The casualty count of children killed by guns should shake up every citizen. Just being a ‘responsible’ gun owner is not enough.
In The Five Months Since The Sandy Hook Massacre, Guns Have Killed 71 Kids
by Abby Miller •
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Must-See Ad Shows How Crickett Rifles Markets Guns As Children’s Toys (VIDEO)
by Elisabeth Parker •
Why do young children keep accidentally shooting and killing these playmates? Maybe Crickett Rifles’ marketing to them has something to do with it.
Conservative Video Teaches Children Homosexuality Is Three Times As Dangerous As Smoking (VIDEO)
by Justin Acuff •
‘Homosexuality is three times as dangerous as smoking,’ according to the religious right.
Michigan GOP Would Rather End Food Assistance For 200K People Than Raise Taxes On The 1% (VIDEO)
by Elisabeth Parker •
Michigan’s GOP clearly has it in for the poor, but this surprising video shows hunger also happens in middle class families.
HIV Infection Tends To Be Concentrated Where Sex Education Is Lacking
by Rika Christensen •
CDC researchers have mapped the incidence of HIV around the country, and have discovered a disturbing trend where states without comprehensive sex ed also have higher cases of HIV infection.
Guns R US? NRA Targeting Kids On Assault Weapons
by Michael Hayne •
NRA’s efforts at manipulating fragile and malleable minds appears to be no different from what right-wing religious organizations do.
The NRA Finally Thinks About The Children – And Recommends Silencers
by Wendy Gittleson •
Kids might get scared if they hear the full sound of a gun. And we sure don’t want to turn off the little kids. Who knows, the next Wayne LaPierre might be ready to take her first shot.
Sandy Hook Hero Harassed By Pro-Gun ‘Truthers’ (VIDEO)
by T. Steelman •
Retired psychologist Gene Rosen comforted six terrified children after the shootings, and told their story to the world. Now conspiracy theorists are attacking him ruthlessly.
Alabama’s Sex-Ed Curriculum Teaches Kids Being Gay Is ‘Criminal’
by Liberal Lamp Post •
First openly gay state Rep. tries to take Alabama out of the dark ages with bill to repeal anti-gay sex-ed requirements.
New Studies Find A Link Between Crime And Pollution
by Nathaniel Downes •
Turns out Republican attacks on the EPA are actually attempts to increase the crime rate in the US.
12-Year-Old Boy Shot Dead While Hunting Died ‘The Way He Would Want To’
by Liberal Lamp Post •
What comfort is there in thinking a pre-teen wanted to die via a bullet wound to his chest?
Montana Man Arrested For Waterboarding Sons And Making School Threat
by T. Steelman •
He was wearing military-style body armor and, the witness told police, owns assault rifles and armor-piercing bullets.
NRA-Loving U.S. Senator Flips And Demands Gun Control (VIDEO)
by Liberal Lamp Post •
Sen. Joe Manchin says the ‘slaughter of babies’ will force the NRA to the bargaining table.
BREAKING – 27 Dead In Connecticut Elementary School Shooting (VIDEO)
by Deborah Montesano •
As this tragedy unfolds, we need to examine why mentally ill people have easier access to guns than they do to treatment?
The Terror For Gaza’s Children
by Lorraine Devon Wilke •
May the adults sending bombs through the sky towards the homes, schools, and nighttime beds of the children of their two countries, listen, take heed…and stop.
If ‘Honesty’s The Best Policy,’ Then Mitt Romney Is A Bad Parent (OP-ED)
by Teeluck Sooknarine •
If we teach our kids that honesty is the best policy and then lie, what lesson are they learning?
How To Prevent More Abortions
by Lorelei •
Jeb Bush Defends Same-Sex Parents As Examples Of Loving Families
by Stephen D. Foster Jr. •
Bush actually defended same-sex parents as examples of loving parents Republicans should praise.
House Conservative Says Food And Health Programs For Children Are Wasteful Spending
by Stephen D. Foster Jr. •
In their proposed budget, House Republicans intend to end school lunch assistance for nearly 300,000 children and end funding that helps 300,000 children get the medical care they need. And according to House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, these cuts are good because it eliminates wasteful government spending.
Mitt Romney: Poor Stay-At-Home Moms Should Work (VIDEO)
by Stephen D. Foster Jr. •
Well, that footage has now been found and it blows a hole Romney’s ‘war on moms’ attack against President Obama.