Recent Votes

• Equal Pay for Equal Work - Where's the Data? (part II)

  In my first article on this subject, I asked for some type of documentation that took all of the variables into account, showing that women are indeed, getting paid less for equal work.  I repeatedly asked for something that took into account, hours worked, level of responsi …

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• Catholic School Forfeits Arizona State Baseball Championship Rather Than Face a Co-Ed Team

  Source: Think Progress

  The ultra-conservative attempt to push women out of the public sphere has a new frontier: the Arizona Charter Athletic Association. Our Lady of Sorrows, a school run by a breakaway Catholic sect, has forfeited the league’s high school baseball championship rather than put …

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• Bernie Sanders introduces legislation to end $113 Billion in Fossil Fuel Subsidies (PDF)

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  Eliminate royalty relief, including for deep gas and deep water production Ultra deep water research program repeal Uncap 75 million for spill liability and 350 million for pipeline clean-up for tar sands Eliminate enhanced oil recovery credit Eliminate marginal wells credit  …

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• Bernie Sanders Warns Republicans that Sarkozy's Fate Will Soon Be Theirs

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  Sen. Bernie Sanders told the Republican Party today that if they continue to push austerity, they will suffer defeat just like Nicolas Sarkozy did. In a statement about Sunday’s elections in Europe, Sanders said, In the United States and around the world, the middle cla …

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• If She Had Shot a Gun Into the Ceiling...Would She Still Be Alive?

  Marrissa Alexander's shooting of a gun into the ceiling to scare off her attacker does not meet the test of "Stand Your Ground." Maybe if these women had a gun to shoot into the ceiling...they would be alive today: Jo Anne and Addrienne Bain Amanda Blaiese-Rinaldi Barba …

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