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N.R.A. Leader Warns of Rising Cost of Senators -- Andy Borowitz
Society & Culture  (tags: americans, culture, HUMOR, politics, society )

Kit
- 18 days ago - newyorker.com
The days are over, he said, when "you could buy a Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) for little more than pocket change." **Humor**
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Principal Fires Guards, Expands Arts and Sees Test Scores Soar
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, activists, americans, children, crime, culture, education, ethics, family, police, politics, safety, school, society )

Kit
- 18 days ago - alternet.org
Who would've thought kids would learn better without police breathing down their necks?
23 comments
**TAKE ACTION** Repeal The Sequester
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, americans, children, corruption, dishonesty, education, ethics, family, government, health, media, politics, religion, rights, safety, society )

Kit
- 18 days ago - action.ourfuture.org
Congress has done nothing as services that protect the most vulnerable populations, like Meals on Wheels and Head Start, are being slashed by the sequester.
38 comments
Slaves to Our Stuff: A Creative Vision to Break Away From Consumer Culture's Destructive Grip
Society & Culture  (tags: culture, society, politics, economy, consumer culture, interesting, family, americans, world, rights, news )

Cal
- 22 days ago - alternet.org
Billy Talen, known as Reverend Billy, talks about his new book and says, "We need to be honest with ourselves about the danger we are all in with the natural world."
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Scalia Never Going to Another N.B.A. Game ~~ Andy Borowitz
Society & Culture  (tags: americans, culture, HUMOR, gay rights, laughter, society )

Kit
- 22 days ago - newyorker.com
Justice Antonin Scalia disrupted the normally tranquil atmosphere of the Supreme Court today, bursting from his office to shout, "I'm never going to another damn N.B.A. game as long as I live!" ***HUMOR***
26 comments
The Daily Show: Jon Stewart Takes A Look At Congress; That Mess
Society & Culture  (tags: americans, arts, celebrity, culture, HUMOR, politics, society )

Kit
- 22 days ago - thedailyshow.com
Congress feels the sequester pinch, the Elvis impersonator accused of mailing ricin to government officials is found innocent, and Jon Hamm talks "Mad Men's sixth season. ***HUMOR***
23 comments
Kurdish Men Dress in Drag to Support Gender Equality
Society & Culture  (tags: world, society, gayrights, Kurdistan, politics, news, interesting, culture, law, rights, women, freedoms, government )

Cal
- 23 days ago - globalpost.com
The campaign 'Kurd Men for Equality' is a response to an Iranian court's sentence for a man found guilty in a domestic dispute.
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Slaves to Our Stuff
Society & Culture  (tags: activists, americans, books, celebrity, comsumerism, corruption, crime, culture, dishonesty, education, ethics, environment, freedoms, media, politics, society )

Kit
- 24 days ago - alternet.org
Billy Talen, known as Reverend Billy, talks about his new book and says, "We need to be honest with ourselves about the danger we are all in with the natural world. *Some thing to think about*
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New Abortion Restrictions Show Lawmakers' Complete Contempt for Women
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, activists, americans, culture, dishonesty, education, family, freedoms, government, police, politics, religion, rights, safety, society, women )

Kit
- 24 days ago - commondreams.org
There comes a point in the legislative season when those of us who track anti-choice bills start to get a bit bogged down by the onslaught of new legislation. So many bills get proposed that you begin to lose track of which state is banning what.
21 comments
*TAKE ACTION* Stand With Striking Chicago Fast Food and Retail Workers!
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, activists, americans, corruption, culture, dishonesty, education, ethics, family, freedoms, government, law, media, politics, rights, safety, society, PETITION )

Kit
- 26 days ago - fightfor15.org
We, Chicago fast food and retail workers, are striking to demand $15 an hour and the right to form a union without retaliation. Our employers are raking in profits while workers, mostly adults with families, don't get paid enough to cover basic needs-->
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Report: Wealthy Thrive and Poorest Dive as Surge in US Inequality Continues
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, americans, children, corruption, culture, dishonesty, education, ethics, family, freedoms, government, law, media, politics, Poverty, society )

Kit
- 26 days ago - commondreams.org
It was direct government support with taxpayer funds that saved the big banks and, in turn, enriched their shareholders. It's not social safety net programs that are bankrupting our country: it's the rich. -Mijin Cha, Demos
38 comments
TAKE ACTION NOW! FCC: Create a "Sexual Violence" Warning for Television Shows
Society & Culture  (tags: politics, rights, society, tv, rape, ratings, violence, movies, ethics, culture, arts, americans, law, government, freedoms, women )

Cal
- 28 days ago - change.org
Right now, millions of sexual violence survivors are at risk for re-traumatization from the television programs they watch. But there's one easy thing the FCC can do to stop that -- create a "sexual violence" content warning for television.
41 comments
Jon Stewart and This Is CNN? Caucasian Terrorist?
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, americans, culture, freedoms, HUMOR, politics, society )

Kit
- 29 days ago - thedailyshow.com
Some times it's good to just let the crazy run out and laugh about the media.***HUMOR***
35 comments
Steve Sanetti & the NSSF: Support Comprehensive Background Checks - Please Sign
Society & Culture  (tags: NSSF, Newtown, background checks, gun laws, gun lobby, violence, society, crime, culture )

Angelika
- 30 days ago - signon.org
The National Shooting Sports Foundation, located in Newtown, CT, is the number-two gun lobby in the U.S. Even after the devastating loss of innocent life right in their own town, this organization refuses to support federal universal background checks.
30 comments
Want More Gender Equality At Work? Go To An Emerging Market
Society & Culture  (tags: women's rights, freedoms, labor, equal pay for equal work, society, politics, culture, americans, government, rights, women, news, world, world )

Cal
- 30 days ago - npr.org
For the past decade more American women than men have earned undergraduate and Master's degrees; and in the past three years, they've outpaced men at the doctoral level, too.
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