can i ask that person below you how stand your ground can apply when...
I guess some people think the very act of a black person walking through their neighborhood is sufficient proof of wrongdoing to go after them.
View ArticlePlanned Parenthood Funding - with a twist
Planned Parenthood Funding - with a twist: wheretheweedstakeroot: A month ago, the story The Right Not to Know appeared in the Texas Observer: one woman’s experience with a second-trimester abortion...
View ArticleFlorida's Drug Testing of Welfare Recipients did absolutely nothing
Florida's Drug Testing of Welfare Recipients did absolutely nothing: anticapitalist: Last year Florida became the first state to pass and fully implement a bill mandating suspicionless drug testing of...
View ArticleMatthew Owens Beating Not A Hate Crime, Not Related To Trayvon Martin, Mayor...
Matthew Owens Beating Not A Hate Crime, Not Related To Trayvon Martin, Mayor Says: I find it fascinating that white folks are talking about this story like it in any way justifies George Zimmerman’s...
View ArticleFreed After 25 Years: Justice Is Michael Morton's Weapon Of Choice : NPR
Freed After 25 Years: Justice Is Michael Morton's Weapon Of Choice : NPR
View Article"Despite the differences among these scenarios, there is a common profile of...
“Despite the differences among these scenarios, there is a common profile of men who have killed their wives and children. Most are white males in their 30s or 40s who react badly to stress and who...
View Article"A student blows up at a teacher, drops the F-bomb. The usual approach at...
“A student blows up at a teacher, drops the F-bomb. The usual approach at Lincoln – and, safe to say, at most high schools in this country – is automatic suspension. Instead, Sporleder sits the kid...
View ArticleTHIS is why I vaccinate
THIS is why I vaccinate: I just want to throw in my two cents on this. I have a 6 week old baby. She is very susceptible to a lot of the diseases that we now have vaccinations for, is at higher risk...
View Article"That’s what I would say about Ruth Hayes’ dissertation, “‘So I Could Be...
“That’s what I would say about Ruth Hayes’ dissertation, “‘So I Could Be Easeful’: Black Women’s Authoritative Knowledge on Childbirth.” It began because she “noticed that nonwhite women’s experiences...
View Article"Finally, since this is a blog about academia and not journalism, I’ll...
“Finally, since this is a blog about academia and not journalism, I’ll forgive the commenters for not understanding that it is not my job to read entire dissertations before I write a 500-word piece...
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Texas Legislature violates their own voting rules. Loves making...
Texas Legislature violates their own voting rules. Loves making voting rules for others, though, because of “integrity.” Ha! (by seipher0615)
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drunkonstevphen: Jon: “I like the strategy your doing: Instead...
drunkonstevphen: Jon: “I like the strategy your doing: Instead of having to find reasons to criticize Obama for things he’s done right, you find ways to claim those achievements as your own. I know...
View Article"[The census survey is] the definition of a breach of personal privacy. It’s...
“[The census survey is] the definition of a breach of personal privacy. It’s the picture of what’s wrong in Washington, D.C.” - Rep. Daniel Webster (via House Votes To Cut Census Survey Done Since...
View Article"In one test, Correll and her colleagues found that evaluators consistently...
“In one test, Correll and her colleagues found that evaluators consistently ranked mothers as less competent and less committed workers than childless women but ranked fathers as more competent and...
View Article"Mothers looking for employment are less likely to be hired, are offered...
“Mothers looking for employment are less likely to be hired, are offered lower salaries and are perceived as being less committed to a job than fathers or women without children, according to a recent...
View Article"At some point potential students will realize that they can’t flip their...
“At some point potential students will realize that they can’t flip their student loans for a job in 4 years. In fact they will realize that college may be the option for fun and entertainment, but not...
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"The past week’s political firestorm in the presidential race focused on...
“The past week’s political firestorm in the presidential race focused on stay-at-home moms, but two-thirds of women with young children now work. Nearly half are their family’s primary breadwinner....
View Article"That was the case for Marianne Bullock a few years ago, when her...
“That was the case for Marianne Bullock a few years ago, when her 18-month-old had a stomach virus. “It was the first time that my daughter had really been sick,” she says. “She was not nursing, and...
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