Wall Street Journal Crash? Site Down What’s happening over at the Wall Street Journal? Their site is down. H/T to Doug Henwood who tweeted this out moments ago: Holy shit. Capitalism under attack. First the @NYSE. Now this is what you get at http://t.co/CSADwr3CMu pic.twitter.com/LUlCjMgvu1 — Doug Henwood (@DougHenwood) July 8, 2015 So, what’s up WSJ? Greek…
#PABudget: GOP Delivers Steaming Pile of Dog Shit to Governor’s Desk
#PABudget: GOP Delivers Steaming Pile of Dog Shit to Governor’s Desk And he vetoed it. As he should. View On WordPress
Republican #PABudget Plan: Keep Pennsylvania Schools the Country’s Most Unequal
Republican #PABudget Plan: Keep Pennsylvania Schools the Country’s Most Unequal We’re coming up to the budget deadline and the Pennsylvania GOP want to keep Pennsylvania’s public schools the most unequal in the country. Last March, the Washington Post reported that per-pupil funding in the Commonwealth’s richest school districts is 33.5 percent higher than the state’s poorest school…
A Small Group of Pennsylvania Legislators & Activists Took on the NRA and Won
A Small Group of Pennsylvania Legislators & Activists Took on the NRA and Won Facing long odds, a small group of legislators and activists stood up against the National Rifle Association and the Republican Party, and today, they were handed a near unanimous ruling by the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania. On the last day of the…
BREAKING: Pennsylvania Supreme Court Shoots Downs ‘NRA-Can-Sue-Everyone Law’ Aimed at Local Gun Control Laws
BREAKING: Pennsylvania Supreme Court Shoots Downs ‘NRA-Can-Sue-Everyone Law’ Aimed at Local Gun Control Laws On Governor Corbett’s way out the door, the former governor left Pennsylvanians with a steaming pile of NRA crap. Governor Corbett signed legislation that would allow the NRA or NRA members to sue cities and municipalities over gun ordinances days after losing…
Virginia man awarded $500,000 after he unintentionally recorded his doctors mocking and insulting him while he was under anesthesia
Virginia man awarded $500,000 after he unintentionally recorded his doctors mocking and insulting him while he was under anesthesia
Federal employee health plans MUST cover transition-related care, says government
gaywrites: The Obama administration has informed all providers of health insurance to federal employees that they must cover transition-related healthcare. Previously, the administration had said it would not make a decision on this until the fall. The new plans will take effect in 2016, though some questions remain about how they will be implemented. The…
theweekmagazine: The radical idea Taylor Swift should push if she really wants to help everyday artists America’s copyright laws are clunky and outdated. But this idea could improve the lives of millions of artists.
theweekmagazine: What it’s really like to use a gay dating app in Russia “Russian vigilante groups have used gay dating sites and apps lure genuine users out in public, trapping them in verbal and physical attacks; some have even been killed. The government considers such crimes legal if the victims expressed their sexuality.”
huffingtonpost: These Black Trans Couples’ Stories Tug At Our Heartstrings The couples speak to the daily experience of living at the crossroads of being black and identifying as LGBT. Together or separate, these two groups carry the burden of societal implications that stem from ignorance and assumptions. Milan shares that his mother was fearful that…
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