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Arizona Swims against the Tide of Growing Equality
The choice for Arizona Governor Jan Brewer was clear: “religious freedom” or the 2015 Super Bowl. Just when it looked as if social conservatives would force the state into taking a giant leap backward in the fight for LGBT equality, Brewer vetoed a blatantly anti-gay...
Military Cuts Don’t Translate into Less Spending
After Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel gave a major speech at the Pentagon, The New York Times declared that the Pentagon would shrink the Army to pre-World War II levels. While he did announce an intention to reduce a number of military programs, the Pentagon isn't...
A Cleaner Plague
Have you had your daily minimum requirement of triclosan today? How about your dose of triclocarban? Chances are you have, but don't know. These two antimicrobial chemicals disrupt the human body's normal regulatory processes. Animal testing shows that these chemicals...
Seniors of America Unite! You Have Nothing to Lose but Your Chains.
Listen seniors and those disabled The Chained CPI has now been tabled Cost-of-living increases you rely on Were to be replaced with a shoulder to cry on But because conservatives refused to play And end the corporate tax giveaways Obama decided to toss the "Grand...
Crossing a Fine Line
Olympic ski champion Bode Miller's impressive bronze showing in the men's super-G was overshadowed by the interview with him afterward. The race was an historic one for the 36-year-old skier, who became the oldest Alpine medalist in the history of the Olympics. But...
This Week in OtherWords: February 19, 2014
This week in OtherWords, DeNeen L. Brown and Sarah Browning reflect on what the murders of teens like Trayvon Martin and Jordan Davis mean for all mothers of African-American sons and Sam Pizzigati weighs in on the fuss over the initial perception that GM CEO Mary...
Learning from the Twin Tragedies of Trayvon Martin and Jordan Davis
On a cold night this winter, 60 African-American teenagers lined up in a banquet room. Each wore a suit and tie. Each had a straight-A grade point average. "I wish the media were here now," said the president of the organization recognizing the students in one of the...
I Am Not Sybrina Fulton
My 15-year-old son is a hulking 6'6". He wears a hoodie and listens to hip hop. But I've never had to explain to him that his neighbors might find him threatening. I've never told him that police officers might assume that if he's hanging out on the sidewalks of our...
The Fracking War on Coal
When the EPA opened a new comment period on Jan. 8 for the public to weigh in on proposed greenhouse gas limits for new coal-fired power plants, it didn't take long for the overblown rhetoric denouncing President Barack Obama's so-called "War on Coal" to begin. The...
We’ve Got a Long Way to Go, Baby
When General Motors named Mary Barra the company's new CEO in December, the announcement made instant headlines. No woman had ever steered a major global automaker . But the hurrahs for GM's historic hire turned into hoots of derision when a company filing revealed...
