Catholic Church bans sex ed in public schools

Different thoughts:I. A Christian conservative who runs one of the largest right-wing websites in America believes that the 10 Commandments were bannished from churches and syngogues.He wrote this in support of 10 Commandments dislays on governmental property, in order to...

If you make $500/hour as a sex worker, are you really a victim?

Prostitution in the vast majority of the U.S. is illegal. Period. Even when there is no victim. Now if someone is forced into prostitution, than yes, there is a clear victim. If someone is underaged. If someone can't reasonably consent. In all these cases, go after those who...

Right-wing puts up billboards to suppress voting by blacks and la

I live near a billboard that until recently had a sign telling people that "vote fraud is a felony". The sign was at 34th and Lincoln Avenue. This is an area with a strong Latino population. The sign, and others like it, are put up in minority areas in the city of Milwaukee...

Hundreds laid off as military uniforms to be made by prisons

Two southeast companies that make U.S. military uniforms are shedding hundreds of jobs, as the government looks to federal inmates for the fatigues. American Power Source makes military clothing in Fayette, Ala., but its government contract expires in October. Federal...

Marcell Dareus’ brother a victim in Alabama triple homicide

Terrible news out of the weekend, as CBS42 News in Birmingham is reporting that the brother of Buffalo Bills tackle Marcell Dareus was one of the victims in a Sunday triple homicide in Pelham, Ala. Simeon Gilmore, the 19-year-old brother of Dareus, died from gunshot wounds...

Bay Fest 2012

Time is drawing near for the 2012 Bay Festival to be a part of the action in historic downtown Mobile Alabama. The Bay Fest music Festival is one of the largest events that the city of Mobile hosts on a yearly basis. The Bay Fest music Festival requires the city to close...

FOR THE LAST TIME, STOP CALLING ME AFRICAN-AMERICAN

I was minding my own business in the candy aisle at the Sam's Club in Mobile when I had a brief encounter with a little old white lady who probably by now wishes she had just kept her mouth shut...read...

MAN WHO SKIPPED PROBATION CAUGHT BECAUSE HE COULDN'T STAY OFF FB

James Tindell was supposed to be on the Lam, but he just couldn't stay of Facebook...read more: http://www.insaneasylumblog.com/2012/06/man-who-skipped-out-on-probation-caught.html#axzz1yoLhYSzC

Are Republicans willing to have young women die from back alley a

Eleanor Holmes Norton represents the city of Washington, D.C. in the halls of Congress. Well, kind of. She can't vote on legislation before the full House of Representatives, and she has only limited say in congressional committes. In fact, Republicans tried stripping her of...

Is denial of gays to marry in North Carolina like segreation?

Every1Against1 is a campaign to oppose putting discrimination into the North Carolina state Constitution. Amendment 1 would up the ante and not only ban the ability of gays and lesbians to marry the person they love in that state through state law, but also through the state...

If you make $500 an hour as a sex worker, are you really a victim

Prostitution in the vast majority of the U.S. is illegal. Period. Even when there is no victim. Now if someone is forced into prostitution, than yes, there is a clear victim. If someone is underaged. If someone can't reasonably consent. In all these cases, go after those who...

State of Alabama might kill an innocent man, and it doesn't care

Death row inmate Thomas Arthur might be innocent, but it does not matter to the state of Alabama. They are going to kill him anyway. His defense is willing to pay for a DNA test to prove his innocence, after his conviction 30 years ago. So, there is no cost to the state of...