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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...
Ocean Acidification May Amplify Global Warming This Century Up To 0.9°F 27 Aug 2013 | 02:14 am
Nature: “Marine phytoplankton releases sulphur compounds into the atmosphere that contribute to cooling the planet. But ocean acidification could hinder this process.” Ocean acidification may speed u...
Nasty Anti-LGBT Flyers Urge Recall Of School Board Member Who Helped Save Gabrielle Giffords’ Life 27 Aug 2013 | 02:09 am
Sunnyside District School Board Member Daniel Hernandez, Jr. A group in Tucson, AZ, is seeking to recall Daniel Hernandez, Jr., the Congressional-intern-turned-school board member who helped save the...
Some Employers May Keep Offering Skimpy Health Policies, Even Under Obamacare 27 Aug 2013 | 01:42 am
CREDIT: Shutterstock Some large employers are likely to continue offering skimpy health coverage to their workers, according to a report from Kaiser Health News and the Washington Post. The bare-bone...
Obamacare Could Help Save Detroit Money, But Only If Michigan Residents Understand How It Works 27 Aug 2013 | 01:33 am
Gov. Rick Snyder (R-MI) As Detroit faces bankruptcy, Gov. Rick Snyder (R-MI) has been considering an unusual tactic to help the struggling city save money: using Obamacare to shift Detroit’s health c...
BP Accuses Deepwater Horizon Settlement Victims Of Taking ‘Money They Don’t Deserve’ 27 Aug 2013 | 01:10 am
Three years after the worst offshore oil disaster in U.S. history, BP is adopting a new narrative that demonizes coastal businesses for taking advantage of the oil giant’s generosity. In an attempt to...
