LA archbishop relieves retired cardinal of duties
From The Sacramento Bee: http://www.sacbee.com/2013/01/31/5156734/la-archdiocese-files-coming-out.html By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press Published: Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013 LOS ANGELES — Retired...
View ArticlePolish conservative MPs flinch at idea of transsexual speaker
From The Star: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2013/2/1/worldupdates/polish-conservative-mps-flinch-at-idea-of-transsexual-speaker&sec=Worldupdates By Pawel Sobczak and Christian Lowe...
View ArticleReal workplace protections needed
From The Bay Area Reporter: http://www.ebar.com/columns/column.php?sec=guest_op&article=404 by Selisse Berry 01/31/2013 “Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated...
View ArticleMichigan Civil Rights Report Says Anti-Gay Discrimination Bad For State’s...
From Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/01/report-says-anti-gay-disc_n_2600565.html By Glennisha Morgan Posted: 02/01/2013 Anti-gay discrimination is having a negative impact on...
View ArticleTranssexual could be new deputy speaker in Poland
From The Global Post: http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/130201/transsexual-could-be-new-deputy-speaker-poland Agence France-Presse February 1, 2013 She made history as Poland’s first...
View ArticleI Spy a Corporation Desperate to Regain its Market Shares
From Food and Water Watch: http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/blogs/i-spy-a-corporation-desperate-to-regain-its-market-shares/ By Kate Fried January 31st, 2013 Thanks in part to the consumer backlash...
View ArticleManmade Carbon Pollution Has Already Put Us On Track For 69 Feet Of Sea Level...
From Think Progress: http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/02/01/1527551/manmade-carbon-pollution-has-already-put-us-on-track-for-69-feet-of-sea-level-rise/ By Joe Romm on Feb 1, 2013 The bad news is...
View Article5 Power Brokers Who’ll Determine the Fate of the Keystone XL Pipeline and Our...
From Alternet: http://www.alternet.org/environment/5-power-brokers-wholl-determine-fate-keystone-xl-pipeline-and-our-future These are the people who may be holding our future in their hands. By Tara...
View ArticleClimate action ‘could halve energy firms’ worth’
From Climate News Network: http://www.climatenewsnetwork.net/2013/02/climate-action-could-halve-energy-firms-worth/ If the world succeeds in reaching its targets for curbing greenhouse gases, a...
View ArticleMovements Making Noise
From The Nation: http://www.thenation.com/article/172542/movements-making-noise# Frances Fox Piven January 30, 2013 American political history is usually told as the story of what political elites say...
View ArticleSerious News: In Low Supply From Mainstream Media
From Common Dreams: http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/02/02-2 by Ralph Nader Published on Saturday, February 2, 2013 by Common Dreams On January 30, 2013, an unusual front-page story appeared...
View ArticleRetired LA Cardinal Roger Mahony claims he didn’t know how to deal with sex...
From Raw Story: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/02/02/retired-la-cardinal-roger-mahony-claims-he-didnt-know-how-to-deal-with-sex-abuse-claims/ By Agence France-Presse Saturday, February 2, 2013 A US...
View ArticleAl Gore: US democracy has been hacked
From The Guardian UK: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/03/al-gore-us-democracy-hacked Former VP tells Andrew Marr Show the internet provides a means to rekindle democracy and purge it of...
View ArticleThe Paranoia of the Superrich and Superpowerful
From Tom Dispatch: http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175645/tomgram%3A_noam_chomsky%2C_why_it%27s_%22legal%22_when_the_u.s._does_it/ Washington’s Dilemma on a “Lost” Planet by Noam Chomsky February 3,...
View ArticleSanta Clausifying Martin Luther King, Jr.
From Truth Dig: http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/santa_clausifying_martin_luther_king_jr_20130201/ By David Sirota Feb 1, 2013 Every year, right around the time between Martin Luther King Day and...
View ArticleIn Hard Economy for All Ages, Older Isn’t Better … It’s Brutal
From The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/03/business/americans-closest-to-retirement-were-hardest-hit-by-recession.html By CATHERINE RAMPELL Published: February 2, 2013 Young graduates...
View ArticleSenate Democrats Achieve 60 Votes For Violence Against Women Act
From Talking Points Memo: http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/02/60-senate-votes-violence-against-women-act.php Sahil Kapur February 1, 2013 Next up in the Senate: The Violence Against Women Act....
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