* Things look to be escalating between Israel and Hamas ( Read more... )

* A really good discussion on Marriage Equality, Social Justice, and Intersectionality starts here: http://www.nbcnews.com/id/46979745/vp/46419672#51310119Read more... )

* The rioting in Port Said continues despite them sending the army in. these were sparked by the government sentencing soccer hooligans to death, but have spread due to deeper discontents. Demonstrations continue in Cairo against the President and for the reforms they were promised but didn't get ( Read more... )

* Republicans are demanding we drastically cut SNAP/EBT/Food Stamps and school lunches for low income children in order to pay for corporate welfare for big Agrobusiness. Charming. We know that hungry children have a hard time learning. We know that 75% of the people getting EBT are families with children. The idea is, that children in poverty ( Read more... )