LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Sexual Assault Awareness: A Survivor’s Perspective By Anonymous I didn’t know the man who forced himself inside of me. I awoke to his figure hovering directly above me, in a hotel room that wasn’t mine. Beside me were two of my male co-workers, fast asleep and unaware of what was…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock An institute at the University of California Los Angeles argues that “Trumpism consolidates power through white supremacy, misogyny, nationalism, xenophobia, corporatism, and militarism” and performs research and activism to advance “radical democracy.” UCLA’s Institute on Inequality and Democracy operates out of the university’s school of public affairs….
Casey Harper on September 30, 2015 The man whose lawsuit sparked the legal recognition of same-sex marriage in the U.S. wrote an open letter Wednesday condemning Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk who was jailed for refusing to issue gay marriage licenses. Jim Obergefell sued when the state of Ohio refused to recognize his and his late…
Austin Peterson Is Wrong. Here’s Why. I’ll admit, I’m writing this primarily to see if he’ll publish an article of this title. I mean, he’s still wrong, but in a pretty inconsequential way and merely by implication. On Twitter, he wrote: “Well… that #SOTU2020 has me leaning toward voting for @realDonaldTrump in November:” Well… that…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Amber Randall A Texas restaurant defended a sign of a blackface caricature hanging in its restaurant after some people accused the establishment of racism. Cook’s Garage, located in Lubbock, Texas, has a neon sign of a blackface caricature with the words “Coon Chicken Inn,” CBS News reported Saturday. A picture of the…
by Ryan Pickrell Obamacare exchanges are imploding nationwide, and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton is pushing for a government-run public option as a solution to the failing healthcare system. It’s hard to imagine a situation in which Obamacare could get any worse: 16 healthcare co-ops have gone under, the Tennessee Health Commissioner is saying the state’s…
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