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Medical marijuana can relieve my pain - Quad-City Times

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, May 01, 2013

Medical marijuana can relieve my pain - Quad-City Times

I would like to voice my concern for the passage of a medical marijuana act. April 20 was Legalization Day, and it has been for years. In 2003 I had my chance to make my plea from the steps of the Iowa State House. Now, Illinois seems poised to pass ...

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AI and the far-right riots in the UK

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, June 10, 2025

The riots that erupted across several cities in the UK following the horrifying stabbing of three young children at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event in Southport in 2024 have been widely linked to the mainstreaming of the far right and the amplifying nature of social media View article...

How five Black survivors of racial violence sued the Ku Klux Klan

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, June 12, 2025

Their victory set a legal precedent still used in US courts today. Five Black women from Chattanooga survived a shooting by members of the Ku Klux ... View article...

Delaware County adopts 'safe haven' designation for LGBTQ community

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Officials in Delaware County are pushing forward in the fight for LGBTQ rights. County Council unanimously passed a resolution to designate the ... View article...

What do transgender people want? Respect. The ability to use the bathroom in peace.

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, June 09, 2025

Eight years after Texas' "bathroom bill" controversy, a renewed effort to enforce facility use by birth sex is under sharp scrutiny from LGBTQ ... View article...

Education or Entrapment? How Student Debt Sustains Systemic Youth Oppression in ...

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, June 09, 2025

Education remains a critical instrument for addressing inequality and alleviating poverty. ... Instead, structural inequalities ensure that ... View article...

Texas teens worry as lawmakers ban LGBTQ clubs in public schools

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, June 09, 2025

It also forbids schools from providing instruction, guidance or programming on sexual orientation or gender identity. Advertisement. Related: LGBTQ ... View article...

Judge blocks anti-LGBTQ executive orders as lawsuit continues

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, June 10, 2025

A U.S. District Court has granted a injunction blocking three executive orders that threatened to defund vital services for LGBTQ people, View article...

New research shows HALF of the UK experiences financial insecurity

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, June 09, 2025

Given the UK is one of the richest countries in the world, it's clear that rampant inequality – where 1% of the population have more wealth than ... View article...

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China Is Quickly Eroding America's Lead in the Global AI Race

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, July 03, 2025

Chinese artificial-intelligence companies are loosening the U.S.'s global stranglehold on AI, challenging American superiority and setting the ... View article...

NUJ supports motions on ending violence against women and girls and challenging racism

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, July 03, 2025

“Before any more women or girls are murdered, attacked, intimidated, harassed, bullied and tortured.” Supporting motion 45 on 'challenging racism , All ... View article...

Environmental racism: associations between poverty, pollution, and pediatric gun violence

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, July 03, 2025

... racism impacts childhood health and highlights the need for further research into how ecolo … View article...

Rap Songs That Hit Different on the 4th of July

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, July 01, 2025

The Fourth of July brings fireworks, cookouts, red-white-and-blue fits, and a celebration of “freedom.”But for many in Black America , ... View article...

15 Ways Tariffs May Be Impacting Wealth Inequality, According to Experts

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, July 02, 2025

The recent tariffs are fueling the debate on wealth inequality , with experts warning that these policies disproportionately affect low- and ... View article...

'Accelerated censorship': advocates criticize US supreme court ruling on LGBTQ+ books

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, July 03, 2025

Opponents say the decision allowing parents to let their kids opt out of lessons featuring LGBTQ+ themes will hurt the US education system. View article...

NYC budget includes funding for trans health care and services

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, July 02, 2025

New York City is allocating nearly $14 million toward gender-affirming care and other critical housing and employment resources for its LGBTQ ... View article...

LGBTQ+ youth are twice as likely to be homeless. We need to talk about it.

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, July 01, 2025

'Something very broken': Most homeless LGBTQ youths were driven to the streets by family rejection. LGBTQ+ young people face more than twice the ... View article...

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