By Samuel Warde on May 6, 2015
Big Business, Corruption, politics, Social Justice
Corruption, Economics, Politics, Social Justice, Videos
A recent study by Princeton University shows that American democracy is under attack by rich people and corporate interests that have an ever increasingly powerful grip on U.S. government policy, that public opinion has “near-zero” impact on U.S. law. The study, entitled Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens, was published […]
By Samuel Warde on April 2, 2015
Bigotry, Discrimination, LGBT Issues, Social Justice
Activism, LGBT Issues, Social Media
The LGBT community, along with anyone who loathes baseless fanatical intolerance and bigotry scored a big win today in Indiana as the state’s legislature announced changes to their controversial religious freedom bill. NBC News is reporting that the state’s Republican leadership unveiled changes spelling out that the new law “does not allow businesses to refuse […]
By Samuel Warde on February 22, 2015
Activism, Human Interest, LGBT, Social Justice
Activism, Extraordinary People, Human Interest, LGBT, Social Justice
You might recall the story of Melissa and Aaron Klein, the owners of an Oregon bakery that made national headlines last year after turning away a pair of lesbian brides-to-be. KATU reported in February 2013 that the Oregon Attorney General’s civil enforcement office received a complaint in January of that year and was investigating allegations […]
By Samuel Warde on February 14, 2015
Gay Conversion Therapy, Human Interest, LGBT Issues, Social Justice, The Courts
Human Interest, LGBT Issues, Social Justice, The Courts
For the first time, a U.S. court has held that homosexuality is not a mental disease. New Jersey Superior Court Judge Peter F. Bariso Jr. ruled on Tuesday that therapists who claim that homosexuality is a curable mental disorder are committing consumer fraud in “an ongoing lawsuit filed on behalf of four men who say […]
By Samuel Warde on January 28, 2015
Justice, Law & Order, Police Abuse, Police Overreach, Social Justice
Law & Order, Police Overreach, Social Justice, Weird News
In the wake of what many consider to be failures on the part of prosecutors to obtain indictments against the police officers responsible for killing Michael Brown and Eric Garner, a story out of New Mexico may shed some light on why some prosecutors seem to shy away from aggressively pursuing charges against law enforcement […]