Birth Control's 89% Approval Rating Shows it's a Non-Issue - It's telling that in the 12 yrs Gallup's been measuring Americans' moral indignation on so called vices, not once has it asked about birth control, a virtual non-issue in U.S. politics until it suddenly became one earlier this year (theatlanticwire.com)
submitted ago by anutensil
New York Legislation Would Ban Anonymous Online Speech (wired.com)
submitted ago by nomdeweb
NEW POLLING: 56% of Americans Want Legal Marijuana (blog.norml.org)
submitted ago by erikNORML
Tens of thousands of people have already signed Elizabeth Warren's petition to Congress to pass a modernized Glass-Steagall Act that will stop investment banks from gambling with money from people's savings and checking accounts. Will you join them? (links.elizabethwarren.mkt2053.com)
submitted ago by Orangutan
Police Handcuffing 7-Year-Olds? The Brutality Unleashed on Kids With Disabilities in Our School Systems: As school budgets are cut, disabled students are being handed over to police for behavioral infractions -- and handcuffs are just the beginning of what they're forced to endure. (alternet.org)
submitted ago by davidreiss666
"JPMorgan Chase has spent upward of $20 million on lobbying and campaign contributions in the past three years. On Tuesday, the bank received a healthy dividend on that investment" when Republicans on the Senate Banking Committee blamed government for their problems. (washingtonpost.com)
submitted ago by reddit4
Tennessee Man loses $22,000 to cops. No charges filed, no arrest made. "If somebody told me this happened to them, I absolutely would not believe this could happen in America." That was the reaction of a New Jersey man who found out just how risky it can be to carry cash through Tennessee. (newschannel5.com)
submitted ago by Mind_Virus
Under Obama, U.S. Gov't Spends At Lowest Rate In Decades (npr.org)
submitted ago by chefranden
Male guards at an Alabama women's prison engaged in the widespread sexual abuse of female inmates for years, alleges a formal complaint filed with the DOJ today; several imprisoned women also allegedly became pregnant after being raped by guards, giving birth while in custody (cnn.com)
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