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Facebook Can ID Faces, But Using Them Is A Matter Of Privacy
via Somini Sengupta and Kevin J. O’Brien, The New York Times Facebook on Friday confronted a new obstacle over what to do with one of its most vital assets — pictures. The company promised European...
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DHS Grants Same-Sex Couples Protection From Deportations
via Julia Preston, The New York Times The Department of Homeland Security has stated in writing that foreigners who are same-sex partners of American citizens can be included under an Obama...
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Romney Receives Much Needed Boost From Debate
via Jonathan Mann, CNN Mitt Romney was ready. After nearly two-dozen debates against fellow Republicans earlier in his campaign and exacting preparation in the months since, the Republican candidate...
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Unemployment Rate Drops To 7.8%, Near-Four Year Low
via Lucia Mutikani, Reuters The U.S. unemployment rate dropped to a near four-year low of 7.8 percent in September, a potential boost to President Barack Obama’s re-election bid. The Labor Department...
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Supreme Court Revisits Affirmative Action In College Admissions, Hears...
via Robert Barnes, The Washington Post The Supreme Court seemed deeply divided Wednesday over the future of affirmative action in college admissions, with liberals defending a university’s right to...
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California: Prop 37 Will Decide If Genetically Modified Food Get Labeled
via Tom Philpott, Mother Jones You’d be forgiven for not noticing—unless you live in California, where you’ve likely been bombarded by geotargeted web ads and TV spots—but this election could spur a...
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Human Rights Campaign Report: Catholic Church Gives More Than $1 Million To...
via Lila Shapiro, The Huffington Post Continuing its efforts to fight same-sex marriage in four ballot measures around the United States, the Catholic Church is now the top donor to the cause among...
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Arizona, Indiana Blocked From Defunding Planned Parenthood
via Tara Culp-Ressler, ThinkProgress Planned Parenthood scored two legal victories this week, with rulings in both Arizona and Indiana preventing the healthcare provider from being defunded. A federal...
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As Govorner, Romney’s Lax Regulation May Have Facilitated Meningitis Outbreak
via Craig Unger, Salon The fatal meningitis epidemic sweeping the United States can now be traced to the failure of then-Gov. Mitt Romney to adequately regulate the Massachusetts pharmaceutical company...
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President Barack Obama Wins Second Term
via Steve Holland and John Whitesides, Reuters President Barack Obama rolled to re-election and a second term in the White House on Tuesday with a clear victory over Republican challenger Mitt Romney...
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Puerto Rico Approves U.S. Statehood In Non-Binding Vote
via WBEZ Chicago A slim majority of Puerto Ricans Tuesday sought to change their ties with the United States and become the 51st U.S. state in a non-binding referendum that would require final...
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Obama Victory, Passage Of Progressive Ballot Measures All Thanks To Young Voters
via Tyler Kingkade, The Huffington Post Mitt Romney lost the youth vote by a huge margin, and with it, he lost the presidency. Sixty percent of young voters who cast ballots chose to reelect President...
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President Of France Wants To Ban Homework
via The Wall Street Journal French President François Hollande has a bold new plan to tackle social injustice and inequality in France: ban homework. Introducing his proposals for education reform...
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International Energy Agency Says U.S. Will Be World’s Largest Oil Producer By...
via Tiffany Hsu, Los Angeles Times The U.S. will become the world’s top producer of oil within five years, a net exporter of the fuel around 2030 and nearly self-sufficient in energy by 2035,...
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Google Fiber Internet Service Tries To Bring U.S. Up To Speed
via David Talbot, MIT Technology Review, Mashable Google’s effort to install a blazingly fast, gigabit-per-second fiber Internet service in the two-state metropolis of Kansas City — a speed 100 times...
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U.S. Abortion Rate Falls 5% To Lowest Point In A Decade
via USA Today U.S. abortions fell 5% during the Great Recession in the biggest one-year decrease in at least a decade, according to government figures released Wednesday. The reason for the decline...
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ACLU Sues Department of Defense Over Policy Barring Women From Combat
via Peter Henderson, Reuters The American Civil Liberties Union and four servicewomen sued the U.S. Defense Department on Tuesday to end a ban on women in combat, calling the military the last bastion...
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Palestine’s Upgraded UN Status Granted By Wide Margin
via BBC News The UN General Assembly has voted to grant the Palestinians non-member observer state status – a move opposed by Israel and the US. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told the assembly...
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Israel Moves To Build 3,000 New Settlement Homes As ‘Punishment’ For UN Vote...
via Aron Heller and Karin Laub, Associated Press Israel responded swiftly Friday to U.N. recognition of a Palestinian state, revealing it will build 3,000 more homes for Jews on Israeli-occupied lands...
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Israel Plans to Move Forward With E1 Settlements Despite International Outcry
via BBC News Israel says it will not give in to international pressure to halt plans for 3,000 new settler homes in East Jerusalem and the West Bank. PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Israel would...
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Economy Added 146K Jobs In November; Unemployment Falls To 7.7%
via Vicki Needham, The Hill The economy added 146,000 jobs in November while the unemployment rate fell to 7.7 percent. It’s the lowest the jobless rate has been since December 2008, and the report...
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In Light Of Sandy Hook Tragedy, Lawmakers Consider Banning Assault Weapons
via Patricia Zengerle and Susan Heavey, Reuters A growing number of lawmakers – including a leading pro-gun senator – called on Monday for a look at curbing assault weapons like the one used in a...
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June 1st Is National Day Of Civic Hacking: White House Asks Americans To...
via John Constine, TechCrunch The White House wants you to hack for a better America. Last month it announced the National Day Of Civic Hacking on June 1-2 where many government agencies will liberate...
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Supreme Court Same-Sex Marriage Decision Could Come Tomorrow, And It’s...
via Richard Wolf, USA Today WASHINGTON — If the range of possible Supreme Court rulings on gay marriage this month requires a scorecard, the potential confusion arising from those decisions may demand...
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U.S. Supreme Court Allows Same-Sex Marriage In California
via Richard Wolf and Brad Heath, USA Today WASHINGTON — A fractured Supreme Court effectively opened the door for same-sex marriages to resume throughout California on Wednesday, saying it did not...
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