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Sympathy for Newt Gingrich

Liberals join their rightist counterparts in snickering about Craig's "wide stance" and Gingrich's request for an open marriage. The effect is to denigrate gays, lesbians and other sexually marginalized and oppressed people.

Maui Time | Ted Rall | 01-23-2012 | Sex

Tags: Election 2012, Callista Gingrich, open marriage, swinging

On Trolls and Flame Warsnew

Welcome to the downside of community engagement. Effectively maintaining and managing reader interaction remains a difficult proposition.

Arkansas Times | Lindsey Millar | 01-23-2012 | Media

Tags: Commenters, Internet Trolls, Shit Commenters Say

Mormons Under the Lensnew

How do the faithful feel about the attention Mitt Romney draws to their faith?

Las Vegas CityLife | Heidi Kyser | 01-23-2012 | Religion

Tags: Mormonism, Mitt Romney, Election 2012

Drones Close to Homenew

The U.S. has been remotely flying MQ-9 Reaper drones over Afghanistan from a Syracuse air base since 2009. The drones aren't kept at the site, but that could change.

City Newspaper | Tim Louis Macaluso | 01-23-2012 | War

Tags: Hancock Field Air National Guard Base, U.S. Drones

Jail Birdsnew

The fastest-growing group of inmates in Oregon: Women.

Willamette Week | Hannah Hoffman | 01-23-2012 | Crime & Justice

Tags: Prisons, Women in Prison

The CO2 Trapnew

California scientists develop material that captures carbon dioxide.

East Bay Express | Susanne Rust | 01-23-2012 | Environment

Tags: Carbon dioxide, Alain Goeppert, G.K. Surya Prakash, George Olah, polyethylenimine

Indiana's Environmental Gains, Lossesnew

The Mitch Daniels administration can count a number of conservation gains to its credit. Several judges, however, still must way in on the environmental legacy of I-69.

NUVO | Rebecca Townsend | 01-21-2012 | Environment

Tags: The Nature Conservancy, Mitch Daniels, Hoosier Environmental Council

Coal Train: Coming to Tracks Near Younew

With three proposed coal export terminals, Oregon is facing the prospect of over one mile long open-topped coal trains spewing diesel fumes and coal dust through its towns and into its forests, rivers and lakes. Will Oregon be the gateway for the fossil fuel exports Big Coal is looking for?

Eugene Weekly | Camilla Mortensen | 01-20-2012 | Environment

Tags: energy, coal exports, coal in Oregon

Growing Hungrynew

With more than 1 in 10 on food stamps, demand for assistance looks more insatiable than ever.

Colorado Springs Independent | J. Adrian Stanley | 01-20-2012 | Poverty

Tags: Poverty, food stamps

Lesbian Couple Applies for Marriage License in Charlestonnew

A couple went down to the courthouse in Charleston to get married Thursday morning. They left with drawn faces and tears welling in their eyes, their request denied.

Charleston City Paper | Paul Bowers | 01-19-2012 | LGBT

Tags: Defense of Marriage Act, marriage equality, Campaign for Southern Equality, gay marriage in South Carolina