Good News
7 hours ago
Friday, April 08, 2016
Today's news round-up, Part 1
Good News
- Springsteen cancels show because of North Carolina law
- Conventions pulling out of Charlotte, citing House Bill 2
- State backs off plan to single-out doctor who successfully sued to help sick kids
- Facebook provides a home for illegal arms sales in Libya
- Gay slur aimed at hairdresser 'not homophobic' - French ruling I get the feeling the tribunal was homophobic.
- U.S. judge in Boston ordered Apple to help law enforcement examine iPhone
My 18th warning about Walmart
State police shoot, wound man armed with shotgun at Wal-Mart
Walmart is a dangerous place. Stay out.
Walmart is a dangerous place. Stay out.
Thursday, April 07, 2016
Recent news round-up, Part 2
Good News
- SC Gov. Haley: Transgender bathroom bill not needed
- Florida Ends 148-Year Old Ban on Unmarried Cohabitation
- Kenosha Unified School District lets transgender teen run for Prom King after student protest
- Judge rules putting cross on LA County seal unconstitutional
- Big-city mayors take aim at states with anti-gay laws
Bad News
Recent news round-up, Part 1
Good News
- PayPal cancels N. Carolina expansion over discrimination law
- Tribunal orders club to pay transgender man $15Gs I hope he actually gets the money.
- Trump’s Rise Shows Religion Is Losing Its Political Power Yes, but 1) The religious positions against abortion and LGBT rights still have great power in many states; and 2) There is the danger that someone like Trump, but a little more politically astute, could actually be elected president.
- Obama's inversion curbs kill Pfizer's $160 billion Allergan deal
- Women in California can get birth control without prescription
- 'Revenge porn' website operator sentenced to 18 years I think it is highly unusual for someone to serve a sentence like this in a county jail. I wonder why the judge decided that.
- Today in the UK, a woman was sentenced for the crime of an abortion
- Planned Parenthood videos bring raid, abortion activist says
- Planned Parenthood sues Indiana for abortion law
- Polygamous leader Lyle Jeffs to stay jailed in fraud case
- NYC Council passes bill to crack down on Elmos in Times Square
Bad News
Wednesday, April 06, 2016
Monday, April 04, 2016
Today's news round-up
Good News
- Supreme Court rejects conservative challenge in voting rights case
- U.S. top court rejects Wal-Mart, Wells Fargo class action appeals
- Man Pleads Guilty to Beating Transgender Woman Islan Nettles to Death This was a hate crime. Unfortunately he never said anything explicitly, so the prosecutors didn't think they could prove that beyond a reasonable doubt. Thus he wasn't charged with a hate crime.
- California governor signs $15-an-hour minimum wage into law Also: New York's Cuomo signs two-tier minimum wage law in push for state-wide $15/hour
- Virginia governor vetoes bill to label books 'sexually explicit' in schools
Sunday, April 03, 2016
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