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Liberal group Progress Texas also received extra IRS scrutiny
A liberal group on Wednesday said it had faced the same level of scrutiny from the IRS that was applied to tea party groups. “Progress Texas and the Tea Party strongly disagree on the role of government,” the group’s executive director, Ed Espinoza, said in a statement. “Yet, when we…
Reid not ready to support legislation to crack down on sexual assault in the military
In a gathering with reporters on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said that the problem of rampant sexual assault in the military is something the military needs to handle but wouldn’t yet endorse legislation to take reporting such crimes out of the chain of command. Responding…
African-American anti-abortion group slams Nancy Grace for ignoring Gosnell case
A network of anti-choice pastors gathered at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday to call for congressional hearings into other abortion doctors they claim have practices as horrifying as Philadelphia abortion doctor Kurt Gosnell, who was convicted on Monday on three counts of first-degree murder and one…
Student parents face shrinking child care funding at community colleges
The American Association of University Women published a new report on Thursday which highlights the chief barrier that student parents at community colleges face in completing their degrees or transferring to a four-year institution: access to affordable child care. Meanwhile, the amount of federal funding devoted to federal child care grants for student…
Advocate: GOP-backed ‘workplace flexibility’ bill is designed to kill overtime pay
The House of Representatives passed a Republican-sponsored bill on Wednesday evening purporting to offer greater flexibility to working families, but the bill has been vehemently opposed by women’s groups and labor unions who say the only “flexibility” offered by the bill is given to the employers and not the employees.…
Term limits ‘encourage legislative myopia’ and jeopardize fiscal health: study
Conservatives have pushed for term limits to rein in government largesse and a majority of Americans support the idea. But the cure could be worse than the disease. Research by Jeff Cummins, a political science professor at California State University in Fresno, found that term limits for legislators promoted government…
Nanotech researcher: ‘Everything is possible’ in new brain treatments
Raw Story reported Tuesday on a new technique pioneered by researchers at Florida International University for treating HIV by acting directly on the brain, delivering medicine across the blood-brain barrier through the use of nanoparticles. Wednesday, we spoke to Florida International University researcher Sakhrat Khizroev about the breakthrough and its…
Disclosing donors hurts political attack ads, but keeping them secret hurts worse: study
Supporters of the DISCLOSE Act now have empirical evidence to back up their claims, thanks to a study published April in American Politics Research. “Despite the rise of anonymity in political advertising, there has been little empirical work examining the effects of disclosure of donors on the persuasiveness of campaign…
Minnesota judge dismisses lawsuit seeking to eliminate public funding for abortion care
A Minnesota judge dismissed a lawsuit on Thursday evening filed in November 2012 by an anti-choice couple “on behalf” of Minnesota taxpayers that sought to eliminate all state insurance coverage of abortion services. The order, issued by District Court Judge Kathleen R. Gearin, found that Minnesota’s case law on this…
Belief in biblical end-times stifling climate change action in U.S.: study
The United States has failed to take action to mitigate climate change thanks in part to the large number of religious Americans who believe the world has a set expiration date. Research by David C. Barker of the University of Pittsburgh and David H. Bearce of the University of Colorado…
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