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Don't get what's wrong with blackface? Here's why it's so offensive.

by Caitlin Doughty There is a mid-fifteenth century German woodcut called "Triumph over Temptation" that depicts a man lying on his deathbed. The denizens of heaven and hell surround him, fighting over his mortal soul. Demons with twisted porcine faces, claws, and hooves reach toward the bed...

By Marlene Winell and Valerie Tarico How Conservative Christianity Can Warp the Mind Some religious beliefs can create habitual thought patterns that actually alter brain function, making it difficult for people to heal or grow. “I am 30 years old and I am struggling to find sanity. Between...

As usual, you miss the point entirely.

If women don't want it, they need to get out and vote. If they don't care, then they can't very well complain later. In America, our government is of the people, by the people, and for the people. That is its greatest strength. And that is its greatest weakness. In a republic, in a...

In Big-Money Move, Corporations Seek to Make Congress a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary Posted: 10/30/2014 12:27 am EDT Updated: 10/30/2014 8:59 am EDT As Election Day approaches, two reports show us exactly how corrupted our political system has become. Unless voters come out in force, it looks like...

I wonder how long it's going to take the rightwing cheerleaders here to start ranting about how the repubs in Congress aren't "real" repubs and how we need to get rid of them and install "real" repubs. I also wonder how long it's going to take for people to get their memories back.

This one? http://www.elitetrader.com/et/index.php?threads/the-great-american-conservative-obfuscation-disinformation-machine.286993/page-8#post-4043839

And the conservative media protects conservatives. What's new?

In some pockets of America, people are freaking out about getting Ebola. Parents in Mississippi kept their children home from middle school because the principal recently traveled to Africa. A Texas college has turned away students from Ebola-infected countries. Some conservative commentators...

Initial Ferguson police report calls Darren Wilson’s testimony into question The report lacks details integral to Wilson's defense JOANNA ROTHKOPF Since September, a St. Louis grand jury has been hearing evidence against Officer Darren Wilson, who fatally shot teenager Michael Brown on Aug. 9...

Enlarge(Credit: ClarksvilleNow) Military officials this week removed a jarring display portraying the lynching of an African-American family on the lawn of an on-base home at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The display, apparently part of the home’s Halloween decorations, depicts two adults and one...

Republicans are likely to take the Senate, but even they admit one major problem: They can't get anything done

Posted: 10/29/2014 10:23 pm EDT Updated: 10/29/2014 10:59 pm EDT Sean Gardner via Getty Images BATON ROUGE, La. -- Bill Cassidy, the Republican challenger to Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.), suggested during a debate Wednesday that residents of a desperately poor Louisiana parish could retire early...

The Weather Channel officially endorses man-made climate change LINDSAY ABRAMS (Credit: Gil C/Shutterstock) The Weather Channel just came out with its official position statement on man-made climate change: it’s happening. The Weather Channel wasn’t exactly waffling on climate change before...

Animals make better pets?

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It is an absolute crime against humanity for poverty to exist in today’s society. With only 0.5% of the richest 1% of the population’s wealth, we can eliminate poverty nationwide. Having poverty makes no economic sense whatsoever. It costs society more to have poverty than it costs to eliminate...

A new paradigm is organically evolving: new economic systems, sustainable communities, solar energy, organic farming, liquid democracy, worker co-ops and new media. For all the problems we are confronted by, there are existing viable solutions. There is much to feel positive about. A...

And once again you confirm the thesis of the OP. Thanks.