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Can There Be Transparency in Politics? Jefferson Smith Runs for Mayor of Portland

Toni Nagy | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Government, Transparency, Politics, Msnbc, Grassroots Activism, Civic Engagement, Grassroots Organizing, Laws, Elections 2012, Portland Oregon, Grassroots Campaign, Jefferson Smith, Portland Mayor, Portland, Politics News

Recently I was introduced to Jefferson Smith, an inspired, young elected official, who's now running for mayor of Portland, Ore., and aims to embody the future of what politics should be.

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Ban on Bull -- Really

Malcolm Kushner | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Bull, Santa Cruz, Humor, Dumb, Laws, City Council, Weird, Political, Frogs, California, Weird News News

You'd think that in a town as politically correct as Santa Cruz, the city council would have removed a lot of other bulls before bullfrogs. How about bullets? Or bullfighting? Or bullying? So why did it choose to ban bullfrogs?

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Is Incest Wrong?

bigthink.com | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Incest Wrong, Morality, Morality and Laws, Incest, Laws, Culture News

In Britain recently, a young lady was 'caught' having sex with her brother. Both siblings have blamed the other, citing alcohol, desperation and so, o...

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Why We Need The Student Non-Discrimination Act

Hayley Gorenberg | Posted 06.17.2011

Read More: LGBT Rights, Antibullying-Legislation, LGBT Youth, Student Non Discrimination Act, Bullying, Lambda Legal, Laws, Gay Rights, Gay Bullying, Anti-Gay Bullying, Education News

Too many schools around the country still allow the abuse of LGBT students to such a degree that Lambda Legal and our sister organizations can predict the fact patterns.

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Dark Days for Dating Violence Victims in Kentucky

Becky Lee | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dating Violence, Abuse, Laws, Teens, Kentucky, Democrat, Policy, Domestic Violence, Republican, Politics News

For the second straight legislative term, a bill that would amend state statutes to extend the right for domestic violence victims to seek protective orders has once again been declined a hearing.

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Reservations About the Animal Abuse Registry

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Animal Abuser Registry, Animal Cruelty, Dogfighting, Laws, Animal Abuse, Fbi, New York, Crime Reporting, Animal Fighting, Green News

A law recently passed in Suffolk County, New York to require people convicted of cruelty to animals to register with a publicly accessible website or face jail time and fines

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Protections of Justice System Should Apply to Us All, Even Non-English Speakers

Louis Provenzano | Posted 05.25.2011

With more than 176 different languages and dialects spoken in the United States, we still have a long way to go to assure full support for all legal Limited English Proficiency defendants in court cases.

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Is Marriage that Luxury Cruise Ship Stranded in the Ocean?

Bella DePaulo | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Singled Out, Friends, Economics, Marriage, Matrimania, Kids of Single Parents, Scholars of Single Life, Single Life, Marriage Education, Singles, Media, Time Magazine, Single at Heart, Pew Report, Marriage Obsolete, Marketplace, Meaningful Lives, Singlism, Cohabitation, Fragile Spouse, Laws, Resilient Single Person, Discrimination, Intensive Coupling, Couples, Family, Healthy Living News

Time magazine calls marriage a 'luxury yacht.' Remember what happened on the last cruise ship? The cover of Time magazine asks, in big bold letters,...

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Our Choice: Changing the Game

Robert David Steele | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Technologies, Governance, Communities of Practice, Missing Mandate, Game-Changer, Consensus Conferences, Liberal, Innovation, Future, Collective Intelligence, Unrig the Game, Cultures, Open Space Technology, 2012, Citizen Deliberative Councils, Philanthropy, Gandhi, Change, Search for Truth, Radical Change, Wikis, Reinventing Democracy, Jim Rough, Fair Vote, Righteousness, Electoral Reform, Jr., Tom Atlee, Electoral Coalitions, We the People, Collective Consciousness, Citizens Juries, Evolution, Public Policy, Interactive Voter Choice System, Shadow Government, Conservative, Citizens Assemblies, Two-Party Polarization, Transpartisan Voting Blocs, Nancy Bordier, Transpartisan, Obama Phenomenon, Citizen Initiative Reviews, Gandhi's Game, Martin Luther King, Natural Alliances, Laws, Voice of the Whole, Social Systems, Policy-Option Alliances, Story-Field, Third Party Rising, Fair Elections Now, Truth, Crisis, Ivcs, Politics News

Some people say Gandhi was about nonviolence. And he was. But he is significant for something else that I believe is far more important: He changed the game.

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It's Wild to Allow Dangerous Exotic Animals as Pets

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Humane Society of the United States, Pets, Exotic Animals, Wild Animals, The Elephant in the Living Room, Laws, Sam Mazzola, Ohio, Documentary, Bear Attack, Exotic Pets, Green News

I wish every lawmaker and statewide official in Ohio could have attended the press conference we conducted yesterday at the Statehouse in Columbus. Th...

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Wall Street Reform: $5 Worth of No Substitutions

Bill Singer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Laws, Lawmaking, Politics, Wall Street Reform, Bill Singer, Reform, Otto Von Bismarck, Corruption, Politicians, Business News

My wife and I were having lunch at a local diner and saw the above sign on the wall at the end of our table. She read it. I read it. She laughed. I laughed.

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Migra! A History of the U.S. Border Patrol

Geri Spieler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Smuggling, Laws, Illegal Immigration, Mexico, Agribusiness, Arizona, Arizona Immigration Law, Guns, Books News

Kelly Lytle Hernandez's in-depth study, Migra: A History of the U.S. Border Patrol, is a thoroughly researched account of the discordant beginnings of the official U.S. Border Patrol.

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Shut Up and Drive: A Long-Overdue Commentary on What's Inappropriate While Driving

Dr. Robert Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Laws, Cell Phones, Driving, Texting, Robert Epstein, Highway Safety, Los Angeles, Epstein, Home News

Thanks to the recent passage of laws restricting cell phone use in cars, I can finally start to breathe normally again while driving. A growing body...

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Garnished Wages For Working Poor: Banks And Debt Collectors Often Go After Borrowers, Win

New York Times | JOHN COLLINS RUDOLF | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Court, Debt, Bankruptcy, Debit Cards, Middle Class, Banking Lobby, Hsbc, Working Poor, Debt Collectors, Credit Cards, Laws, Garnish Wages, Banks, Interest Rates, Garnished Wages, Capitol One, Bankruptcy Court, Business News

One of the worst economic downturns of modern history has produced a big increase in the number of delinquent borrowers, and creditors are suing them ...

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The Three Laws of Social Media

Josh Sternberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Information Age, Science, Thermodynamics, Social Media, Twitter, Facebook, Laws, Media News

Our era is called the "Information Age" for a reason. The pervasive idea that information should be both accessible and free is as strong a tenet of democracy as the ability to criticize the government.

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States Loosen Gun Laws

nytimes.com | IAN URBINA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gun Laws, Second Amendment, State-Gun-Laws, Laws, Weapon Laws, Weapons, Guns, Concealed Weapons Laws, Politics News

When President Obama took office, gun rights advocates sounded the alarm, warning that he intended to strip them of their arms and ammunition. ...

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2010 Laws Will Target Vices As States Face Budget Gaps

AP | SCOTT BAUER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 2010 Laws, Laws, Politics News

MADISON, Wis. — Texting while driving, smoking in public and cooking with artery-clogging trans fats will be that much harder under a bevy of st...

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The (Legally) Armed Flasher: too Close for Comfort

Cindy Handler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Second Amendment, Senator-Tom-Coburn, Gun Laws, Rightwing Extremists, Constitution, Conceal and Carry Laws, Laws, Sonia Sotomayor Hearings, Funding Fathers, Thune Amendment, Public Safety, Politics News

With a Democratic president and Congress, gun nuts are getting away with their wildest agendas. They're taking advantage of their countrymen in a time of urgency, and they're anything but patriotic.

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Etiquette Enforcement

Ellis Henican | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York City Subway, New York, Laws, Subway, New York City, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Mta, New York Mta, New York News

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has officially decided we're not polite enough. They should know, right?

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Asian Women: Rape And Hate Crimes

Jaemin Kim | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Gawker Media, Ethnicity, Chinese, White People, Michael Phelps, Gawker.com, Videogames, Anime, Sexism, Dating, Defamer, Racism, Racial Stereotypes, African Americans, Korean, Rape, Rachel Getting Married, Gawker, Asian Americans, Washington State, Los Angeles, Sexuality, Black People, Stereotypes, Spokane, Asians, Japanese, Nerds, Hate Crimes, Violence Against Women, Prejudice, Legal, Prosecution, Justice, Bigotry, Interracial Dating, Sexual Violence, Interracial Relationships, Fetish, Sexual Assault, Laws, Asian Women, Bias Crime, Living News, Women, Asian Fetish, Caucasians, Sex Crimes, Salon.com, Media Responsibility, Media Bias, Healthy Living News

Reducing Asian women into a sexual object is not funny, it is not flattering. It is perilous. We can see this when Asian women are subject to race-targeted sexual violence.

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Keeping the Internet Free For a New Generation of Speakers

Leslie Harris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pornography, Internet, Policy Making, Empowerment, Child Protection, Laws, Microsoft, Free Speech, Congress, Technology, Policy, Child Safety, President, Legislation, Cdt, Media News

The next president should set out to make the Internet's very own Bill of Rights and promote strategies that empower Internet users to make their own choices for their families about content controls.

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Bad Laws Pass Fast

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Law, White House, Debate, Jorj X McKie, Economics, Economy, Whipping Star, Herbert, Congress, Voodoo, Patriot Act, Wall Street, Bailout, Laws, USA Patriot Act, Frank Herbert, Legislative Process, Crisis, Financial, Dune, Fast, Bad Laws, Great Depression, Politics News

I will say one thing about the plan that is being floated by Bush and Congress right now -- laws that pass quickly almost always turn out to be bad ones. Think USA PATRIOT Act.

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News For Kids: How A Law Stops Being A Law

236.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congress, Laws, 236.Com, Politics News

Hey kids! Remember a couple years back when we found out that the president was breaking the law by illegally wiretapping citizens anytime he felt lik...

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