Pentagon Inaction On Same-Sex Benefits Angers Activists
From Buzz Feed: http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/pentagon-inaction-on-same-sex-benefits-angers-activists “Every day that goes by is another day of unnecessary sacrifice for our families,”...
View ArticleMove to National Electronic Health Records Potentially Risky for LGBT Patients
From Truth Out: http://truth-out.org/news/item/14162-the-advent-of-national-electronic-health-records-a-potentially-risky-proposition-for-lgbt-populations By Alissa Fleck Saturday, 09 February 2013...
View ArticleNavy Couple Recounts Tough Decisions
From Out Serve: http://outservemag.com/2013/02/navy-couple-recounts-tough-decisions/ Morgan Wade’s Transition and Reenlistment Brynn TannehillOn February 7, 2013 Reserve recruiters dream of people...
View ArticlePope Benedict Stepping Down in Shocking Abdication
Time to stop sending ambassadors to the Vatican. Sending ambassadors to the Vatican is a clear violation of the wall of separation between church and state. The office is currently vacant so now...
View ArticleWhat is the State of OUR Union – Yours and Mine?
From Truth Out: http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/14464-what-is-the-state-of-our-union-yours-and-mine By Laura Flanders Tuesday, 12 February 2013 President Obama is going to deliver the annual State...
View ArticleWhat does a police state look like?
From Salon: http://www.salon.com/2013/02/12/what_does_a_police_state_look_like/ Violence, arrests of Occupy protesters and stop-and-frisk. Plus: A worshipful media By David Sirota Tuesday, Feb 12,...
View ArticlePolice Shoot Jazz Band Members In Dorner Manhunt
So let me guess all these people who have nothing to do with Dorner are just collateral damage to be written off. I think the police should be sued for big bucks by the people they have mistakenly...
View ArticleThe Real Story of the Religious Right — A Movement Born to Defend Racial...
From Alternet: http://www.alternet.org/tea-party-and-right/real-story-religious-right-movement-born-defend-racial-segregation The movement initially emerged to defend racially segregated Christian...
View ArticleVAWA Vote: Senate Overwhelmingly Passes Violence Against Women Act
From Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/12/vawa-vote_n_2669720.html Jennifer Bendery 02/12/2013 WASHINGTON — The Senate easily passed its Violence Against Women Act reauthorization...
View ArticleDancing to Ferlinghetti’s Beat
From Counter Punch: http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/02/08/dancing-to-ferlinghettis-beat/ America’s Revolutionary Poet by LOUIS PROYECT February 8-10, 2013 As you watch the 93-year-old Lawrence...
View ArticleThe Ethics of Gender Transition
From Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dana-beyer/the-ethics-of-gender-tran_b_2666438.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices Dana Beyer 02/12/2013 Last month, following blogosphere chatter about the...
View ArticleUniversities Changing Gender-Based Housing Rules
From Wisconsin NPR: http://news.wpr.org/post/universities-changing-gender-based-housing-rules By Maureen McCollum Mon February 11, 2013 More Wisconsin colleges and universities are bending...
View ArticleTrans* Invisibility
From Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jamieann-meyers/trans-invisibility_b_2619929.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices JamieAnn Meyers 02/12/2013 In order to illustrate transgender invisibility...
View ArticleSEC asks court to freeze accounts in Heinz insider trading inquiry
From The Guardian UK: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/feb/15/sec-freeze-swiss-accounts-heinz-inquiry Regulators chasing ‘highly suspicious options trading activity’ that may have earned...
View ArticleCaymans’ Folly: Do You Know Where Your Pension Funds Are?
From Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/janine-r-wedel/caymans-folly-do-you-know_b_2684536.html Janine R. Wedel 02/14/2013 When you imagine a person with one hand in overseeing your...
View ArticleThe .03% Solution
Actually I would put a 1% sales tax on all trades in stocks, bonds and derivatives. Plus a 50% tax on all annual income over 1 million with exemptions for one time windfalls such as lottery winnings. A...
View ArticleBring Back Postal Banking
From The Pacific Standard: http://www.psmag.com/business-economics/us-postal-service-saturday-delivery-postal-banking-52778/ Signed, Sealed, Deposited How to save the Postal Service—and protect...
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