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There Are Now More Displaced People Than Any Time Since WWII

Posted on June 22, 2014 by internal3m

The U.N. Refugee Agency reported Friday that the number of refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally displaced people worldwide has exceeded 50 million for the first time since World War II. “We are seeing here the immense costs of not ending wars, of failing to resolve or prevent conflict,” said UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres….

Federal agency cancels Redskins trademark registration, says name is disparaging

Posted on June 18, 2014 by internal3m

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has canceled the Washington Redskins trademark registration, calling the football team’s name “disparaging to Native Americans. ”The landmark case, which appeared before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, was filed on behalf of five Native Americans. It was the second time such a case was filed. “This victory…

This computer programmer solved gerrymandering in his spare time

Posted on June 3, 2014 by internal3m

Yesterday, I asked readers how they felt about setting up independent commissions to handle redistricting in each state. Commenter Mitch Beales wrote: “It seems to me that an ‘independent panel’ is about as likely as politicians redistricting themselves out of office. This is the twenty-first century. How hard can it be to create an algorithm to…

New Orleans Becomes Nation’s First All-Charter School System

Posted on June 3, 2014 by internal3m

According to the Post, the Orleans Parish school district fired some 7,000 employees after Katrina, most of them African-American, while the teachers hired for the charters have been much more demographically white, many drawn from Teach for America. The fired teachers have won a judgment for wrongful termination, with expected penalties and compensation to amount…

In U.S., 42% Believe Creationist View of Human Origins

Posted on June 3, 2014 by internal3m

More than four in 10 Americans continue to believe that God created humans in their present form 10,000 years ago, a view that has changed little over the past three decades. Half of Americans believe humans evolved, with the majority of these saying God guided the evolutionary process. However, the percentage who say God was…

U.S. revives group to fight homegrown extremists

Posted on June 3, 2014 by internal3m

The United States is re-establishing a law enforcement group to fight those it designates as domestic terrorists, the Department of Justice announced Tuesday. Following hate-motivated shootings such as the one at a Jewish Community Center in Kansas City, Missouri in April, federal prosecutors have pressed the need to coordinate intelligence about such criminals on a…

By the Numbers: The EPA’s Proposed New Carbon Pollution Standards for Power Plants | The White House

Posted on June 2, 2014 by internal3m

Today, as part of the President’s Climate Action Plan, the EPA proposed new carbon pollution standards for power plants. These standards represent a commonsense proposal that will have huge benefits for all Americans. In fact, for every dollar of investment spurred by this proposal, there is roughly seven dollars’ worth of health benefits in return….

Weekly Address: Reducing Carbon Pollution in Our Power Plants | The White House

Posted on June 2, 2014 by internal3m

In this week’s address, President Obama discussed new actions by the Environmental Protection Agency to cut dangerous carbon pollution, a plan that builds on the efforts already taken by many states, cities and companies. These new commonsense guidelines to reduce carbon pollution from power plants were created with feedback from businesses, and state and local…

Lawmakers help oil industry duck pollution liability – Maddow

Posted on May 30, 2014June 2, 2014 by internal3m

Lt. Gen. Russel Honore, (ret.) talks with Rachel Maddow about how Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal and state legislators protected the oil and gas industry from being held accountable for pollution that has destroyed vital protective coastal wetlands.

California lawmakers reject bill requiring labeling on GMO foods

Posted on May 29, 2014June 2, 2014 by internal3m

California lawmakers on Wednesday rejected a bill that would require labels on foods made with genetically modified organisms GMOs, the second time in two years such legislation has failed to take hold in the state. Proponents of the bill had sought to make California the second state in the country after Vermont to require GMO…

Ohio Is Poised To Be The First State To Roll Back Its Renewable Energy Standard

Posted on May 29, 2014June 2, 2014 by internal3m

Ohio’s first-term Republican Governor John Kasich said in a statement earlier this month that the renewable energy standards “are simply unrealistic and will drive up energy costs for job creators and consumers.” He made the case that the bill was a compromise from scrapping the RES entirely, and by “temporarily holding at our current level…

Court upholds “First Amendment” right to film police

Posted on May 28, 2014June 2, 2014 by internal3m

A federal appeals court has ruled that the public has the right to film cops in public and has reinstated a lawsuit against a local New Hampshire police department brought by a woman arrested for filming a traffic stop. The plaintiff in the case, Carla Gericke, was arrested on wiretapping allegations in 2010 for filming…

John Kerry: Edward Snowden a ‘coward … traitor’

Posted on May 28, 2014June 2, 2014 by internal3m

Edward Snowden is a “coward,” Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday in response to the NSA leaker’s first television interview. “Edward Snowden is a coward,” Kerry told Chuck Todd on MSNBC. “He is a traitor. And he has betrayed his country. And if he wants to come home tomorrow to face the music, he…

The end of the filibuster? Not quite

Posted on May 22, 2014June 2, 2014 by internal3m

Reid’s rule change can be credited with securing confirmations for at least fourteen nominees, including Richard Cordray, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Melvin Watt, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency; John Koskinen, commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service; Janet Yellen, chair of the Federal Reserve Board; and three D.C. Circuit judges. But the…

Right vs. Left in the Midwest

Posted on November 26, 2013June 2, 2014 by internal3m

MINNESOTA and Wisconsin share much more than bone-chilling winters: German and Northern European roots; farming; and, until recently, a populist progressive tradition stretching back a century to Wisconsin’s Fighting Bob La Follette and the birth of Minnesota’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. But in 2010 these cousin states diverged. By doing so they began a natural experiment that…

Special Report: The Cost of Crisis-Driven Fiscal Policy

Posted on October 17, 2013June 2, 2014 by internal3m

Even as Congressional leaders and the president discuss a potential temporary solution to the current stalemate over the government shutdown and the debt ceiling, the repeated cycle of lurching from crisis to crisis has significant and real costs to the U.S. economy. A new report, prepared by Macroeconomic Advisers, LLC for the Peter G. Peterson…

China state media blasts US shutdown, calls for a ‘de-Americanized’ world

Posted on October 14, 2013June 2, 2014 by internal3m

With days to go before the United States debt default deadline, Beijing aired its frustrations with the shutdown Sunday, saying it was time to consider a “de-Americanized” world order. With $1.28 trillion in U.S. Treasuries, China is easily the biggest foreign holder of American debt. China has also funneled billions of dollars into private American investments…

Boehner Too Embarrassed to Defend Extortion

Posted on October 9, 2013June 2, 2014 by internal3m

The most telling thing about Boehner’s remarks is their brevity. The Speaker spoke for about five minutes, responded briefly to one question, and bolted out the door. Obama’s disquisition earlier today may have been long over an hour and professorial. But he was able to defend his position against questions, engage counterarguments, and marshal facts…

Shutdown: 300 Sick; Coal Miners Killed; Flu Monitoring Stopped

Posted on October 8, 2013June 2, 2014 by internal3m

CDC isnt the only agency protecting health and safety thats strained. The shutdown has forced the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration to halt its regular mine safety inspections, which it normally conducts at each of the nations underground mines every three months. The lack of inspections is coming under scrutiny after three mine workers…

WTF Are The GOP Up To? Independent Senator Sanders Breaks It Down

Posted on October 7, 2013June 2, 2014 by internal3m

This isn’t all about the affordable care act. This is about the destruction of the federal government. This is about a few rich people who don’t have enough, and want the federal government out of their way so that they can have an ever larger slice of the pie – all while you get less….

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