April 2012
8 posts
Mobile phone data shows signs that we're in a new... →
jtotheizzoe:
Oxford’s Robin Dunbar (of the famous Dunbar’s number) has a new study out that uses mobile phone data to draw a picture of gender-based social structures in Western societies.
By analyzing billions of phone calls and text messages among men and women of various ages, he found that women primarily drive romantic relationships, and from a younger age than men. After about 15 years...
Food Stamp Program Helping Reduce Poverty -... →
A new study by the Agriculture Department has found that food stamps, one of the country’s largest social safety net programs, reduced the poverty rate substantially during the recent recession. The food stamp program, formally known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, reduced the poverty rate by nearly 8 percent in 2009, the most recent year included in the study, a...
March 2012
15 posts
“At the same time that the price of gasoline is rising, the US oil industry is...”
– Christian Science Monitor
And another one! Yeah, we’re exporting record amounts of American-made gasoline to other countries instead of lowering prices here. Obama’s fault… how exactly?
-Jess
(via stfuconservatives)
February 2012
21 posts
Pennsylvania State-Sanctioned Rape Law is Most... →
stfuconservatives:
keepyourboehneroutofmyuterus:
Holy fucking christ.
At the link, there is a petition to sign and information about who in Pennsylvania to contact to voice your displeasure or rage.
Nobody fucking trusts pregnant people to know that they are in fact pregnant. These ultrasound laws are invasive, disgusting and demeaning. From the article:
“In addition to mandating the...
December 2011
2 posts
November 2011
3 posts
October 2011
2 posts
