The Next State-Level Fights Over Abortion Are Already Brewing… Last week, voters in Albuquerque rejected a ballot initiative that would have imposed the first city-level ban on later abortions. It was a closely-watched campaign — largely because a 20-week abortion [...]
The Progressive Populist blog reported a story about Fox News Business Reporter Charlie Gasparino’s ugly Twitter war last Friday night. Charlie has been in these sorts of bullying wars before, so it came as no surprise. What was insightful was [...]
A woman in Fargo, ND called in to a local radio station to tell of her plan to hand out notes, instead of candy, to children she considers “moderately obese” this Halloween. The woman, who says her name is Cheryl [...]
When the Daily Show went to North Carolina to look at the effects of new voting laws, they interviewed Don Yelton – and his candid admissions are breathtaking and depressing. Yelton is on the North Carolina Republican Party Executive Committee [...]
Welcome to the second installment in our 10-week series titled “Toxic Tea Film Festival – Exposing the Agenda.” This is a joint project of Red State Dems and The Everlasting GOP Stoppers. The Tea Party movement has taken American politics [...]
Welcome to the first installment in our 10-week series titled “Toxic Tea Film Festival – Exposing the Agenda.”This is a joint project of Red State Dems and The Everlasting GOP Stoppers. As the very foundation of our democracy continues to [...]
by Kim Barker, ProPublica Smart move? The IRS has granted nonprofit status to America Is Not Stupid – a so-called dark money group best known for a 2012 election ad featuring a talking baby who compared the smell of his [...]
by Marian Wang, ProPublica This story was co-published with The Chronicle of Higher Education. Shauniqua Epps was the sort of student that so many colleges say they want. She was a high achiever, graduating from high school with a 3.8 [...]
by Paul Kiel, ProPublica Alarmed by the explosion of high-cost lending in the state, cities across Texas have passed ordinances to prevent the cycle of debt that short-term, high-cost loans can create. But some big lenders are finding clever ways [...]
There is a concern about our civilization that it will self destruct. It is suspected this has happened many times over in the past within the universe. The suggestion is that for some reason technology simply cannot be contained for [...]