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moominmuppetStudy: New Voting Restrictions May Affect More than Five Million
More: New State Rules Raising Hurdles at Voting Booth
GOP Attempting to De-Fund Planned Parenthood (&NPR)... And Title X
'Norma Rae' Dead at 68 After Struggle With Her Insurance Company to Get Chemo
SO REAL IT HURTS: Notes on Occupy Wall Street -- lots of discussion specific to racial dynamics in this protest movement.
OccupyWallStreet Protester Schools Faux News, Remains Fabulous While Doing So
Occupy Wall Street News Round-up
‘White Shirts’ of Police Dept. Take On Enforcer Role
Police, Too, Release Videos of Arrests on Bridge
Four decades after Timothy Leary, LSD shows success in medical trials. Will the right completely trip?
Unregulated Clinical Trials, Exploitation, and Profit: How the FDA Allows Big Pharma to Exploit the Poor in South America
[Wisconsin] GOP lawmakers consider changes to recall petition process
Walker could get power over new rules for petition gathering
Student Pushes Back Against Anti-Abortion Protesters Outside Her High School
Bringing Dogs to School Helps Curb Bullying
There's a new surge of labor struggles in the U.S.--and what unites them is the activism and solidarity on display, despite a hostile media and aggressive employers.
Canada: Marijuana growers to face more jail than child rapists under Harper's new omnibus bill
As Scorn for Vote Grows, Protests Surge Around Globe
Unmarried women in India's first SOS Village make careers--complete with stresses, medical benefits and pensions--out of caring for large groups of abandoned and orphaned children. Boasting about their offspring comes with the territory.
It's the Inequality, Stupid
Want more rage? We've got 12 charts exposing the dirty secrets of the jobless recovery.
NOW NYC’s new tumblr targets offensive advertising
River Song’s Chronology on Doctor Who, from River’s Own Point of View
The earliest public health initiatives included innoculation via scabs and sea-sponge toilet paper
Bloomberg investigation alleges Koch subsidiaries paid bribes, sold to Iran
Anita Hill’s Long Memory
Evangelical Woman Criticizes “Biblical Womanhood” By Embracing It
This Australian PSA in support of marriage equality that blends an excellent and important cause with some creative choreography.
FDNY welcomes 1st transgender firefighter in city history
'Til 2013 do us part? Mexico mulls 2-year marriage
U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich faults Cleveland Clinic as lagging in care for poor
Hairy, crazy ants invade from Texas to Miss.
Pa. boy pulls out teeth after dad puts off dentist -- This is as much a commentary on difficulties in access as it is on the Dad's parenting.
"Hercules" star Sorbo had strokes while filming series
Jeff Smith: When J.T. Met Pork Chop… (or Sex, Lies & Prison Love)
'The Open Country of Woman's Heart': Illustration From the 1800s
Samhita Mukhopadhyay argues that your search for romance is ruining your love life
About 2,000 Bulgarians have marched in the centre of the capital, Sofia, in an anti-Roma protest.
City service departments in Cuyahoga County are accepting household hazardous waste year-round for the first time under a new program.
Condemned Franklin Castle is sold, may have new life yet -- Hoorah! It's such a beautiful old building; folks in Cleveland are very fond of it and have been hoping against hope that it somehow gets rehabbed back into functionality.
Cuyahoga County changes reappraisal process to regain public's trust
The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo's newest grizzly bears have names.
Cleveland Clinic's new health center in East Cleveland opened today (this replaces a Level 2 trauma hospital that local residents fought desperately to save, so it's not all good news)
Koalas use uniquely human-like voice box for giant mating calls
Science proves that most wolves are lazy jerks
The makers of The Sagan Series bring you The Feynman Series
‘Arrested Development’ Getting A New Limited TV Series
Giant ozone hole opens up over the Arctic for the first time
The Molecules that Could Erase (or Restore) Your Memory
In an exclusive interview with Bipolar Bisexual, Rosen Trevithick tells us about her new novel, Straight Out of University.
10 of History’s Weirdest Medical and Scientific Patents
10 striking geographical locales abandoned by humans (and reclaimed by animals)
River Song Timeline (with pics)
Wes gets his first command, Data gets a friend, and Picard gets in it up to his eyeballs as the TNG Rewatch hits "Pen Pals."
I am currently collecting data from bisexual men and gay men right now on a project regarding gay community involvement. Please consider taking 10-20 minutes responding to my survey so I can get a strong bi representation.
Wardrope -- Ooh, we could use some of these!
SNL Parody: Lil Poundcake, the doll that protects you from HPV!
East Carolinian Releases Outrageous Column on ‘Birth Control’
Depending on whom you talk to, they’re just a bunch of mischievous gender benders and drama queens, vulnerable gay youths seeking safety in numbers. Or, they’re one of the largest, more aggressive gangs in the city.
Today a federal judge rules on whether Alabama's immigration law—the harshest in the land—can stand. But the damage to the state's economy has already been done.
Flying Over Planet Earth
BBC Drops B.C./A.D. Dating Method: Christians Outraged -- *snort* Gee, the poor dears. However will they manage now?
It's Ok to Be Neither: Teaching that supports gender-variant children -- I wish there'd been folks saying these kinds of things when I was a kid. (my folks did plenty, for the time, but the non-gendered way things were handled at home came up hard against the gender norms of rural Michigan)
News Corp may face American class action suit
Immigrant Domestic Violence Victims May Face Further Disincentive to Seek Aid.
A state lawmaker is calling on Republicans to reinstate a public financing option for candidates running for the state Legislature. The Wisconsin Election Campaign Fund, and the income tax check-off that paid for it, were eliminated in the last state budget.
2010: Second Biggest Year for Marijuana Arrests in History, Despite Rising Rates of Marijuana Acceptance
The William N. Skirball Writers Center Stage series presents author Michael Pollan on Monday, October 24 at 7:30 p.m. in the Ohio Theatre at Playhouse Square
Is Susan G. Komen Denying the BPA-Breast Cancer Link?
Two Picards, no waiting -- Picard goes six hours into the past and confuses himself in "Time Squared."
Why You Never Really Log Out of Facebook
River Song: her story (from Doctor Who Confidential)
A Large Tsunami Shock Wave on the Sun
FDA Takes Another Look at Osteoporosis Drug Risks
In conjunction with fashion week in Italy, the cover of fashion magazine Vogue features a model with a Photoshop waistline inspired by the Guinness Book of World Records. An editor defends the image and denies it could cause any harm.
Spreading Freedom: Google And The War For The Web
Little girls or little women? The Disney princess effect -- lots of worthwhile discussion and critique in the comments.
More: New State Rules Raising Hurdles at Voting Booth
GOP Attempting to De-Fund Planned Parenthood (&NPR)... And Title X
'Norma Rae' Dead at 68 After Struggle With Her Insurance Company to Get Chemo
SO REAL IT HURTS: Notes on Occupy Wall Street -- lots of discussion specific to racial dynamics in this protest movement.
OccupyWallStreet Protester Schools Faux News, Remains Fabulous While Doing So
Occupy Wall Street News Round-up
‘White Shirts’ of Police Dept. Take On Enforcer Role
Police, Too, Release Videos of Arrests on Bridge
Four decades after Timothy Leary, LSD shows success in medical trials. Will the right completely trip?
Unregulated Clinical Trials, Exploitation, and Profit: How the FDA Allows Big Pharma to Exploit the Poor in South America
[Wisconsin] GOP lawmakers consider changes to recall petition process
Walker could get power over new rules for petition gathering
Student Pushes Back Against Anti-Abortion Protesters Outside Her High School
Bringing Dogs to School Helps Curb Bullying
There's a new surge of labor struggles in the U.S.--and what unites them is the activism and solidarity on display, despite a hostile media and aggressive employers.
Canada: Marijuana growers to face more jail than child rapists under Harper's new omnibus bill
As Scorn for Vote Grows, Protests Surge Around Globe
Unmarried women in India's first SOS Village make careers--complete with stresses, medical benefits and pensions--out of caring for large groups of abandoned and orphaned children. Boasting about their offspring comes with the territory.
It's the Inequality, Stupid
Want more rage? We've got 12 charts exposing the dirty secrets of the jobless recovery.
NOW NYC’s new tumblr targets offensive advertising
River Song’s Chronology on Doctor Who, from River’s Own Point of View
The earliest public health initiatives included innoculation via scabs and sea-sponge toilet paper
Bloomberg investigation alleges Koch subsidiaries paid bribes, sold to Iran
Anita Hill’s Long Memory
Evangelical Woman Criticizes “Biblical Womanhood” By Embracing It
This Australian PSA in support of marriage equality that blends an excellent and important cause with some creative choreography.
FDNY welcomes 1st transgender firefighter in city history
'Til 2013 do us part? Mexico mulls 2-year marriage
U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich faults Cleveland Clinic as lagging in care for poor
Hairy, crazy ants invade from Texas to Miss.
Pa. boy pulls out teeth after dad puts off dentist -- This is as much a commentary on difficulties in access as it is on the Dad's parenting.
"Hercules" star Sorbo had strokes while filming series
Jeff Smith: When J.T. Met Pork Chop… (or Sex, Lies & Prison Love)
'The Open Country of Woman's Heart': Illustration From the 1800s
Samhita Mukhopadhyay argues that your search for romance is ruining your love life
About 2,000 Bulgarians have marched in the centre of the capital, Sofia, in an anti-Roma protest.
City service departments in Cuyahoga County are accepting household hazardous waste year-round for the first time under a new program.
Condemned Franklin Castle is sold, may have new life yet -- Hoorah! It's such a beautiful old building; folks in Cleveland are very fond of it and have been hoping against hope that it somehow gets rehabbed back into functionality.
Cuyahoga County changes reappraisal process to regain public's trust
The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo's newest grizzly bears have names.
Cleveland Clinic's new health center in East Cleveland opened today (this replaces a Level 2 trauma hospital that local residents fought desperately to save, so it's not all good news)
Koalas use uniquely human-like voice box for giant mating calls
Science proves that most wolves are lazy jerks
The makers of The Sagan Series bring you The Feynman Series
‘Arrested Development’ Getting A New Limited TV Series
Giant ozone hole opens up over the Arctic for the first time
The Molecules that Could Erase (or Restore) Your Memory
In an exclusive interview with Bipolar Bisexual, Rosen Trevithick tells us about her new novel, Straight Out of University.
10 of History’s Weirdest Medical and Scientific Patents
10 striking geographical locales abandoned by humans (and reclaimed by animals)
River Song Timeline (with pics)
Wes gets his first command, Data gets a friend, and Picard gets in it up to his eyeballs as the TNG Rewatch hits "Pen Pals."
I am currently collecting data from bisexual men and gay men right now on a project regarding gay community involvement. Please consider taking 10-20 minutes responding to my survey so I can get a strong bi representation.
Wardrope -- Ooh, we could use some of these!
SNL Parody: Lil Poundcake, the doll that protects you from HPV!
East Carolinian Releases Outrageous Column on ‘Birth Control’
Depending on whom you talk to, they’re just a bunch of mischievous gender benders and drama queens, vulnerable gay youths seeking safety in numbers. Or, they’re one of the largest, more aggressive gangs in the city.
Today a federal judge rules on whether Alabama's immigration law—the harshest in the land—can stand. But the damage to the state's economy has already been done.
Flying Over Planet Earth
BBC Drops B.C./A.D. Dating Method: Christians Outraged -- *snort* Gee, the poor dears. However will they manage now?
It's Ok to Be Neither: Teaching that supports gender-variant children -- I wish there'd been folks saying these kinds of things when I was a kid. (my folks did plenty, for the time, but the non-gendered way things were handled at home came up hard against the gender norms of rural Michigan)
News Corp may face American class action suit
Immigrant Domestic Violence Victims May Face Further Disincentive to Seek Aid.
A state lawmaker is calling on Republicans to reinstate a public financing option for candidates running for the state Legislature. The Wisconsin Election Campaign Fund, and the income tax check-off that paid for it, were eliminated in the last state budget.
2010: Second Biggest Year for Marijuana Arrests in History, Despite Rising Rates of Marijuana Acceptance
The William N. Skirball Writers Center Stage series presents author Michael Pollan on Monday, October 24 at 7:30 p.m. in the Ohio Theatre at Playhouse Square
Is Susan G. Komen Denying the BPA-Breast Cancer Link?
Two Picards, no waiting -- Picard goes six hours into the past and confuses himself in "Time Squared."
Why You Never Really Log Out of Facebook
River Song: her story (from Doctor Who Confidential)
A Large Tsunami Shock Wave on the Sun
FDA Takes Another Look at Osteoporosis Drug Risks
In conjunction with fashion week in Italy, the cover of fashion magazine Vogue features a model with a Photoshop waistline inspired by the Guinness Book of World Records. An editor defends the image and denies it could cause any harm.
Spreading Freedom: Google And The War For The Web
Little girls or little women? The Disney princess effect -- lots of worthwhile discussion and critique in the comments.
