Forced to Work Sick? That's Fine With Disney, Red Lobster, and Their Friends at ALEC. America's one of the only industrialized nations that doesn't mandate paid sick leave. These guys want to keep it that way.

Forced to Work Sick? That's Fine With Disney, Red Lobster, and Their Friends at ALEC. America's one of the only industrialized nations that doesn't mandate paid sick leave. These guys want to keep it that way.
REDDIT TOP NEWS | JUNE 27, 2013
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Six States Already Moving Forward With Voting Restrictions After Supreme Court Decision

Six States Already Moving Forward With Voting Restrictions After Supreme Court Decision
THINKPROGRESS | JUNE 27, 2013
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Joseph Diebold is an intern with ThinkProgress. Less than 48 hours after the Supreme Court struck down Section 4 of the Voting ... Read more

Giving Patients Better Mental Health Care Reduces The Prison Population And Saves Us Money

Giving Patients Better Mental Health Care Reduces The Prison Population And Saves Us Money
THINKPROGRESS | JUNE 27, 2013
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Giving psychiatric patients more comprehensive mental health treatment — including medication and continued counseling ... Read more

Santorum: DOMA Ruling Threatens Freedom, 'Craziness'

Neil deGrasse Tyson (Caught on Camera): The Universe is Trying to Kill You

Schlafly: Latinos "Don't Understand" Bill of Rights

Richard Dawkins at the Reason Rally on the Washington Mall - Part 1 of 2

Richard Dawkins at the Reason Rally on the Washington Mall - Part 2 of 2

The Lies You’ll Probably Hear If You Visit A Right-Wing ‘Crisis Pregnancy Center’

The Lies You'll Probably Hear If You Visit A Right-Wing 'Crisis Pregnancy Center'
THINKPROGRESS | JUNE 26, 2013
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Taking the morning after pill is equivalent to having an abortion. Emergency contraception typically causes dangerous ... Read more

Possible And Profitable Action On Climate Change: Danish Minister Praises Obama’s New Plan

Possible And Profitable Action On Climate Change: Danish Minister Praises Obama's New Plan
THINKPROGRESS | JUNE 26, 2013
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President Obama's Climate Action Plan is promising. Curbing global warming will demand serious action from all of us. Needless ... Read more

Catholic Bishops: Supreme Court Marriage Decisions Threaten ‘Common Good Of All’

Catholic Bishops: Supreme Court Marriage Decisions Threaten 'Common Good Of All'
THINKPROGRESS | JUNE 26, 2013
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The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops tried to defend the Defense of Marriage Act and Proposition 8 before the Supreme Court, ... Read more

What Bills Can Congress Pass? - John Oliver reveals them in musical tribute

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Why U.S. is being humiliated by the hunt for Snowden - CNN.com

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Republican Senator Calls For Abolishing The Minimum Wage

Republican Senator Calls For Abolishing The Minimum Wage
THINKPROGRESS | JUNE 26, 2013
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On the 75th anniversary of the landmark bill that established a minimum wage, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) called for abolishing ... Read more

We could give 500 Million dollars to every city with a population over 100,000 for what the cost of war has cost us since 2001. We could have paid every single student loan in existence in the USA with that money or free health care to every resident in the USA for life.

We could give 500 Million dollars to every city with a population over 100,000 for what the cost of war has cost us since 2001. We could have paid every single student loan in existence in the USA with that money or free health care to every resident in the USA for life.
REDDIT TOP NEWS | JUNE 25, 2013
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Considering all of the sudden Obama hate, I feel like this George Carlin quote is becoming more and more relevant. (x-post from /r/politics)

Considering all of the sudden Obama hate, I feel like this George Carlin quote is becoming more and more relevant. (x-post from /r/politics)
REDDIT TOP NEWS | JUNE 25, 2013
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Science or Religion?

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Congressman Justifies Getting Rid Of Sex Ed Because ‘Mankind Has Existed For A Long Time’ Without It

Congressman Justifies Getting Rid Of Sex Ed Because 'Mankind Has Existed For A Long Time' Without It
THINKPROGRESS | JUNE 25, 2013
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According to Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX), kids do not need sexual education because mankind has been fine for a long time without ... Read more

Congressional Progressive Caucus Launches Campaign To Expose ‘The Scandal Of Low Wages’

Congressional Progressive Caucus Launches Campaign To Expose 'The Scandal Of Low Wages'
THINKPROGRESS | JUNE 25, 2013
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SAN JOSE, CA — As fast food workers strike across the country and hourly wages hit new lows, the Congressional ... Read more

Two Hours After The Supreme Court Gutted The Voting Rights Act, Texas AG Suppresses Minority Voters

Two Hours After The Supreme Court Gutted The Voting Rights Act, Texas AG Suppresses Minority Voters
THINKPROGRESS | JUNE 25, 2013
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Just two hours after the Supreme Court reasoned that discrimination is not rampant enough in Southern states to warrant ... Read more