By Kimberley Johnson on March 19, 2015
Bullies, fighting back, handicapped
Social Justice, Videos
From WKEF: Ohio resident Ashley Brady, 26, lost her leg in an accident last year and uses a prosthetic limb to walk. She says it’s difficult for her to battle the ice and snow and adds that she’s fallen multiple times. Brady also must climb three flights of stairs just to walk through her front […]
By Samuel Warde on March 8, 2015
gender gap, Videos, wages, Women's issues, workers rights
Labor, Social Justice, Women's Issues, Workers rights
Watch this woman get a raise in only 47 seconds. Simply by becoming a man. Because being a man is still the easiest way to get a raise. Join the protest and become a man yourself at http://beaman.se Watch Annelie Nordström, Chairwoman of Kommunal, as she becomes a man to protest against unequal salaries between […]
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 […]