Judge Hands Dreamers A Victory Against The State Of Arizona
Arizona has long tried to deny any type of assistance to undocumented immigrants, including the young people covered by President Obama’s DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) policy in 2012....
View ArticleThe KXL Pipeline May Be Dead Thanks To Stunning Liberal Win In Alberta, Canada
A landslide victory for liberals in Alberta, Canada is a huge win for the United States, too. On Tuesday, voters showed they’ve had enough of Big Oil and the climate-changing pollution that accompanies...
View ArticleSan Francisco Dismisses 8 Criminal Cases Affected By Vile Police Texts, Many...
In March, a federal case against a corrupt San Francisco police officer uncovered racist and homophobic text messages that were sent among 14 officers on the force. The discovery marked the opening of...
View ArticleOklahoma ‘Good Ol’ Boys’ Threaten Honest Cops’ Jobs Over DUI Arrest
Chelsea, Oklahoma — a little town of 2,000 — seems pretty unremarkable. According to city-data.com, Chelsea is below Oklahoma’s averages in a number of ways — the value of its homes, the percentage of...
View ArticleArizona Domestic Abuse Victims Are Dying By Gunshot At Twice The National Rate
Women in Arizona are dying at the hands of their partners and ex-partners at a far higher rate than elsewhere in the country. Tactics to protect them are outdated and inefficient. Arizona isn’t known...
View ArticleUT Austin Students Vote To Be ‘Emancipated’ From Jefferson Davis — His Statue...
Austin’s different. Visitors to the city would be excused for thinking they’re not in Texas anymore. After all, the Republican legislature, which has to meet in Austin, calls the city “The People’s...
View ArticleRaúl Castro Meets With Pope, Vows To Become Catholic — What Will Marco Rubio...
Raúl Castro is totally charmed by Pope Francis. The leader of the Catholic world has that effect on people, but who could have predicted that he’d have that effect on the leader of Communist Cuba? On...
View ArticleWoman Fired For Disabling Smart Phone App That Let Boss Stalk Her 24/7
How much invasion of privacy should a worker accept from a job that pays $7250 a month? Would wearing the equivalent of an ankle bracelet be too much? Myrna Arias thought so, and lost her job over it....
View ArticleArkansas Communities Say Yes To LGBT Rights In Defiance Of State’s Bigotry
Even conservative Arkansas is capable of change — its people, not its government. On Tuesday, two localities gave the statehouse a lesson in what leadership should look like by passing measures that...
View ArticleFree Speech Or Hate Crime? Canadians Who Support Palestinian Rights Will Face...
While President Obama has worked to put some daylight between himself and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper is doing the opposite. Harper apparently...
View ArticleIllinois House Slaps Down Right-To-Work Law, Gives Strong Rebuke To...
Illinois is a union state by long tradition. The legislature’s House of Representatives just made sure that the new anti-union, GOP governor, Bruce Rauner, doesn’t forget it. By a vote of 72-0, they...
View Article‘Shark Tank’ Helps 10-Year-Old Lemonade Entrepreneur Save Bees And Make A...
I just have to write about 10-year-old entrepreneur Mikaila Ulmer while her BeeSweet Lemonade is still a small business. It’s probably already too late for that, but at least that’s how her story...
View ArticleWant A College Education? Sorry, Only Wealthy Out-Of-Staters Need Apply
Once upon a time, the mission of state universities was to provide an education to as many of the state’s residents as possible, for as low a cost as possible. But “once upon a time” is for fairy tales...
View ArticleIdaho (Mostly) Overcomes Fear Of Islam, Approves Child Support Bill
Idaho legislators almost torpedoed an international treaty on child support out of an irrational fear of Islamic law. In April, the House defeated a bill that would approve new federal rules on child...
View ArticleArizona’s Stupid, Privileged, Punitive GOP Lawmakers Throw Families Off...
Turns out Arizona is the coldest state in the country — cold-hearted, that is. Welfare recipients will have their benefits cut after just 12 months, and that’s a lifetime limit. As a result of new...
View Article$1 Million For Strippers And Gambling Was Charged On DOD Credit Cards In...
Looks like military personnel have been having a good old-time on government-issued credit cards, to the tune of over $1 million in one year. Adult entertainment establishments and casinos have been...
View ArticleIreland Overwhelmingly Votes ‘Yes’ On Referendum So That Gay Couples Can Say...
Ireland made history on Saturday. This feisty, predominantly Catholic country became the first nation in the world to approve gay marriage by popular vote. It was no contest. In the highest turnout in...
View ArticleGov. Brown Wants To Deliver Poor From ‘Hellhole Of Desperation’– Proposes...
Picking the pockets of the poor, through traffic fines and fees, to pad local governments’ budgets has become a headline-grabbing scandal in this country. A Department of Justice investigation into the...
View ArticleDrought May Force Californians To Drink Treated ‘Toilet To Tap’ Water (VIDEO)
Californians are running out of options for water sources, but they have one big one left: wastewater. The technology to turn wastewater into drinking water has been around for years, but in the past,...
View ArticleFlagrant Abuse Of Power By NC Sheriff Results In A Federal Restraining Order
When a North Carolina county sheriff abuses his power to stop a man from serving a subpoena — in an abuse of power lawsuit — the situation has passed beyond ludicrous to surreal. In what is being...
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