Blamed for Bee Collapse, Monsanto Buys Leading Bee Research Firm
From Reader Supported News: http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/312-16/11094-blamed-for-bee-collapse-monsanto-buys-leading-bee-research-firm By Anthony Gucciardi 23 April 2012 Monsanto, the...
View ArticleFrank calls Romney ‘despicable’ for anti-gay views
From The Washington Blade: http://www.washingtonblade.com/2012/04/25/frank-calls-romney-despicable-for-anti-gay-views/ By Chris Johnson April 25, 2012 Rep. Barney Frank tore into Mitt Romney for his...
View ArticleTavis Smiley and Cornel West: The Rich and the Rest of Us — a Poverty Manifesto
From Alternet: http://www.alternet.org/story/155134/tavis_smiley_and_cornel_west:_the_rich_and_the_rest_of_us_–_a_poverty_manifesto Poverty is no longer black and brown – it is multicultural and...
View ArticleCouple learn to accept that son’s gender identity is as a girl
From The Columbus Dispatch: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/04/25/parents-follow-jackies-lead.html By Ashleigh Barry Wednesday April 25, 2012 Sitting around the kitchen table,...
View ArticleNew NOM Hate Video Features African-American Gay Bashers
From Pam”s House Blend: http://pamshouseblend.firedoglake.com/2012/04/25/new-nom-hate-video-features-african-american-gay-bashers/ By: Scott Rose Wednesday April 25, 2012 Reposted with Permission In...
View ArticleThe People United, Will Never Be Defeated.
If you have taken part in a progressive demonstration or rally for any cause what so ever in the last forty years or so you have chanted that phrase or at least heard that phrase chanted. Great phase,...
View ArticleThe Ghost of Joe McCarthy Slithers Again
From Common Dreams: http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/04/26-6 by Bill Moyers and Michael Winship Published on Thursday, April 26, 2012 by Common Dreams We’ve talked at times about George Orwell’s...
View Article$5,000 For a Pair of Sandals: The Rich Are Different, Right Down to Their Shoes
From Alternet: http://www.alternet.org/visions/155139/%245%2C000_for_a_pair_of_sandals%3A_the_rich_are_different%2C_right_down_to_their_shoes_/ In a world where kids are starving and ice caps are...
View ArticleWendell Berry: This old farmer is still full of piss and vinegar
From Grist: http://grist.org/business-technology/wendell-berry-this-old-farmer-is-still-full-of-piss-and-vinegar/ By Scott Carlson 25 Apr 2012 In a time when we’ve seen global economic crisis, societal...
View ArticleHalfway Through the Lost Decade
From Truth Dig: http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/halfway_through_the_lost_decade_20120426/ By Robert Scheer Posted on Apr 25, 2012 Does anyone care that the economy is floundering and that we are...
View ArticleViolence Against Women Act passes in the Senate
Mark Rubio ultra right wing Republican Senator from Florida whose name has been floated to be Romney’s vice presidential candidate apparently thinks violence against women is a good thing as he voted...
View ArticleTrillion Dollar Crisis: The Case for Student Loan Forgiveness
From Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-hansen-clarke/student-loan-forgiveness_b_1454241.html Rep. Hansen Clarke 04/25/2012 The financial tidal wave of 2008 left millions of American...
View ArticleJon Corzine Is the Original George Zimmerman
From Rolling Stone: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/jon-corzine-is-the-original-george-zimmerman-20120424 By Matt Taibbi April 24, 2012 So the Senate Banking Committee is beginning...
View ArticleCut world population and redistribute resources, expert urges
From The Guardian UK: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/apr/26/world-population-resources-paul-ehrlich Nuclear disaster or plague likely unless population shrinks and natural resources are...
View ArticleTransgender attacks on the rise in Mission District
Hey Y’all Be Careful! We don’t need more people’s names on that yearly list.. From San Francisco ABC: http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news%2Flocal%2Fsan_francisco&id=8638247 Vic Lee April...
View ArticleOccupy the Farm: A Model of Resistance
From Civil Eats: http://civileats.com/2012/04/26/occupy-the-farm-a-model-of-resistance/ By Antonio Roman-Alcalá April 26th, 2012 We all know that “Every Day is Earth Day” and many environmentalists...
View ArticleBanks cooperate to track Occupy protesters
From SF Gate: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2012%2F04%2F26%2FBUTK1O9L88.DTL Max Abelson Friday, April 27, 2012 The world’s biggest banks are working with one another and...
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