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Society & Culture

Dear Girls -- Here's Why Nasty Old Religious Men Are Terrified of You
Society & Culture (tags: abuse, americans, culture, dishonesty, education, ethics, freedoms, gayrights, government, law, media, politics, religion, rights, safety, society, women )

Kit
- 21 minutes ago - alternet.org

Women are powerful beyond words, because they threaten to unravel the control of corrupt men who abuse their authority.

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Why Even "Failed" Activism Succeeds
Society & Culture (tags: activists, americans, children, culture, education, ethics, family, freedoms, gayrights, government, humans, law, politics, religion, rights, society )

Kit
- 48 minutes ago - truth-out.org

Of course, activism that appears ineffectual at the time can succeed in a great many ways, including by influencing others, even young children, who go on to become effective activists -- or by influencing firm opponents who begin to change their minds->

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Vatican Confirms Pope's Butler Arrested in Scandal
Society & Culture (tags: religion, crime, abuse, celebrity, corruption, dishonesty, ethics, family, freedoms, interesting, law, news, politics, society, world )

John
- 7 hours ago - windstream.net

The "Vatileaks" scandal has seriously embarrassed the Vatican at a time during which it is trying to show the world financial community that it has turned a page and shed its reputation as a scandal plagued tax haven.

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UK: Gay, Christian Activists & MPs Unite to Repeal Law Banning 'Insults'
Society & Culture (tags: UK, Frredom of Speech, Section 5 Public Order Act, Christian Activists, Gay Activists, MPsfreedoms, gayrights, government, law, police, politics, religion, rights )

Rob and J
- 14 hours ago - dailymail.co.uk

Campaigners say the law is being abused by over-zealous police & prosecutors to arrest Christian street preachers, critics of Scientology or Islam, gay rights advocates, even students making jokes. It bans 'insulting words or behaviour'stifling freedoms

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What Fires Young Progressives' Activism? A New Study Asks Them
Society & Culture (tags: activists, americans, culture, education, ethics, freedoms, gayrights, law, media, police, politics, rights, society )

Kit
- 14 hours ago - truth-out.org

The goal of the research was to better understand the attitudes and motivations of millennials who are actively engaged in social justice--why they engage, what they see as barriers to an ideal society and opinions on whether an explicit racial justice->

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I Don't!!!
Society & Culture (tags: law, world, marriage, Quebec, women, society, politics, culture, freedoms, ethics, government )

Cal
- 18 hours ago - slate.com

How a bizarre legal case involving a mysterious billionaire could force 1.2 million Canadians to be married, against their will.

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