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Georgia’s Republican governor won’t endorse town’s first racially integrated prom
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal (R) has refused through a spokesperson to endorse one town’s first-ever integrated high school prom, saying that he would rather not take sides on the issue. According to Atlanta’s WMAZ Channel 13, politicians from both parties have stated their support for black and white students from…
Rep. Stockman floats new slogan: ‘If babies had guns, they wouldn’t be aborted’
Rep. Steve Stockman believes that giving guns to fetuses could completely change the abortion debate. In a message posted to the congressman’s campaign Twitter account on Thursday night, Stockman wrote, “Our campaign bumper sticker: If babies had guns, they wouldn’t be aborted.” The image of a bumper sticker with the…
Montana lawmaker backtracks on anti-LGBT vote: ‘Of course’ sex has two purposes
A Montana lawmaker who voted this week to keep homosexual acts classified as a felony explained to Raw Story on Thursday that he doesn’t really believe sex is only meant for procreation, despite his comments during open debate. Video of his remarks, captured by local news station KXLH-TV, featured Hagstrom explaining…
Ted Nugent promotes ‘Knife Rights’ with gun giveaway just days after mass stabbing
Just days after a student at the Houston-based Lone Star College went on a stabbing spree that left 14 people injured, Texas resident and Detroit-born rocker Ted Nugent is featured in a promotional contest for a group called “Knife Rights,” billed by the president of the National Rifle Association as…
New ‘Beard PAC’ to raise unlimited funds to support bearded candidates
The United States has a serious lack of bearded politicians, according to a newly formed Super PAC that hopes to reverse the situation. The group, called Bearded Entrepreneurs for the Advancement of a Responsible Democracy (BEARD), officially filed with the Federal Elections Committee on Wednesday. It plans to raise unlimited…
Expert warns against ‘blindly’ implementing NRA’s ‘superficially simple solution’
A report by three experts on school violence and criminal justice casts doubt on the National Rifle Association’s proposal to stop gun violence. The review article, published in the American Journal of Criminal Justice last month, examined the NRA’s proposal to prevent mass shootings by placing armed guards in every…
Wisconsin Applebee’s allows anti-gay beating victim to return after threat of firing for ‘bad publicity’
An Applebee’s restaurant in Rice Lake, Wisconsin has agreed to keep on a gay server who resigned after he was threatened with a firing over “bad publicity” from an incident in which the server was beaten with a two-by-four piece of lumber by the husband of another employee. According to…
Gun conspiracy theorists accuse the Obama administration of a new plot against ammo (and it is full of holes)
The headlines – like “Homeland Security Buys Enough Ammo for a Seven-Year War Against the American People” – seemed to confirm some conservatives’ worst fears about the Obama administration‘s attitude towards the second amendment of the US constitution: that the push for background checks and against assault weapons was really…
Labor unions and business reach deal on new work visas for undocumented workers
A deal between labor unions and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce would allow undocumented immigrants the chance to apply for legal resident status as part of a new work visa program, CBS News reported on Saturday. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and chamber president Tom Donohue reached the agreement by phone…
Temporary and migrant workers face ‘systemic’ problem of workplace dangers
Temporary and migrant workers face greater dangers and are injured more often in the workplace than regular and permanent workers. According to Sarah Paoletti, director of the University of Pennsylvania’s Transnational Law Center, these types of workers face multiple systemic problems which make them more vulnerable to workplace accidents and…
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