The People Behind the Lawmakers Out to Destroy Public Education: A Primer
From Common Dreams: http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/05/02-0 What You Need To Know About ALEC by Diane Ravitch Published on Wednesday, May 2, 2012 byBridging the Difference Blog / Ed Week Since...
View ArticleIs Your Stuff Falling Apart? Thank Wal-Mart
From Alternet: http://www.alternet.org/story/155238/is_your_stuff_falling_apart_thank_wal-mart?akid=8694.100406.PhVTug&rd=1&t=5 Wal-Mart’s cheap stuff is hugely costly – right where it matters...
View ArticleThousands join girl in urging Seventeen magazine to publish unedited images
From The Guardian UK: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/02/thousands-join-girl-seventeen-magazine Julia Bluhm, 14, a ballet dancer and aspiring activist, says she’d like one spread a month that...
View ArticleOranizers, Not Occupiers: The Young People Working in the Shadows of a...
From Truth Dig: http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/oranizers_not_occupiers_the_young_people_working_in_the_shadows_of_a_nation/ By Bill Boyarsky Posted on May 1, 2012 By chance, the revelation of how...
View ArticleHow to spot a misogynist*
From Daily Life Australia: http://www.dailylife.com.au/news-and-views/dl-opinion/how-to-spot-a-misogynist-20120430-1xueh.html *By the five classic lies they tell Clementine Ford May 1, 2012 When...
View ArticleThe Tinder-Box Society
From Robert Reich: http://robertreich.org/post/22204212722 By Robert Reich Tuesday, May 1, 2012 The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit 13,338 Tuesday, its highest since December, 2007. The S&P 500...
View ArticleFacing and Fighting Transphobic Violence for Both the Living and the Dead:...
From Tikkun Daily: http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2012/05/02/facing-and-fighting-transphobic-violence-for-both-the-living-and-the-dead-cece-mcdonald-and-brandy-martell/ by: Ianna Hawkins Owen on...
View ArticleGame Over for the Climate
From The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/10/opinion/game-over-for-the-climate.html By James Hansen Published: May 9, 2012 GLOBAL warming isn’t a prediction. It is happening. That is why...
View ArticleIt Is Enough: An Open Letter to the Sick at Heart
From Truth Out: http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/9016-it-is-enough-an-open-letter-to-the-sick-at-heart By William Rivers Pitt Wednesday, 09 May 2012 top me if you’ve heard this one before. A holy man...
View ArticleIt’s Great That Obama Endorsed Same Sex-Marriage — But What Now?
From Alternet: http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/927410/it%27s_great_that_obama_endorsed_same_sex-marriage_–_but_what_now/ President Obama announced his support of same-sex marriage in an...
View ArticleThe real reason Romney is struggling with women voters
From Reuters: http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2012/05/09/the-real-reason-romney-is-struggling-with-women-voters/ By Amanda Marcotte May 9, 2012 Back in February, things started to look dire for...
View ArticleUltra-Orthodox Shun Their Own for Reporting Child Sexual Abuse
From The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/10/nyregion/ultra-orthodox-jews-shun-their-own-for-reporting-child-sexual-abuse.html By SHARON OTTERMAN and RAY RIVERA Published: May 9, 2012 The...
View ArticleIf Romney is elected who will protect the victims of Bullying?
I have been totally sickened and disgusted with the actions of this vile man and his utter disregard for compassion and decency. First his abuse of the family dog. His callous disregard for the lives...
View ArticlePresidential Proclamation: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride...
From The White House: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/06/01/presidential-proclamation-lesbian-gay-bisexual-and-transgender-pride-mon For Immediate Release June 01, 2012 Presidential...
View ArticleDoes Religious Liberty Equal Freedom to Discriminate?
From Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lawrence-m-krauss/religion-obama-gay-marriage-_b_1553678.html?ref=gay-voices&ir=Gay%20Voices Lawrence M. Krauss 05/29/2012 I happened to leave...
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