Left Side of the Aisle #201

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of April 23-29, 2015

This week:

Good News: "Fight for 15" movement grows
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2015/04/15/3647217/fast-food-strikes-2015/
http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/sid/231993321
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2015/04/01/3641883/mcdonalds-minimum-wage/
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/search?q=minimum+wage&max-results=20&by-date=true

Good News: potential breakthrough in treating Alzheimers
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/04/16/1378226/-Researchers-at-Duke-have-made-breakthrough-on-Alzheimer-s-treatment
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/alzheimers-breakthrough-scientists-may-have-found-potential-cause-of-the-disease-in-the-behaviour-of-immune-cells--giving-new-hope-to-millions-10176652.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuron

Update: more RFRA nonsense
http://www.salon.com/2015/04/17/bobby_jindal_presses_louisiana_gop_to_pass_religious_freedom_bill_that_would_put_indianas_to_shame/
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/louisiana-goes-broke-discrimination-bill
http://www.salon.com/2015/04/16/michigan_business_owner_refuses_to_serve_gay_people_because_you_cant_put_a_car_together_with_all_bolts_and_no_nuts/
http://www.salon.com/2015/04/17/this_man_knows_as_much_about_jesus_as_i_do_about_fixing_cars_homophobic_repair_shop_gets_destroyed_by_yelp_reviewers/
http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2015/04/16/3647710/mechanic-will-legally-refuse-service-gay-people-michigan-updates-laws/
http://www.salon.com/2015/04/17/three_quarters_of_americans_believe_sexual_orientation_should_be_a_protected_class/
http://images.businessweek.com/cms/2015-04-16/150417_bloomberg_283759_v2.pdf

Update: Chris Christie on Social Security
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC1WQwwetW8
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2015/04/14/3647048/chris-christie-says-cut-social-security-lol-sure-bro/
http://www.salon.com/2015/04/16/chris_christies_dangerous_social_security_demagoguery_cloaking_the_plutocrats_agenda_in_populist_rhetoric/

Footnote: more on Social Security
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2011/07/footnote-to-preceding.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2011/07/sealing-our-fates-part-two.html

Outrage of the Week: fast-tracking TPP
http://www.ibtimes.com/trans-pacific-partnership-deal-isnt-secret-says-us-official-access-text-highly-1793274
http://www.democracynow.org/2015/3/19/obama_seeks_fast_track_for_tpp
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/05/bernie-sanders-michael-froman-tpp_n_6419874.html
http://fair.org/extra-online-articles/tpp-the-largest-corporate-power-grab-youve-never-heard-of/

Clown Award: South Carolina
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/04/10/1376728/-South-Carolina-argues-to-Supreme-Court-that-it-can-discriminate-against-gays-AND-women
http://www.supremecourt.gov/ObergefellHodges/AmicusBriefs/14-556_State_of_South_Carolina.pdf
http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2015/04/09/south_carolina_we_can_discriminate_against_women_so_why_not_gays.html