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Measles Outbreak Linked To Texas Megachurch Whose Pastor Has Spread Myths About Vaccines 27 Aug 2013 | 07:14 pm
Terri Copeland Pearsons CREDIT: Facebook The current measles outbreak in Texas — which has sickened at least 21 people in the northern part of the state — has been linked to a megachurch that encour...
Drivers At Country’s Busiest Port Go On Strike To Kick Off Week Of Worker Actions 27 Aug 2013 | 07:01 pm
CREDIT: AP Truck drivers at the nation’s busiest ports went on strike Monday evening in protest over employer intimidation and other labor law violations. The strikers have planned 24 hours of action...
Utah Spent More Than $30,000 To Catch 12 Drug Users On Welfare 27 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
Utah has spent more than $30,000 to drug test welfare applicants after it passed a new law last year. But in that time, just 12 people have tested positive for drug use, according to state figures. U...
Congressman Says It’s ‘Arrogant’ To Believe In Man-Made Climate Change 27 Aug 2013 | 06:38 pm
Indiana Rep. Todd Rokita (R) At a town hall event in Indiana on Monday, Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN) said that humans are not responsible for climate change, and that it is “arrogant” to think they could ...
New Mexico Judge: Same-Sex Couples Are Free To Marry In State’s Largest County 27 Aug 2013 | 06:22 pm
New Mexico District Judge Alan Malott CREDIT: Jim Thompson/Albuquerque Journal A New Mexico district judge has ordered Santa Fe and Bernalillo Counties to offer same-sex couples marriage licenses. T...
Report: Western Powers Tell Syrian Rebels To Prepare For Strike On Assad’s Forces 27 Aug 2013 | 06:10 pm
CREDIT: AFP/Getty Reuters reported on Tuesday that Western powers told the Syrian rebel leadership to expect an attack on President Bashar al-Assad’s forces within days in response to a recent chemic...
3 Smart Things Benjamin Millepied Said About Race, Gender, And The Future Of The Paris Opera Ballet 27 Aug 2013 | 06:08 pm
Credit: New York Daily News I’m a couple of weeks behind on the New Yorker, and in the process of catching up, I read Rebecca Mead’s fascinating profile of Benjamin Millepied, the man who’s best know...
California Prison Is A Breeding Ground For A Deadly Fungal Disease 27 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
Marina Fang is an intern for ThinkProgress. Prisoners in California are being moved into two prisons where they will be at higher risk of developing valley fever, a serious and potentially fatal lung...
BuzzFeed Publishes Anti-Planned Parenthood ‘Listicle’ From Radical Personhood Group 27 Aug 2013 | 02:24 am
On Friday, the group Personhood USA, which has been behind some of the most radical anti-abortion legislation in the country, published a piece on BuzzFeed titled “8 Outrageous Things Planned Parentho...
Why Kerry’s Speech Doesn’t Necessarily Mean We’re Going To War In Syria 27 Aug 2013 | 02:15 am
The near-universal reaction to Secretary of State John Kerry’s speech on Syrian chemical slaughter of civilians is that he was clearly laying the groundwork for some kind of military assault against t...
