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Comedian and Writer Brooke Arnold Talks about Her Experience Being Raised in the Same “Exploitative and Abusive” Fundamentalist Christian Organization That the Duggars Are Affiliated With
By Elaine Magliaro There’s an interesting article by Brooke Arnold titled I could’ve been a Duggar wife: I grew up in the same church, and the abuse scandal doesn’t shock me, which was posted over at Salon today. Arnold noted … Continue reading
Court Releases Photograph of Two Chicago Cops Posing As Hunters with Black Suspect Wearing Antlers
By Elaine Magliaro Here’s a photograph of Chicago Police Department officers Jerome Finnigan (left) and Timothy McDermott (right) posing with an unidentified suspect. (Note: The photo was obtained by The Chicago Sun-Times from a court filing.) The Chicago Police Department … Continue reading
Posted in Courts, Equal Rights, Law Enforcement, Local Government, Police, Racism, United States
Tagged Chicago, Chicago Police Department
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Picture of the Day for May 23, 2015: Regarding Michelle Duggar, Transgender People, a Political Robocall, and Karma Being a Bitch
Posted by Elaine Magliaro Last summer, Michelle Duggar, the matriarch of TLC’s “19 Kids and Counting” publicly campaigned against an anti-discrimination bill in her home state of Arkansas. She was the voice behind a robocall “opposing a civil rights proposal … Continue reading
Picture of the Day for May 22, 2015: A Humorous Look at the “Gay Agenda”
Posted by Elaine Magliaro
Posted in Equal Rights, Homosexual Rights, Humor, United States
Tagged Gay Agenda, Picture of the Day
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Picture of the Day for May 21, 2015: On the Subject of Oppression
Posted by Elaine Magliaro
Posted in Constitutional Law, Equal Rights, Justice, United States
Tagged Oppression, Picture of the Day
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Tim Wise on What White Americans Do Not Know…and Do Not Want to Know
By Elaine Magliaro In January of 2014, I posted a video of Tim White talking about the “concept of whiteness.” (The title on his YouTube video clip reads “Tim White: On White Privilege.”) Yesterday, I came across an article that … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Civil Liberties, Democracy, Equal Rights, Government, Justice, Law Enforcement, Police, Political Science, Racism, Society, Sociology, United States
Tagged 1998 Riot at Washington State University, 2004 Riot at Iowa State University, Ghettoization, Highway Program, Housing Discrimination, Keene NH Pumpkin Festival Riot, Lead Poisoning, Riots, Tim Wise
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Comedian Amy Schumer Responds to Birth Control Debate with Hilarious Prescription Ad Parody
By Elaine Magliaro Comedian Amy Schumer has a killer parody of a contraceptive prescription ad. In it, Schumer “satirizes just how hard it is for a woman to get her hands on birth control, following the commercial’s instructions to ask … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Conservatives, Constitutional Law, Drug Policy, Equal Rights, Fundamentalism, Government, Health Care, Health Care Insurance, Pharmaceuticals, Physicians, Politics, Propaganda, Religion, Reproductive Rights, Society, Tea Party, United States
Tagged Amy Schumer, Birth Control, Contraception, Contraceptives, Hobby Lobby, SCOTUS
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From the Annals of Driving While Black: ACLU of Colorado Claims Two African-American Men Were Victims of Racial Profiling
By Elaine Magliaro The ACLU of Colorado claims that two African-American men who were pulled over by police in Colorado Springs and taken into custody were victims of racial profiling. The group is representing Ryan and Benjamin Brown, the two … Continue reading
Posted in Colorado, Equal Rights, Justice, Law Enforcement, Police, Racism, Society, United States
Tagged Colorado, Driving While Black, Racial Profiling
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The Vagina Vigilantes Strike Again!: Republican Members of the House of Representatives Vote to Strike Down D.C. Law That Bans Reproductive Discrimination
By Elaine Magliaro Aaron C. Davis of The Washington Post reported last Thursday that the House of Representatives had “voted along party lines late Thursday to strike down a D.C. law on ideological grounds for the first time in almost … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Civil Liberties, Conservatives, Constitutional Law, Democracy, Equal Rights, Fundamentalism, Government, Health Care, Health Care Insurance, Jurisprudence, Local Government, Pharmaceuticals, Political Science, Politics, Religion, Reproductive Rights, United States, Women's Rights
Tagged Abortion, Birth Control, Contraception, Contraceptives, District of Columbia, Eleanor Holmes Norton, House of Representatives, John Boehner, Republicans, Ted Cruz, Vagina Vigilantes
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