Greta Gerwig on ‘Lola Versus’, Insecurity, and Marriage Before 30
By Greta Gerwig, thedailybeast.comIn Newsweek Magazine
Greta Gerwig on insecurity, marriage, and Lola Versus.
i started lying about my age when I was 7. It was first grade, and I had turned 7 in August. Having an August birthday meant that I would either be the oldest ki…
UK unit to tackle war zone rape »
An initiative aimed at tackling sexual violence in war zones across the world is set to be launched by the UK.
Anthony Swofford on the Epidemic of Military Suicides
By Anthony Swofford, thedailybeast.comIn Newsweek Magazine
All across America veterans are committing suicide at unprecedented rates, but no one has been able to answer why. Author and former marine Anthony Swofford gets to the bottom of an epidemic.
I was sitting next to…
If [rape is a synonym for rob or plunder] then I think President Obama is really raping the American taxpayer, and he’s not even giving us a dinner or a glass of wine or cocktail.”
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Eric Boiling, adding to his ever-growing long list of offensive statements as a Fox News correspondent.
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Pennsylvania Lawmakers Attempting To Defund Planned Parenthood
James Johnson, inquisitr.comIf Pennsylvania State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) has his way Planned Parenthood will lose state funding in the near future.
Metcalfe will introduce the Whole Woman’s Health Funding Priority Act on Wednesday, a bill that…
Garfield County Sheriff Accused Of Referring Domestic Violence Victims To ICE For Deportation Hearings
Ryan Grenoble, huffingtonpost.comAccording to a release today from the American Civil Liberties Union, the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office in Colorado has been turning over domestic violence victims to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) authorities. The…
Five proposals to solve $1 trillion college loan crisis »
With student debt threatening to hobble the recovery, a look at proposals to address the crisis, and the likelihood they’ll go anywhere.
Catholics sue Obama over birth control rule »
The birth control dispute between President Obama and some Catholic institutions is headed to court.
Supreme Court: In vitro children might not be due benefits
By David G. Savage, latimes.comNation
WASHINGTON — A child who was conceived from the sperm of a father who had died is not automatically entitled to Social Security benefits as his survivor, the Supreme Court ruled Monday.
The 9-0 decision upholds the…
More Journalists Murdered In Mexico
Via the Los Angeles Times:
MEXICO CITY — Two missing news photographers were found dead Thursday in southeastern Mexico, officials said, marking a grim week for journalists in the violence-plagued state of Veracruz after the weekend killing of a Mexican magazine correspondent.
The photographers, identified as Gabriel Huge and Guillermo Luna, were found dismembered and bearing signs of torture in a housing complex in Boca del Rio, a suburb of the port city of Veracruz.
Two other bodies found in the same place have not been identified, state spokeswoman Sandra Garcia said. But some Mexican news reports said one of the other victims was a journalist who worked for a newspaper called Diario AZ…
…The deaths come less than a week after correspondent Regina Martinez was found strangled and beaten to death in Xalapa, the state capital, where she lived and covered organized crime and corruption for the Proceso newsweekly magazine.
