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This is not democracy. Officials don’t care about people’s opinion. But we won’t give up!
Super-delegates are influencing the election way too much. Bernie Sanders is winning states in spite of the DNC and Debbie Wassermen Schultz.
The debate schedule, the super-delegates, the voter suppression in various states like Arizona. The list goes on.
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New report shows millennial and minority voters face huge obstacles when voting
Young people are far likelier to face wait times to vote than their older counterparts, and may find themselves largely locked out of primary voting. What’s more, four times as many African-Americans and six times as many Latinos report waiting 30 or more minutes in line to vote than whites, a new study found. Why? Lots of reasons.
Republicans do not want young people, Black voters, and Latino voters to vote. It’s pretty obvious.
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SeaWorld will end killer whale shows after years of bad publicity; current generation of orcas in captivity will be the last →
SeaWorld will end killer whale shows after years of bad publicity; current generation of orcas in captivity will be the last
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South Carolina joins Ohio, Nevada, Michigan, Kansas, Washington State, Missouri, Florida, Pennsylvania, Georgia, South Dakota, Indiana, and Massachusetts in making it clear that Planned Parenthood has done nothing wrong.
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Virginia May Force Inmates to Die By Electric Chair
When lethal injection drugs aren’t available, Virginia death-row inmates might have no other option than electrocution.
The state of Virginia normally gives inmates the choice between lethal injection and the chair for executions, but recently, officials haven’t been able to obtain the chemicals necessary for the injections, according to NBC News.
On Monday, the Virginia Senate passed a bill that would require the use of the electric chair in executions when lethal injection is not available. There’s no word yet on whether or not Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) will sign the bill into law.
Read more: http://skr.cm/1p6dMll
I watched a related video talking about how Utah is bringing back death by firing squad, and how the most recent death by firing squad in Utah that happened in 2010.
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For Female Bike Messengers, Street Harassment Is Literally Life-Threatening
Photo by Vegterfoto via Stocksy
From benign “nice legs” comments to men in moving vehicles who say they want to “rape your corpse,” women who work as bike couriers deal with extreme sexual harassment every day. Kelsey Phillips, the founder of the Women’s Bike Messenger Association, plans to change that.
Kelsey Phillips has been a full-time bike messenger for two years. When she quit a microbiology PhD program, she knew the career she was choosing—making deliveries all over Chicago for less-than-stellar tips—meant dodging pissed-off drivers and cops itching to write tickets. That was fine. She loved riding her bike. But she learned quickly that she’d also signed up for non-stop harassment, from your standard catcalling to more aggressive, frightening threats. The streets are a messenger’s office, which means women in this line of work never get a break.
Phillips found solidarity when she and a handful of other female-identifying couriers started the Women’s Bike Messenger Association (WBMA) last year at a national messenger gathering in Denver. The overwhelming majority of messengers are men, and while WBMA members agreed most of their coworkers were supportive, they still felt that women messengers–and women who might want to become messengers—needed a separate space within the industry. At that first meeting in Denver, they bonded over experiences shared worldwide—including endless street harassment….
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TW for sexual violence
Graphic by Ashley Fairbanks
“I wanted a better visual for this idea of a violence pyramid, how harassment and problematic language lay the foundation for sexual violence and murder. So I made this. Feel free to share and use where you need it.”
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