Join us tomorrow as we make history on the Capitol steps @ 5pm #Time4Marriage #mnmarriage #mDayton #mnleg #stribpol pic.twitter.com/h5LBx6Grgo — Governor Mark Dayton (@GovMarkDayton) May 13, 2013 (42)
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From Fronteras: Twitter and Facebook exploded with posts like ‘Our culture is not for sale’ and ‘Keep your corporate hands off.’ By late afternoon Disney released a statement saying it would withdraw its “Día de los Muertos” trademark applications. Gustavo Arellano, author of the syndicated column “Ask a Mexican,” said,…
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Mother’s Day Proclamation by Julia Ward Howe*, 1870 The First Mother’s Day proclaimed in 1870 by Julia Ward Howe was a passionate demand for disarmament and peace. Arise, then, women of this day! Arise, all women who have hearts, whether your baptism be that of water or tears! Say firmly:…
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Climate warming greenhouse gas reaches 400 parts per million for the first time in human history The Guardian Friday 10 May 2013 For the first time in human history, the concentration of climate-warming carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has passed the milestone level of 400 parts per million (ppm). The…
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† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at…
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From HuffPo: Extended unemployment benefits Congress put in place at the outset of the Great Recession didn’t discourage people from taking jobs, according to new research from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Princeton University economics professor Henry Farber and San Francisco Fed economist Rob Valletta found that extended…
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From The NYT: Across much of the country, sealing or clearing a criminal record after a wrongful conviction is a tangled and expensive process, advocates and former prisoners say. It can take years of appeals to courts and pleas to governors to wipe the slate clean. Even then, many felony…
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From The Atlantic: Above is a picture I took of a chart showing how the scheme could work. The chart was produced by activist lawyers in the late 60s trying to demonstrate the effects of contract buying. There are four columns “Documented Price Paid By Speculator,” “Documented Price Change To…
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