Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/helen-clark/tackling-violence-against-women-and-girls_b_4338056.html Helen Clark 11/25/2013 Today is the International Day for the Elimination of...
View ArticleAB1266 Referendum Drive: So Far, Not So Good For Privacy For All Students...
From Trans-Advocate: http://www.transadvocate.com/ab1266-referen dum-drive-so-far-not-so-good-for-privacy-for-all-students-coalition.htm By Autumn Sandeen November 22, 2013 Reposted with Permission The...
View ArticlePetitioning Southern Poverty Law Center: Monitor Gender Identity Watch as a...
From Change.org: https://www.change.org/petitions/southern-poverty-law-center-monitor-gender-identity-watch-as-a-hate-group-2 Secular Woman As a feminist organization, Secular Woman promotes gender...
View ArticleHow Wall Street Turned America Into Incarceration Nation
From Alternet: http://www.alternet.org/corporate-accountability-and-workplace/how-wall-st-turned-america-incarceration-nation Transforming poorer neighborhoods into desirable real estate for the new...
View ArticleConservative think tank appalled when guys with MBAs take over
From Salon: http://www.salon.com/2013/11/26/conservative_think_tank_appalled_when_guys_with_mbas_take_over/ Heritage staffers for some reason don’t like their organization being treated like a common...
View ArticleNew Rules Would Rein In Nonprofits’ Political Role
From The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/27/us/politics/new-campaign-rules-proposed-for-tax-exempt-nonprofits.html?hp&_r=0 By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE Published: November 26, 2013 he...
View ArticleA Better Grip on Climate Change: There’s plenty that you can do about it.
From Other Words: http://otherwords.org/betterer-grip-climate-change/ By Emily Schwartz Greco and William A. Collins November 27, 2013 Reposted with Creative Commons permission Earth to climate change...
View ArticleObama Approves Major Border-Crossing Fracked Gas Pipeline Used to Dilute Tar...
From Desmog Blog: http://www.desmogblog.com/2013/11/26/obama-approves-border-crossing-fracked-gas-pipeline-used-dilute-tar-sands Steve Horn Nov. 26, 2013 Although TransCanada’s Keystone XL tar sands...
View ArticleOne ‘Entitlement’ Really Does Need Trimming
From Common Dreams: http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/11/24-4 America’s corporate CEOs feel entitled to pensions that pay out $86,000 monthly. To protect their entitlement, they’re attacking ours:...
View ArticlePope Francis ‘Evangelii Gaudium’ Calls For Renewal Of Roman Catholic Church,...
From Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/26/pope-francis-evangelii-gaudium_n_4342964.html By Naomi O’Leary Posted: 11/26/2013 (Reuters) – Pope Francis called for renewal of the...
View ArticleSorry, Pope Francis: Reproductive justice and LGBTQ rights are economic...
From Salon: http://www.salon.com/2013/11/27/sorry_pope_francis_reproductive_justice_and_lgbtq_rights_are_economic_issues_too/ The new pope’s economic justice platform will continue to fall short if it...
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