"Now Wal-Mart executives have stated the repairs needed to make our factories...
“Now Wal-Mart executives have stated the repairs needed to make our factories safe are too expensive, yet the costs would be just two tenths of 1 percent of the company’s profit last year, and just 1%...
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Twitter vs Female Protagonists in Video Games
femfreq:Thanks #XboxOne#E3 press conference for revealing to us exactly zero games featuring a female protagonist for the next generation.— Feminist Frequency (@femfreq)June 10, 2013Above is a tweet I...
View Article"Sarkeesian became the target of an intimidation campaign after launching a...
“Sarkeesian became the target of an intimidation campaign after launching a fundraiser for her “Tropes vs. Women in Games” project. Gamers were apparently enraged by the idea that someone intended to...
View Article"Police tell a different story. Miami-Dade Police Detective Alvaro Zabaleta...
“Police tell a different story. Miami-Dade Police Detective Alvaro Zabaleta said it was just after 11am when officers apparently saw Tremaine body slamming another teenager onto the sand. Police...
View ArticleThe PRISM Details Matter
The PRISM Details Matter: But Greenwald and MacAskill reported more than what the published slides claim. They reported direct and unilateral access to company data. The slides don’t actually conflict...
View Article"The mistake that we made was that we underestimated the diseases and we...
““The mistake that we made was that we underestimated the diseases and we totally over-estimated the adverse reactions”, says father Ian Williams, who is speaking publicly of his family’s ordeal in an...
View Article"It is not wrong to be a maid, or even a Latina maid, but there is something...
“It is not wrong to be a maid, or even a Latina maid, but there is something very wrong with an American entertainment industry that continually tells Latinas that this is all they are or can ever be.”...
View Article"It is no mistake, and it is not mere happenstance, that Lifetime refused to...
“It is no mistake, and it is not mere happenstance, that Lifetime refused to allow me to make a show for them about complex, nuanced Latinas, yet greenlit a show about Latinas as sexy domestic...
View ArticleThe Solitary Leaker - NYTimes.com
The Solitary Leaker - NYTimes.com: For society to function well, there have to be basic levels of trust and cooperation, a respect for institutions and deference to common procedures. By deciding to...
View Article"[TW: domestic violence] The other question everybody asks is, why doesn’t...
“[TW: domestic violence]The other question everybody asks is, why doesn’t she just leave? Why didn’t I walk out? I could have left any time. To me, this is the saddest and most painful question that...
View ArticleThe Dutch Famine Cohort
The Dutch Famine Cohort: fatnutritionist:results dutch famine birth cohort study Spoiler: adults who were conceived during famine were fatter, were more likely to have Type 2 diabetes, had higher LDL...
View Article"Rogers and Rep. David Rutledge, D-Ypsilanti, have introduced bills that...
“Rogers and Rep. David Rutledge, D-Ypsilanti, have introduced bills that would allow state Superintendent Mike Flanagan and Treasurer Andy Dillon to dissolve a troubled district if it fails to submit a...
View Article"Economically, the results are even more striking. Adjusting for any previous...
"Economically, the results are even more striking. Adjusting for any previous differences between the two groups, women denied abortion were three times as likely to end up below the federal poverty...
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Judge Rules for Interns Who Sued Fox Searchlight
Judge Rules for Interns Who Sued Fox Searchlight: seriouslyamerica:The case could upend a long-held practice in the film industry and other businesses that rely heavily on unpaid internships.
View Article"…if you don’t have the first month’s rent as security deposit, you’re not...
““…if you don’t have the first month’s rent as security deposit, you’re not going to get an apartment. As for the rich, affluent people comforting themselves with the thought there is nothing wrong...
View Article"The incidence of rape resulting in pregnancy are very low."
“The incidence of rape resulting in pregnancy are very low.”” - Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.), whose measure banning abortions after 20 weeks was being considered in the House Judiciary Committee, argued...
View Articlebapgeek: ugh. this entire site. but especially this article. I don’t...
bapgeek:ugh. this entire site. but especially this article.I don’t understand why this only applies to boys?
View Article"Robert Pearson established the first Crisis Pregnancy Center in 1967 in...
“Robert Pearson established the first Crisis Pregnancy Center in 1967 in Hawaii after the state legislature repealed its laws riminalizing abortion. Pearson made his intentions for creating these CPCs...
View ArticleThe Snowden Effect
The Snowden Effect: I am sorry, but this is the stuff of bad airport spy fiction. (“Rendered”? The Triads? Please.) The most likely outcome? China decides to extradite him because it has higher...
View Article"African American, Native American and Latino students in Portland Public...
“African American, Native American and Latino students in Portland Public Schools continue to be suspended or expelled at higher rates than their white and Asian peers, according to data presented to...
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