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19 Aug 2019

How to Use Tech for Activism

Our Tech Column was made possible by the fine folks at Mozilla Firefox.  The nonprofit Mozilla Foundation believes the Internet must always remain a global public resource that is open and accessible to all.  And that’s why we love Firefox as our browser, and you should too. It’s also why we’re

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12 Aug 2019

How to Stay Safe Online, Even if You’re Broke

Our Tech Column was made possible by the fine folks at Mozilla Firefox.  The nonprofit Mozilla Foundation believes the Internet must always remain a global public resource that is open and accessible to all.  And that’s why we love Firefox as our browser, and you should too. Guest post by David

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11 Jun 2019

Taking a Page from Big Tobacco’s Book: States Are Challenging Opioid Manufacturers

By Kate Harveston What do big tobacco, big oil and big pharma all have in common? Four things: They all lied about the harm caused by their products, they chose to sell those products even though they fully understood why doing so was dangerous, they all amassed gigantic fortunes because

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17 May 2019

Jesus Said Nothing About Abortion – The Pro-Life Movement is Built on Fallacies

Guest post by Mr. History Abortion was common during Jesus’s life, and he had nothing to say about it. [1,2,3] Abortion was common when the U.S. Constitution was written, and the founders had nothing to say about it, except for the adoption of British common law, which allowed it up

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02 Apr 2019

America’s Cultural Paradox

By Harvey Rifkin The election of Trump in 2016 was not only about greed-driven economics for the wealthiest of Republican Americans, but really about a great cultural divide perceived by many working-class Republican Americans. Trump has done little to prop up economic life for working-class Americans, his tax cut went

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21 Mar 2019

Over 100 Drag Kings & Queens To Perform in Oakland

Via – Mama Celeste (aka Grey Tartaglione) The Bay Area Drag Festival is Coming Back to Oakland From Friday April 26th to Sunday April 28th, over one hundred drag kings, queens, and queer performers from the Bay Area and beyond will come together for the second annual Oaklash Drag Festival. Organized by

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14 Mar 2019

U.S. Ranks 45th in Countries Friendliest for LGBTQ Community to Travel to

By Kate Harveston U.S. Ranks Way Lower on List of Friendliest Countries for LGBTQ Community Than It Should — But Are We Surprised? How do you measure the greatness of a country? Some nations achieve what they call exceptionalism by spending more on their military each year than the next

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