Bigots Opposed To Same-Sex Marriage Take Discredited Bad-for-Children...
From The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/23/us/opponents-of-same-sex-marriage-take-bad-for-children-argument-to-court.html By ERIK ECKHOLM FEB. 22, 2014 As they reel from a succession...
View ArticleIt’s Time to End the Long History of Feminism Failing Transgender Women
From Bitch Magazine: http://bitchmagazine.org/post/the-long-history-of-transgender-exclusion-from-feminism by Tina Vasquez on February 17, 2014 In August, a doctor in Toronto received an unexpected...
View ArticleTexas Judge Strikes Down Marriage Ban
From The Advocate: http://www.advocate.com/politics/marriage-equality/2014/02/26/texas-judge-strikes-down-marriage-ban A federal judge today rules Texas’s marriage ban unconstitutional. BY Michelle...
View ArticleSpike Lee’s epic anti-gentrification speech
From Salon: http://www.salon.com/2014/02/26/spike_lees_epic_anti_gentrification_speech/ “You can’t just come in the neighborhood like you’re Columbus and kill off the Native Americans” Mary Elizabeth...
View ArticleD.C. mayor to announce trans health insurance policy
From The Washington Blade: http://www.washingtonblade.com/2014/02/26/d-c-mayor-announce-trans-health-insurance-policy/ By Lou Chibbaro Jr. on February 26, 2014 Mayor Vincent Gray is scheduled to...
View ArticleExxon CEO Comes Out Against Fracking Project Because It Will Affect His...
From Think Progress: http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/02/21/3316881/exxon-ceo-protests-fracking/ By Rebecca Leber on February 21, 2014 As ExxonMobil’s CEO, it’s Rex Tillerson’s job to promote the...
View ArticleTerror Case Has Lawyer With Several Distinctions
From The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/22/nyregion/terror-case-has-lawyer-with-several-distinctions.html?hpw&rref=nyregion&_r=1 By BENJAMIN WEISER FEB. 21, 2014 When the...
View ArticleSTUDY: Stigma Causes Gay Community To Die Younger
From Think Progress: http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2014/02/18/3302331/stigma-gay-life-expectancy/ By Zack Ford on February 18, 2014 A new study from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public...
View ArticleGOP’s “inane” war on science: Plasma physicist congressman takes on the...
From Salon: http://www.salon.com/2014/03/03/gops_inane_war_on_science_plasma_physicist_congressman_takes_on_the_denialists/ Retiring Rep. Rush Holt tells us why “millions will die” due to climate...
View ArticleThe Poisons of Extreme Wealth and Inequality
From Truth Out: http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/22006-the-poisons-of-extreme-wealth-and-inequality By Richard Waddell Thursday, 27 February 2014 Excess wealth, widespread poverty and inequality are...
View ArticleOne-Third Of Millennials Who Left Their Religion Did It Because Of Anti-Gay...
From Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/26/millennials-gay-unaffiliated-church-religion_n_4856094.html by Jaweed Kaleem Posted: 02/26/2014 It’s widely accepted that young people...
View ArticleWhen You Hear Conservatives Talking About Religious Liberty, Watch Out
From Alternet: http://www.alternet.org/tea-party-and-right/when-you-hear-conservatives-talking-about-religious-liberty-watch-out “Religious liberty” might sound nice, but it conceals a hard-line...
View ArticleReligious right’s new panic: How can we practice religion if we can’t...
From Salon: http://www.salon.com/2014/03/04/religious_rights_new_panic_how_can_we_practice_religion_if_we_cant_discriminate/ The “liberty” crowd, led by Ross Douthat of the Times, braces itself for...
View ArticleWhy Wall Street Loves Dixie
From Alternet: http://www.alternet.org/economy/wall-street-and-south When bankers express fondness for the Old South, they ain’t just whistlin’ Dixie. By Lynn Stuart Parramore February 24, 2014 Think...
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