Left Side of the Aisle #206

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of June 4-10, 2015

This week:

Good News: Ireland approves same-sex marriage
http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/23/europe/ireland-referendum-same-sex-marriage/
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/ireland-says-yes-same-sex-marriage-n368146
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/29/italy-gay-marriage_n_7461124.html

Good News: new wheelchair could be breakthrough
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/01/wheelchair-climbs-stairs_n_7486624.html
https://www.msu.edu/~luckie/segway/iBOT/iBOT.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBOT

Good News: Nebraska repeals death penalty
http://www.omaha.com/news/legislature/nebraska-senators-override-governor-s-veto-repeal-death-penalty/article_32726c27-0ef4-5415-9d07-f90f08707602.html
http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2015/05/nebraska-repeals-death-penalty-thanks-conservatives

Update: the hijab versus Abercrombie and Fitch
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2013/09/1251-good-news-court-says-you-cant-be.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2013/10/1294-update-3-hijab-no-job.html
http://www.aol.com/article/2015/06/01/u-s-top-court-rules-for-muslim-woman-denied-job-over-head-scarf/21189693/
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/06/ambercrombie-fitch-hijab-case-supreme-court-ruling-118492.html

Clown Award: NYC Mayor Bill deBlasio
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/05/18/1385586/-Jeb-Bush-says-a-tolerant-country-should-support-the-right-to-discriminate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_mayoral_election,_2013
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bill-de-blasio-councilman-steve-levin-arrested-lich-protest-article-1.1394816
http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150529/rockaway-beach/meet-protestors-banished-bill-de-blasios-free-speech-zone
http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150528/rockaway-beach/aclu-new-york-press-club-decry-de-blasios-free-speech-zone
http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150522/rockaway-beach/protesters-with-signs-banished-free-speech-zone-at-de-blasio-event

Outrage of the Week: CBS's "The Briefcase"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgbCFYAvTGw
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/05/the-hunger-games-new-cbs-reality-show-exploits-poor-families-by-making-them-grovel-for-101000/
http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/the-briefcase-reality-show-cbs-trailer-1201480751/
http://www.news.com.au/finance/money/the-biggest-loser-creator-pits-poor-families-against-one-another-for-briefcase-full-of-cash/story-fnagkbpv-1227334736031
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/05/you-cant-rent-a-one-bedroom-apartment-anywhere-in-america-on-a-minimum-wage-job/

Section 215 is dead; long live Section 215!
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2919604/data-privacy/civil-liberties-groups-oppose-bill-to-end-nsas-bulk-phone-records-program.html
http://www.aol.com/article/2015/06/02/nsa-phone-collection-bill-clears-senate-hurdle/21190295/
http://www.startribune.com/questions-and-answers-about-newly-approved-usa-freedom-act/305944331/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/norman-solomon/the-usa-freedom-act-is-a_b_7519046.html