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Stakeholders shut out of local control - St. Louis American: Local News
Only three parties were involved in deciding how to write up the ballot initiative for local control – an initiative that would transfer control of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department from the State of Missouri to the City of St. Louis – Jeff Roorda of the St. Louis Police Officers Association said at the Feb. 14 Board of Alderman public safety committee meeting.
One Million Moms and the ‘pro-gay bandwagon’ | Student Life
In response to J. C. Penney’s appointment of Ellen DeGeneres as its new spokesperson, the conservative group OneMillionMoms.com (OMM), a sub-group of the American Family Association, campaigned to get the department store to revoke its decision. Apparently employing an empowered, hilarious, openly gay woman offended these traditional mothers who are worked up that J. C. Penney decided to “jump on the pro-gay bandwagon,” as OneMillionMoms.com posted on its Facebook page.
Catholic Church receives federal funds but refuses laws | The University News
In the recent debate about the decision of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to require health insurance plans to cover contraception drugs, regardless of religious affiliation, it is not President Obama but the leaders of the American Catholic Church that are wrong.
Cut ties to “Climate Criminals” | Student Life
I truly emerged as an environmental leader as a student at Wash. U. when Newt Gingrich, as leader of the House of Representatives, threatened many of America’s hard-won protections for the environment, worker and our civil rights.
GM Ditching Pension Plans for 401(k) Contributions | Wentzville Patch
GM is getting rid of its annual pension contribution system for its employees. In its place, future retirement contribution will be made into a 401(k) plan, the Wall Street Journal is reporting.
Student success begins in the classroom - St. Louis American: Columnists
Over 40 years ago these words were spoken to me by Mrs. Sara Scroggins, Director of the Northside Reading Clinic in the St. Louis Public School System. She had asked me to join the International Reading Association (IRA).
Birthers Alive and Well in Missouri Legislature | Daily RFT
We know. You thought the conspiracy surrounding President Barack Obama’s birthplace was so 2009.But, hey, we’re talking about Jefferson City here.
Schweich Cements Status as Missouri's Most Skilled Political Operator | Fired Up Missouri
”State Auditor Tom Schweich tonight to me on whether he’s plotting a run for Governor: ‘I’m not going to comment on that.’”
Do corporations have more rights than people? - St. Louis American: Columnists
We now have a glimpse of what the future may hold for the primary and general elections in 2012 – record amounts of anonymous donations flooding the campaign coffers of closely contested elections and elbowing out the influence of average voters.
Citizens United backlash creates surprising bedfellows and a reason for optimism | Occasional Planet
In this time of hyper-partisanship, blowback from the Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in the Citizen’s United case is throwing some surprising bedfellows together from the left, right, and center of the political spectrum.
Are County Leaders Shipping Their Homeless to the City? (Probably.) | Punching Kitty
City leaders are complaining that the various area counties are actively shipping their homeless in to the city to live in group camps like the infamous “Hopeville” encampment.Una shares student memories, monologues | The University News
In support of the V-Day global campaign to end violence against women and girls, Una is premiering “A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant, and a Prayer (MMRP.) MMRP is a series of monologues edited by Eve Ensler, which focuses on a wide range of issues relating to violence against women and girls, and has a global perspective.
Abolish the death penalty in Missouri - St. Louis American: Editorials
We strive to work within what is possible, here and now, in taking policy stands and calling for change. Moving into a major election year when we will elect a president, a governor, a U.S. senator and many other key positions, it’s not a promising time, in a conservative state like Missouri, to realistically call for a major progressive policy change like abolishing the death penalty. But conscience compels us to renew our call for Missouri to outlaw this barbaric, racist, ineffective and expensive practice.
I’m disappointed that College Hill has been removed from Preservation Review. The argument that the neighborhood is too far gone to save is the wrong attitude
What will Obamacare do for Missourians in 2014? | Show Me Progress
Those who have been paying attention to facts rather than GOP rhetoric know that the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a.k.a. Obamacare, has already had a positive impact in a number of areas such as permitting parents to keep their young adult children on their existing insurance policies until they are 26, providing affordable coverage for those with pre-existing conditions, and strengthening…
Filing period bill moves forward in Mo. Senate | St. Louis Public Radio
The has given first-round approval to legislation that would push back the filing period for the state’s August primaries by one month.
Challenge yourself to see ‘The Vagina Monologues’ | Student Life
If you’ve never seen “The Vagina Monologues,” go see them when they’re performed in Graham Chapel this weekend. If you’re planning on going: good. Keep reading if you want, but this column is mainly for those of you who haven’t yet made plans to go.
Not pictured: the black political community - St. Louis American: Political Eye
In journalism, there is a standard practice of listing people “not pictured” in photographs where the reader might have expected those people to appear. In the photo coverage of Susan Montee announcing her candidacy for Missouri Lieutenant Governor at St. Louis City Hall last week, the people “not pictured” list is very interesting and tells a story that was missing from news reports of her announcement.
Republican Mantra, Don’t Hurt Wealthy! | The Impudent Observer
There is no question members of the Republican party believe devoutly in God. Of course, their God does not dwell up there, he is currently a resident who inhabits a large building on Wall Street.
Former City Hospital Power Plant to Include Rock Climbing Gym, Banquet Hall, Rooftop Dining | Urban Review STL
An interesting new concept will open for business next month.
This Spring We Rise | Rebuild the Dream
Rebuild the Dream is joining with groups across the country for an unprecedented mass training for activists everywhere.
Students and faculty meet to discuss hunger and homelessness abroad | Student Life
As a part of an ongoing series about hunger and homelessness, students and faculty met in the Danforth University Center Formal Lounge on Wednesday afternoon to discuss the overarching issues outside of the United StatesGlad YOUR morals are making decision re OUR bodies, Roy & John | Progress Women
INJECTING MORALS INTO WOMEN’S WOMBS: The revision still isn’t good enough for some organizations, including the Catholic Church, who has announced plans to oppose the new policy
ABC furiously beating the drums for war against Iran | Dangerous Intersection
Glenn Greenwald points to yet another so-called news report designed to stir up unwarranted fear and to encourage war against Iran.
Adding up the number of illegal foreclosures in San Francisco | Dangerous Intersection
An audit by San Francisco county officials of about 400 recent foreclosures there determined that almost all involved either legal violations or suspicious documentation, according to a report released Wednesday.Steelman’s first TV ad focuses on contraception mandate | Politicmo
Ahead of the Missouri Republican Party’s annual statewide gathering this weekend, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sarah Steelman is launching her first television ad at the end of the week. In the new ad, reported first by POLITICO, Steelman takes direct aim at her primary…\
For Roy Blunt free-market anarchism trumps religious freedom | Show Me Progress
Sometime before the end of the month the Senate will be voting on a legislative amendment to the Affordable Care Act proposed by our own GOP Senator Roy Blunt, the Blunt-Rubio amendment, that proposes to deal with the Bishops disinclinaton to permit folks to purchase birth-control by allowing any insurance provider, religious, secular, what have you, to deny coverage for just abut anything as…
Blunt, under fire for 'rights of conscience' amendment, claims 'misinformation' | St. Louis Beacon
WASHINGTON - Responding to withering attacks on his “rights of conscience” amendment that would block the Obama administration’s new contraception rule, Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., is accusing opponents of spreading “misinformation” in advance of an expected Senate vote.Online campaign to boycott Koch Industries grows | Peoples' World
An email and Facebook campaign to boycott products made by Koch industries has grown in recent weeks. The Koch brothers are a major funder of the tea party and several right-wing think tanks.
Girl Scout controversy showcases parental immaturity at its worst | The Current-Online
In Colorado, a Girl Scout troop has angered many by permitting a seven-year-old transgender girl named Bobby Montoya to join the troop. A group that calls itself The Honest Girl Scouts even posted a Youtube video that calls for a mass boycott of Girl Scout cookies.
Webster law professors discuss the Dred Scott decision - Webster Journal Online
In honor of Black History Month, Webster’s legal studies department held a presentation titled “Dred Scott and Beyond: The St. Louis Impact on Legal History,” Professors Robin Higgins and Anne Geraghty-Rathert hosted the presentation at noon on Feb. 16, in the Emerson Library Conference Room.
Recyclemania offers opportunity for students to build sustainability at SLU | The University News
Student Government Association’s involvement in Recyclemania is a great way to teach students about recycling and get the University collectively involved.
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