Coercive Wellness Programs Create New Headaches | Labor Notes
Coercive Wellness Programs Create New Headaches | Labor Notes: Teamsters Local 1149 in Syracuse, New York, is fighting Pepsi’s health care policy that charges employees $50 a month if they smoke or...
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'...The FCC found that the cost of phone calls from incarcerated friends and...
'...The FCC found that the cost of phone calls from incarcerated friends and family members is at an all-time high, and they are committed to changing that...the FCC brought the issue to light, finding...
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Quantum Gas Temperature Drops Below Absolute Zero
Quantum Gas Temperature Drops Below Absolute Zero: moirariordan:asteroidbuckle:emphasisonthehomo:tbskyen:Scientists have now figured out how to cool things to below absolute zero. BELOW absolute...
View Article"She [Hillary Clinton] has a history, you have to admit this, of being a...
““She [Hillary Clinton] has a history, you have to admit this, of being a professional victim…People want me to apologize, want others to apologize? I think Hillary Clinton should be doing the...
View ArticleMan with down syndrome maced, beaten by sheriff's deputy
thepeoplesrecord:January 8, 2013An outraged North County family has contacted the media about the recent attack on their mentally disabled son. The 21-year-old Antonio Martinez was walking to his...
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Rescued by a Bailout, A.I.G. May Sue Its Savior - NYTimes.com
Rescued by a Bailout, A.I.G. May Sue Its Savior - NYTimes.com: Fresh from paying back a $182 billion bailout, the American International Group has been running a nationwide advertising campaign with...
View Article"The government has been saying, ‘We’re your friend, we owned and controlled...
““The government has been saying, ‘We’re your friend, we owned and controlled you and we let you go.’ But A.I.G. doesn’t owe loyalty to the government,” a person close to Mr. Greenberg said. “It owes...
View Article"Elizabeth Warren is slamming AIG for considering a lawsuit against the U.S....
“Elizabeth Warren is slamming AIG for considering a lawsuit against the U.S. government that gave it a $182 billion taxpayer bailout back.“AIG should thank American taxpayers for their help, not bite...
View Article"Last year was the hottest on record for the continental United States,...
“Last year was the hottest on record for the continental United States, shattering the previous mark set in 1998 by a wide margin, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Tuesday....
View Article6 Strikes, 8 Days, 35 Dead: The U.S. Drone War in Pakistan is Back | Danger Room
6 Strikes, 8 Days, 35 Dead: The U.S. Drone War in Pakistan is Back | Danger Room
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midwesternmomma: Australia Is So Hot, They Had to Add a New...
midwesternmomma:Australia Is So Hot, They Had to Add a New Color to the Weather MapSee that deep purple in the middle of this acne-red weather report from Down Under? That right there represents 129.2°...
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This Shit Is All Racist: The Creation of Zwarte Piet/Black Pete & Why The...
This Shit Is All Racist: The Creation of Zwarte Piet/Black Pete & Why The Netherlands and Belgium Are Racist Fucks for Still Keeping Him Around:...: ohmygollygarsh:forgetpolitics:TRIGGER WARNING:...
View Article"I would like to take this opportunity to say, “thank you” to all of the...
“I would like to take this opportunity to say, “thank you” to all of the OBAMA supporters out there. As a single mother and an individual who has worked hard and fought to stay out of “the system”,...
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"(CNN) — He used the N-word and told racist jokes. He once said...
“(CNN) — He used the N-word and told racist jokes. He once said African-Americans were inferior to whites. He proposed ending slavery by shipping willing slaves back to Africa. Meet Abraham Lincoln,...
View Articlegirljanitor:moniquill:inappropriateresponses:casual-isms: Casual...
girljanitor:moniquill:inappropriateresponses:casual-isms:Casual transmisogyny is the TV show Community’s use of the t-slur as an “ironic” abbreviation of transfer, even going so far as to have a...
View Article"Lately I’ve been considering how “slut shaming” grew – unacknowledged – from...
“Lately I’ve been considering how “slut shaming” grew – unacknowledged – from the experiences and intellectual contributions of sex workers who first identified “whore stigma.” Slut shaming exists now...
View Article"Society, however, does not see all fat as being equal. A man can be much,...
“Society, however, does not see all fat as being equal. A man can be much, much fatter than a woman and still be viewed as comfortably within the standard deviation; most department stores carry men’s...
View Article"The most recent Hollywood attempt to grapple with slavery was Steven...
“The most recent Hollywood attempt to grapple with slavery was Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln,” a biopic that presents the final four months of the President’s life and his attempts to shepherd the...
View Article"Primary among these concerns is the frequency of with which Tarantino...
“Primary among these concerns is the frequency of with which Tarantino deploys the n-word. If ever there were an instance in which the term was historically fitting it would seem that a Western set...
View ArticleHow Accurate Is Quentin Tarantino's Portrayal of Slavery in Django Unchained?...
How Accurate Is Quentin Tarantino's Portrayal of Slavery in Django Unchained? : The New Yorker: Here, as in “Lincoln,” black people—with the exception of the protagonist and his love interest—are...
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