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huffingtonpost: ‘This Oppresses Women’ Stickers Give Body-Shaming Ads The Edit They So Desperately Need A women’s group is using a vintage sticker to call out sexist advertisements around New York City – and the result is pretty damn awesome. Some NYC residents have noticed “This Oppresses Women” stickers placed on top of various ads for…

I would define racism as a system of social advantages and disadvantages doled out based upon group membership, particularly what we have socially defined as races. Among sociologists, we also talk about a newer form of racism known as “colorblind racism” (Eduardo Bonilla-Silva pioneered this work) that emerged after the 1960s, where the outward expression…

14 brands of bottled water recalled over possible E. coli contamination

The surprisingly uncomplicated racist history of the Confederate flag

Obama, Republicans, and “Free Trade” Democrats Win Fast Track Authority: Let the Race to Bottom Begin

Obama, Republicans, and “Free Trade” Democrats Win Fast Track Authority: Let the Race to Bottom Begin When Obama was campaigning for the presidency in 2008, he told workers and union members to their faces that if “American workers are being denied their right to organize and collectively bargain, when I’m in the White House, I will…

I hope that, by removing the flag, we can take another step towards healing and recognition South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley How Nikki Haley saved the GOP (via theweekmagazine)

npr: In secret chemical weapons experiments conducted during World War II, the U.S. military exposed thousands of American troops to mustard gas. When those experiments were formally declassified in the 1990s, the Department of Veterans Affairs made two promises: to locate about 4,000 men who were used in the most extreme tests, and to compensate…

theweekmagazine: Today’s best editorial cartoons

gaywrites: Esurance has released a marriage-equality-themed ad where kids share their dreams for their weddings, and I started watching it just as this ad was playing silently on my TV, and good gravy, I cried and cried. This ad reminds me of standing in my bathroom when I was 17, staring at my reflection in…

Reuters FYI: News you may have missed

reuters: Big Brother is smelling you. Kind of literally, actually, in Sydney, Australia. The city’s rail system is employing a new electronic nose to sniff out vandals. The system, known as Mousetrap, detects paint fumes, catching would-be graffiti artists in the act. Read on for more news you may have missed: Or you could just…