Mississippi could soon jail women for stillbirths, miscarriages
thepeoplesrecord:May 23, 2013On March 14, 2009, 31 weeks into her pregnancy, Nina Buckhalter gave birth to a stillborn baby girl. She named the child Hayley Jade. Two months later, a grand jury in...
View Article"Government assistance in America is invisible until black people receive it....
“Government assistance in America is invisible until black people receive it. Then it becomes racialized, demonized and stigmatized.” - Melissa Harris-Perry and Karen Finney (paraphrased), commenting...
View Article"Washington state was given a C in the American Society of Civil Engineers’...
“Washington state was given a C in the American Society of Civil Engineers’ 2013 infrastructure report card and a C- when it came to the state’s bridges. The group said more than a quarter of...
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rainwood: Indigenous people of Brazil trying to prevent their...
rainwood:Indigenous people of Brazil trying to prevent their eviction from an old indigenous museum which they have been living in for the past 7 years.On March 22nd all of the inhabitants and their...
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liberalsarecool: The “me first, you nothing” GOP resume...
liberalsarecool:The “me first, you nothing” GOP resume standard.
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anarcho-queer: NYPD Data Proves White People Are More Likely To...
anarcho-queer:NYPD Data Proves White People Are More Likely To Possess Drugs Or A Weapon Than Racial Minorities When Stopped, Yet 84% of Stop & Frisk Victims Are Black/LatinoDuring the...
View Article"Unwed white girls who became pregnant in the postwar years were considered...
“Unwed white girls who became pregnant in the postwar years were considered psychologically disturbed but treatable, whereas their black counterparts were presumed to be biologically hypersexual and...
View Article"1.5 million low-income Texans may go without health care coverage after...
“1.5 million low-income Texans may go without health care coverage after lawmakers in the state voted against expanding Medicaid using $100 billion in federal funds offered under President Obama’s...
View Article"In effect, it seems GOP officials are complaining, “Republicans are...
“In effect, it seems GOP officials are complaining, “Republicans are disappointed that the president has been distracted by the distractions thrown at him by Republicans.”” - ‘We’ve made no progress’...
View Article"Indeed, mayoral control has been linked to an emerging pattern of closing...
“Indeed, mayoral control has been linked to an emerging pattern of closing and disinvesting in schools that serve black poor students and reopening them as charters operated by education management...
View ArticleDo charter schools work? A new study of Boston schools says yes. - Slate...
Do charter schools work? A new study of Boston schools says yes. - Slate Magazine: tbfclips:Whether charter schools have actually lived up to their initial promise is a hotly contested topic in the...
View Article"Representatives of [conservative organizations at the center of the IRS...
“Representatives of [conservative organizations at the center of the IRS scandal] have cried foul in recent weeks about their treatment by the I.R.S., saying they were among dozens of conservative...
View ArticleNonprofit Applicants Chafing at I.R.S. Tested Political Limits - NYTimes.com
Nonprofit Applicants Chafing at I.R.S. Tested Political Limits - NYTimes.com: Tom Zawistowski, president of the Ohio Liberty Coalition, another Tea Party group that has complained about the scrutiny it...
View ArticleNonprofit Applicants Chafing at I.R.S. Tested Political Limits - NYTimes.com
Nonprofit Applicants Chafing at I.R.S. Tested Political Limits - NYTimes.com: At least some of the conservative groups that are complaining about I.R.S. treatment were clearly involved in election...
View Article"For suburban districts in Massachusetts, for example, the numbers don’t...
“For suburban districts in Massachusetts, for example, the numbers don’t favor the charter school advocates, in large part because suburban public schools in the state are pretty effective already....
View Article"Since so few people have CF (just 30,000 nationwide), drug companies don’t...
“Since so few people have CF (just 30,000 nationwide), drug companies don’t have the motivation to fund the research needed to find a cure. That research must be paid for by individuals and by...
View Article"In other words, an overbearing heterosexuality orients women towards men not...
“In other words, an overbearing heterosexuality orients women towards men not just as sexual and romantic partners, but as the arbiters of all that is good and right. Accordingly, women don’t turn to...
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"Black women more often suffer from the medical conditions aggravated by...
“Black women more often suffer from the medical conditions aggravated by pregnancy. Black women have higher rates of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, and cervical cancer. They are...
View ArticleImmigration cases make up 40% of federal prosecutions, study says
Immigration cases make up 40% of federal prosecutions, study says: Immigration-related offenses are now the leading type of federal prosecution, constituting more than 40% of cases compared with 22%...
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