“I think there is a mental health problem in Congress.” ~Sean Penn Actor and activist Sean Penn sat down with MSNBC’s Piers Morgan in late 2013 to discuss Congress’ “mental health problem” and his belief that some members of the Tea Party should be “committed by executive order.” Penn had recently been in Haiti as […]
2014 Public Service Announcement Discusses The Absurdity of Victim Blaming. This important Public Service Announcement was inspired by advice found in Cosmopolitan and campus safety brochures that tell women how to avoid being raped. “It speaks to the absurdity of placing responsibility and blame on the victim.” According to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National […]
After Colorado earned 184 million dollars in marijuana taxes, should other states consider legalization? Colorado’s Joint Budget Committee released a report projecting “revenue of about $610 million from retail and medical marijuana from Jan. 1 of [2014] to June 30, 2015,” resulting in about about $184 million in tax revenue from marijuana in the first […]
Former President Jimmy Carter says the income gap in the United States has increased to the point where members of the middle class resemble the Americans who lived in poverty when he occupied the White House. As USA Today reports, Carter offered his assessment of the nation’s economic challenges at a Habitat for Humanity construction […]
“We spend the first year teaching children to walk and talk and the rest of their lives telling them to shut up and sit down.” ~Neil deGrasse Tyson Science.Mic reports that: “As host of the PBS series NOVA ScienceNow, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey and both the radio show and televised versions of StarTalk, Neil deGrasse Tyson […]