“A new study has found that around 60 more people have been murdered each year since the state of Missouri made it easier to buy a handguns without going through a background check. In the study which will be published in an issue of the Journal of Urban Health, a team of researchers led by Johns Hopkins Center for …
Is It Time To Give Felons Back Their Voting Rights?
“Sen. Rand Paul brought his national crusade against the war on drugs back to his home state, giving testimony before the Kentucky state senate in favor of an amendment to restore voting rights to felons after they get out of prison.” Read more: http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2014/02/19/rand_paul_testifies_on_felon_voting_rights_in_kentucky.html Cenk Uygur (http://www.twitter.com/cenkuygur) host of The Young Turks breaks down the story. Cenk also discusses Attorney …
What Caused Wolf Blitzer To Take Down Ted Nugent
CNN host Wolf Blitzer weighed in on the controversy surrounding Republican Texas gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott’s decision to campaign with inflammatory National Rifle Association board member and Outdoor Channel spokesperson Ted Nugent. Blitzer condemned Nugent for calling President Obama a “subhuman mongrel” and predicted that Abbott will be forced to jettison Nugent from his campaign. Abbott’s decision to campaign …
The Only Difference Was Their Skin Color – Guess Who Gets Handcuffed
“A shocking new video illustrates how race and color continue to play a major role in how someone is perceived in American society. The video, shot in Los Angeles, compares the general public’s reaction to first a white male, then a black male, attempting to break into a car. The social experiment was the idea of Jason Roberts, who …
McDonald’s Worker Feeds Firefighters, So They Fired Her
A kindhearted McDonald’s worker from upstate New York says she was fired for picking up the bill for hungry firefighters who had just battled a blaze. Heather Levia, 23, alleges she was canned from the Olean franchise after she dipped into her own pocket to pay $153 for the first responders’ meals. The single mom to twin girls says …
Woman Arrested For Overdue Video Rental
“A woman in South Carolina was arrested and jailed overnight over a nine-year overdue video rental. Kayla Finley, 27, had visited a police station to report a crime, only to find a warrant for her arrest had been issued in 2005, when she was 18.” Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26225971 Cenk Uygur (http://www.twitter.com/cenkuygur) and Ana Kasparian (http://www.twitter.com/anakasparian) of The Young Turks discuss …
More Snowden Leaks: How The Government Reacted To Wikileaks
“Top-secret documents from the National Security Agency and its British counterpart reveal for the first time how the governments of the United States and the United Kingdom targeted WikiLeaks and other activist groups with tactics ranging from covert surveillance to prosecution. The efforts — detailed in documents provided previously by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden — included a broad campaign …