Legalization of marijuana might be going back to the ballot in Colorado — a draft bill was floating around the Colorado capitol recently. (Photo/via Wikimedia Commons) Marijuana activists in Colorado were dealt a major blow this week when the words “marijuana repeal” were muttered by lawmakers. Colorado residents voted to legalize the use of recreational […]
Legalization of marijuana might be going back to the ballot in Colorado — a draft bill was floating around the Colorado capitol recently. (Photo/via Wikimedia Commons) Marijuana activists in Colorado were dealt a major blow this week when the words “marijuana repeal” were muttered by lawmakers. Colorado residents voted to legalize the use of recreational […]
Michael Claes, 62, who contracted a superbug while in the hospital, shows a bottle of one of his daily medications on Monday, April 8, 2013 as he recovers at home in New York. Claes caught a bad case of a diarrheal illness caused by Clostridium dificile, while he was a kidney patient at New York […]
Michael Claes, 62, who contracted a superbug while in the hospital, shows a bottle of one of his daily medications on Monday, April 8, 2013 as he recovers at home in New York. Claes caught a bad case of a diarrheal illness caused by Clostridium dificile, while he was a kidney patient at New York […]
A photo taken by citizen journalist Shameel Arafin of fellow citizen journalists taking photos, at an Occupy Wall Street demonstration in New York City late fall 2011. (Photo/Shameel Arafin) There are two types of citizen journalists: the accidental documenter and the motivated newsmaker. Inspired by a desire to shape public discussion and highlight the forgotten […]
A photo taken by citizen journalist Shameel Arafin of fellow citizen journalists taking photos, at an Occupy Wall Street demonstration in New York City late fall 2011. (Photo/Shameel Arafin) There are two types of citizen journalists: the accidental documenter and the motivated newsmaker. Inspired by a desire to shape public discussion and highlight the forgotten […]
More than a dozen guards at the Baltimore City Detention Center helped a dangerous national gang operate a drug-trafficking and money-laundering scheme from behind bars that involved cash payments, sex and access to fancy cars, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. (Photo/screen grab via YouTube) In Maryland, more than a dozen state correction guards have been accused […]
More than a dozen guards at the Baltimore City Detention Center helped a dangerous national gang operate a drug-trafficking and money-laundering scheme from behind bars that involved cash payments, sex and access to fancy cars, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. (Photo/screen grab via YouTube) In Maryland, more than a dozen state correction guards have been accused […]
Students at a Nov. 10, 2011 protest on Montreal protest tuition hikes. As cash-strapped state and national governments put higher education on the chopping block amid global austerity, many students and legislaters are calling for tuition freezes and other policies to keep universities accesible. (Photo/shahk via Flickr) Colleges and universities throughout the nation are bowing […]
Students at a Nov. 10, 2011 protest on Montreal protest tuition hikes. As cash-strapped state and national governments put higher education on the chopping block amid global austerity, many students and legislaters are calling for tuition freezes and other policies to keep universities accesible. (Photo/shahk via Flickr) Colleges and universities throughout the nation are bowing […]
Witold “Vic” Walczak, the Pennsylvania legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union, left, leaves the federal building in Scranton, Pa., with Anthony Romero, ACLU Executive Director, in this file photo. The Pennsylvania ACLU, along with others, has filed a federal lawsuit challenging a municipal ordinance that punishes tenants for requesting police assistance. (AP Photo/Steve […]
Witold “Vic” Walczak, the Pennsylvania legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union, left, leaves the federal building in Scranton, Pa., with Anthony Romero, ACLU Executive Director, in this file photo. The Pennsylvania ACLU, along with others, has filed a federal lawsuit challenging a municipal ordinance that punishes tenants for requesting police assistance. (AP Photo/Steve […]
In this Wednesday, Dec. 12 2012 photo a job seeker leaves his contact information with a potential employer during a job fair in New York. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Civil Rights Center has discovered that Florida’s unemployment system, as the percentage of unemployed people in Florida getting benefits dropped to 15 percent, is filled […]
In this Wednesday, Dec. 12 2012 photo a job seeker leaves his contact information with a potential employer during a job fair in New York. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Civil Rights Center has discovered that Florida’s unemployment system, as the percentage of unemployed people in Florida getting benefits dropped to 15 percent, is filled […]
