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Dear ACLU Leadership and Supporters, The ACLU has always been at the forefront of defending individual rights, particularly the right to free speech. However, it is essential to acknowledge that the sanctity of this right does not extend to permitting...
by Kimberly Williams
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on Sun May 05, 2024 at 09:49 AM PDT
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It’s kind of a “dog bites man” story, but earlier this month the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association, the professional certification, training, and lobbying group for speech-language pathologists, came out with a condemnation of public...
by Curious therapist
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on Wed Mar 27, 2024 at 11:39 AM PDT
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According to the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security, and Law: “stochastic terrorism involves ‘the use of mass media to provoke random acts of ideologically motivated violence that are statistically predictable but individually...
by VPSReports
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on Sun Feb 18, 2024 at 11:57 PM PST
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The Eugene Weekly recently published a tragic story about a young lady who was very musically talented, but who passed away too soon at the age of 23. Robyn Leslie Hatcher (2000-2023) could play many different musical instruments. She traveled around...
by Eternal Hope
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on Sun Jan 07, 2024 at 08:24 PM PST
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You can make a difference to the hurt being caused by climate chaos and the great extinction event in your town or your city! How? Reuse, repurpose, and recycle this information. You can push your local politicians to act. It will make a difference!...
by birches
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on Tue Dec 19, 2023 at 10:00 AM PST
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One of Karl Marx’s most famous quotes boils down to “History repeats itself, the first time as tragedy, the next time as farce.” The current Israel-Gaza war doesn’t quite fit that; it is even more tragic this time. But it was sadly predictable. As I...
by K S LaVida
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on Sun Nov 05, 2023 at 06:54 PM PST
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On Thursday, CNN’s Melanie Zanona and Jake Tapper discussed the many House Republicans who were upset that Rep. Jim Jordan remained silent as his supporters tried to compel other Republicans to ...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Fri Oct 20, 2023 at 12:29 PM PDT
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from CNN Oct 6 The 2023 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi for “her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all,” ...the Norwegian Nobel Committee...
by mettle fatigue
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on Sat Oct 07, 2023 at 05:00 PM PDT
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Trump Attacked Me. Then Musk Did. It Wasn’t an Accident. That’s the headline on an essay by Dr. Yoel Roth, the former head of trust and safety at Twitter. (The link should go through the paywall.) After steps were taken to address repeated...
by xaxnar
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on Tue Sep 19, 2023 at 01:48 PM PDT
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In Amarillo, Lonely, Bullied Boy Rang Doorbell Of Strangers Asking For Friendship. He Got Much More. On July 3rd, 11-year-old Shayden Walker of Amarillo, Texas decided to take a chance. Loneliness compelled him. He walked down the street to knock on the door of Brennan Ray and Angell Hammersmith . Shayden remembered when the couple came over to his...
by Tevye
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on Sun Jul 23, 2023 at 03:53 PM PDT
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Yes, I’m really serious. We all know that DeSantis is awkward, doesn’t want to touch voters, can’t make eye contact. He doesn’t like retail politics. He’s not relatable, doesn’t make eye contact, wears weird boots in a disaster zone. Is only forceful...
by pvlb
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on Mon May 15, 2023 at 06:31 PM PDT
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Caroline Mickey, a local librarian at Alpine Crest Elementary School in Hamilton County, Tennessee, came up with a Mother’s Day lesson involving two children’s books that would be inclusive of ...
by Walter Einenkel
195 comments
on Mon May 15, 2023 at 02:40 PM PDT
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We are a multimedia and in-person outreach for anti-discrimination and anti-bullying. The Human Rights Collective, Inc. which began as a Facebook page called Human Rights Report, wanted to raise awareness of racism, and began posting with the hashtag...
by The Book Bear
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on Wed Mar 29, 2023 at 05:02 PM PDT
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Is this when males’ first experiences of rewarded misogyny begin, up to and including violence? Is this how they first learn there’s advantage and profit in abusing and controlling others? Worth keeping in mind with the following more general source...
by mettle fatigue
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on Wed Mar 01, 2023 at 05:14 PM PST
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Adriana Kuch, a 14-year-old student, passed away 48 hours after a video of her being viciously attacked in a hallway at Central Regional High School in Berkeley Township, NJ, was circulated on social media. Her father, Michael Kuch, expressed his...
by chloeatkinson
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on Sun Feb 12, 2023 at 02:48 PM PST
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You can’t make this stuff up. (And that’s not a good thing.) The lout-mouthed sore loser who’s snarked at “Sleepy Joe” now deposes-and-exposes himself as (by his own standards) borderline comatose. On being shown a photo of the acclaimed writer E. Jean...
by Inspector Clueso
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on Thu Jan 19, 2023 at 02:32 PM PST
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I can feel a shift in America. Bullying, hate-mongering, name-calling, mocking and other incredibly immature 4-year-old behavior by Trump, Musk and others may have been novel for a while, but it quickly becomes wearing, and lots of us are tired of and...
by otter54
12 comments
on Sun Nov 27, 2022 at 02:27 PM PST
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Content warning: depictions of racial and emotional abuse We’ve seen time and again how we as a nation have failed to protect people with special needs, especially those who are young. A stark example of that failure played out this past weekend when...
by Darrell Lucus
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on Mon Nov 07, 2022 at 05:08 PM PST
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LGBTQ+ people—and especially LGBTQ+ youth—are under attack. This is certainly true on a global scale, and it’s true in the United States as well. While some folks do live in areas (whether on the state or city level) that offer explicit protections for...
by Marissa Higgins
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on Tue Oct 18, 2022 at 01:58 PM PDT
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Michael Strickland I still remember my tears from high school. Sometimes, even though it is decades later, they still come out on my pillow. I cringe as I think about the pain so many young people are experiencing today, often with many fewer...
by The Book Bear
9 comments
on Wed Jul 27, 2022 at 03:57 PM PDT
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- I know that the GOP believes a lot of ridiculous nonsense. It’s their stock-in-trade. But hearing this nutty theory espoused by the current Speaker of the House is more than a little jarring. In a clear attack on the executive branch, the judicial...212 comments 267 Recs
- Last winter, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost all nine of her congressional staffers. On November 1, 2023, she fired her chief of staff, Dan Hanlon. In the next three months, the other eight quit. The reviews were not good. Mace earned a reputation as an...53 comments 134 Recs
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- Late Night Snark: Let’s Get Boring Edition "I don’t know what's worse: that RFK Jr. had a worm that was eating his brain, or that his brain is so poisoned that it killed the worm. … And as if this story couldn’t get any weirder, it turns out that...39 comments 34 Recs
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- Early this morning a Russian oil refinery in Kaluga Oblast had a full 30 minutes warning that a Ukrainian drone was headed their way. The drone arrived right on time to hit the facility …. unmolested and with devastating effect. What air defense doing?...59 comments 154 Recs
- UPDATE: Friday, May 10, 2024 · 2:15:25 PM +00:00 · distraught Over 2 months ago, Biden nominated someone to fill 1 of 2 vacancies on the Postal Board. Walsh would be the fourth Democrat to sit on the board, joining three Republicans and one...189 comments 303 Recs
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