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Video: I'd Like To Think I'M An Informed Straight Ally, But I'M Embarrassed I Didn't Know This
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, activists, americans, culture, dishonesty, ethics, gayrights, freedoms, government, law, society, safety, sadness, rights, politics, usa, world )

JL
- 5 days ago - upworthy.com
It's just one of the over 1,000 rights that gays are denied here in the U.S. No, that isn't a typo.
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Black Woman Gets 20 Years; White Man Gets 0 Years
Society & Culture  (tags: usa, Florida, crime, culture, law, police, rights, Justice )

Lynn
- 6 days ago - alternet.org
A man in Florida shoots a man he finds having sex with his wife, killing him. A woman in Florida shoots the wall to scare off an abusive husband, harming nobody. Guess which one was acquitted? Guess which one was convicted?
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Report: The NSA Is Secretly Collecting Millions of Americans' Phone Records Daily
Society & Culture  (tags: 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', politics, rights, society, usa, NSA, Verizon, corporate aid in spying on AMericans, police, law, government, freedoms )

Cal
- 12 days ago - theweek.com
A chilling court order has handed the government sweeping authority to pull phone records for all Verizon customers
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Puerto Rico Governor Approves Bills for Gay Rights
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, activists, americans, culture, family, freedoms, gayrights, GoodNews, goodnews, government, humans, politics, religion, rights, sadness, safety, society, violence, usa, law, ethics )

JL
- 17 days ago - washingtonpost.com
Puerto Rico's governor has signed a bill that prohibits employment discrimination based on gender or sexual orientation. Alejandro Garcia Padilla said Wednesday that he met his obligations as a Christian by signing the bill and congratulated legislators
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Video:Behold The Bluntest, Deepest, And Deadliest Graduation Speech In The History Of The Known Universe
Society & Culture  (tags: americans, culture, children, education, sadness, society, usa )

JL
- 18 days ago - upworthy.com
Joss Whedon, the director of "The Avengers" and creator of some of the greatest iconic women TV action heroes like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Zoe Washburne ("Firefly"), graduated from Wesleyan University a long time ago. So they dragged him back to do
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Working Moms Are Now Main Breadwinners in 40 Per Cent of US Households With Children
Society & Culture  (tags: women, economy, society, culture, family, education, politics, usa, interesting )

Cal
- 20 days ago - www2.macleans.ca
A record number of American women are now the sole or primary breadwinners in their families, a sign of the rising influence of working mothers, a new study finds. Mothers now keep finances afloat in 40 per cent of households with children, up from just 1
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End the Unjustified Prosecution of Kaitlyn Hunt
Society & Culture  (tags: americans, gayrights, sadness, usa, women )

Teresa
- 23 days ago - org.credoaction.com
End the unjustified prosecution of 18-year-old Kaitlyn Hunt, who was engaged in a consensual relationship with another female high-school student.
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Oklahoma Tornado Health Risks May Lie In The Rubble
Society & Culture  (tags: health, tornadoes in Oklahama, news, environment, safety, usa )

Cal
- 24 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
In addition to rusty nails, shattered glass, falling debris and loose wires, hazards such as cancer-causing asbestos and neurotoxic lead can be stirred up by the violent winds and by recovery efforts themselves. Such risks may raise the toll of death and
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'Nuns on the Bus' Will Hit the Road for Immigration Reform
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, activists, americans, culture, children, ethics, freedoms, government, humans, interesting, law, media, politics, religion, rights, sadness, safety, society, usa )

JL
- 29 days ago - sojo.net
The "Nuns on the Bus" are revving up their engines for another national campaign, only this time the Catholic sisters are taking their mobile platform for social justice along the country's Southern border to push Congress to pass immigration reform.
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Minnesota Gov. Dayton Signs Gay Marriage Bill
Society & Culture  (tags: culture, americans, law, government, freedoms, society, gayrights, usa, politics )

Cal
- 34 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Gov. Mark Dayton on Tuesday signed a bill making gay marriage legal in Minnesota, the 12th state to take the step, as thousands of onlookers cheered.
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ACTIVISM: Nuclear Protestors, Including Sister Megan Rice, To Remain Jailed In Tennessee For Months
Society & Culture  (tags: activists, ethics, politics, rights, society, government, freedoms, usa, environment )

Cal
- 36 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
A judge has ruled that a nun and two other protesters must remain in jail until they are sentenced in September for breaking into a nuclear weapons plant in Tennessee.
17 comments
Mormon Church Abandons Its Crusade Against Gay Marriage
Society & Culture  (tags: ghts, Mormon Church, culture, ethics, rights, gayrights, society, politics, usa, religion )

Cal
- 65 days ago - motherjones.com
Prop. 8 backlash has led the Latter Day Saints to soften their treatment of LGBT church members.
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8 Things Justice Alito Has Ruled on That Are Newer Than Cellphones and the Internet
Society & Culture  (tags: law, government, freedoms, gayrights, family, children, abuse, americans, culture, dishonesty, ethics, society, rights, sadness, safety, usa )

JL
- 70 days ago - motherjones.com
During oral arguments over the constitutionality of California's ban on same-sex marriage, Justice Samuel Alito offered a novel reason not to find a constitutional right to same-sex marriage: It hasn't been around that long.
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