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The (Legally) Armed Flasher: too Close for Comfort

Cindy Handler | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

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
Cindy Handler

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 07.24.2009 | New York

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

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 03.06.2009 | Living

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, Living News
Jaemin Kim

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 11.09.2008 | Media

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

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 10.23.2008 | Politics

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
Chris Weigant

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 07.20.2008 | Politics

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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