Thursday, August 29, 2013

Left Side of the Aisle #123




Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of August 29 - September 4, 2013

This week:

Good News #1: Arizona fails to bar Planned Parenthood from Medicaid program
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/07/17/pro-choice-groups-file-lawsuit-over-arizona-law-defunding-planned-parenthood/
http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2013/08/21/12-17558%20web.pdf
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/23/arizona-planned-parenthood_n_3804487.html
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/arizona/capitol_media_services/article_96a86f52-0b6e-11e3-8bc5-0019bb2963f4.html
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20130730/NEWS10/307300111/Planned-Parenthood-Indiana-reach-agreement-funding?gcheck=1
http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/mifepristone
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/23/planned-parenthood-indiana-abortion-law_n_3805436.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpolitics-blog
https://www.aclu.org/reproductive-freedom/aclu-and-planned-parenthood-file-anti-discrimination-lawsuit-against-indiana

Good News #2: Same-sex marriage right spreading in New Mexico
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/08/26/1234039/-Second-New-Mexico-judge-rules-that-counties-must-issue-marriage-licenses-to-same-sex-couples
http://livewire.koat.com/Event/Live_Video_Couples_sue_for_same-sex_marriage_rights#ixzz2d7JkYJ6O

Clown Award: Colorado state Sen. Vicki Marble
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/22/vicki-marble-poverty-chicken_n_3794679.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular
http://kdvr.com/2013/08/21/sparks-fly-after-sen-marbles-fried-chicken-comment-in-poverty-hearing/
http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_23917367/sen-vicki-marbles-ignorance

Outrage of the Week: James Clapper tapped to establish panel to examine spying program
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/13/james-clapper_n_3748431.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/11/james-clapper-nsa-surveillance_n_3424620.html

50th Anniversary of the March on Washington: Are we closer to the dream?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/24/march-in-washington-dc_n_3808713.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/22/black-unemployment_n_3624725.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/23/march-on-washington-infographic_n_3794682.html
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/african-american-family-restaurant-denied-us-service-after-diner-felt-threatened/
http://progressivepopulist.org/2013/08/23/blacks-asked-to-leave-south-carolina-restaurant-because-white-customer-felt-threatened-video/
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/08/24/2523051/minority-students-university-texas-attacked-epidemic-bleach-bombs/
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/texas-cops-probe-race-related-bleach-bombs-article-1.1176611
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/08/20/march-on-washington-bayard-rustin/2678505/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayard_Rustin

What the world needs now is some of the '60s
http://tropicalglen.com/
http://tropicalglen.com/Jukebox/1965Top/Channel1965.html
http://flavorwire.com/143568/the-10-most-powerful-protest-songs-of-the-21st-century

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