Monday, July 14, 2014

Salon: Michelle Rhee's minions meet their match: New anti-charter group declares war

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July 14th, 2014
Arne Duncan, Michelle Rhee, Bill Gates

Michelle Rhee's minions meet their match: New anti-charter group declares war

High-profile Democrats -- from Donna Brazile to Jennifer Granholm -- are saying enough is enough re: charter-mania

Tea Party activists rally in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, June 19, 2013.

Arizona charter school history book says whites envied "freedom" of slaves

One of the oldest public charters in the state is using wingnut history to promote racism and Christian nationalism

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Candidate donated $1 million dinosaur skeleton to Creation Museum

Michael Peroutka, formerly of the Constitutional Party, is running for Anne Arundel County Council in Maryland

Chris Christie

Chris Christie's gay marriage gambit: Still hoping to hustle the loons in 2016

It takes real chutzpah to tell fellow governors to fight marriage equality -- when you gave up in your own state

Emily Gould

"Bring it sad sick dudes": Emily Gould isn't sorry about anything

Gould on "Friendship," what it would take to lure her back to Gawker, and why people can't stop writing about her

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Texas BBQ cashier makes gay sex joke, gets Obama fist-bump in return

The president chuckles and asks the employee for what Fox News once called a terrorist fist-jab

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"SNL's" 10 best cable news parodies

From "60 Minutes" to Fox News,"Saturday Night Live" is scarily good at spoofing cable news VIDEO

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Forget "The Leftovers" — "The Strain" does summer TV right

FX's horror series is deeply stupid in exactly the way you've been craving

John Boehner

Backfiring on Boehner: The many ways GOP's lawsuit could burn him

In suing the president over Obamacare, Boehner could be setting himself up for political and policy failures

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Nestle is bottling water straight from the heart of California's drought

The company is exporting a seriously limited resource with no oversight

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Most people use Snapchat for cat photos and selfies, not sexting

People say the photo messaging app has an "illicit" reputation, but few users admit to sending sensitive material

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"Don't B.S. the public": Former health secretary slams PA's failure to act on fracking complaints

"What are you so afraid that we're going to uncover?" the official asked industry leaders

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Church of England approves female bishops — finally

There's a "good chance of the first woman bishop being announced very early in 2015," Archbishop Justin Welby said

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Female Yahoo executive being sued for sexual harassment

A former software engineer is suing Maria Zhang, a senior director, according to a complaint filed last week

Teresa Giudice arrives at the Federal Court in Newark, New Jersey, March 4, 2014.

With a family in legal jeopardy, Bravo's "Real Housewives" has finally gone too far

The reality franchise documents a kid crying as she faces her parents' maybe-jail-time. Don't watch this

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High school student files human rights complaint over abstinence-only sex ed course

Updated: How a teen's legal action stopped a "slut-shaming" sex ed course from being taught in public schools

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Another ex-con Republican comes out for sentencing reform

Former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham is out of jail and wants to eliminate mandatory minimums. Imagine that!

Protesting rape in New York City

"It was one of the hardest things I have ever gone through": How reporting sexual assault can revictimize survivors

A New York Times report shares one victim's story of being mistreated by her school. She's hardly alone

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Endangered South Florida forest to get its very own Walmart

A developer plans to bulldoze the unique habitat, home to threatened and endangered species

APTOPIX Brazil Soccer WCup Germany Argentina

Incredible visual renditions of global World Cup viewing, from Teju Cole and others

From the artistic to the technical, both illustrate the power of social media during global events VIDEO

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