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"It almost feels like the lawmakers wanted to make some kind of joke."

In the wake of the Colorado Springs shooting, the reproductive rights community is making a renewed push for such acts to be classified as domestic terrorism. Does it matter?

The open carry activists have hired actors who will enact a mass shooting with cardboard guns and the sounds of actual gunshots over a stereo.

“The U.K. has banned entry to many individuals for hate speech,” the petition reads.

Tech companies have been more open with their struggles with diversity, but IBM's commercial shows that there's still work to be done.

Wednesday morning, at the Supreme Court, the role of the Dread Pirate Roberts was played by Justice Anthony Kennedy.

Scalia said students of color are being "pushed into schools that are too advanced for them" due to affirmative action policies.

The ban on this pinhead pollutant that has been found by the millions in major waterways -- including the Great Lakes -- would take effect in 2018.

Why are we talking about the religion of poor, low-lying nations?

The post Ted Cruz Invited A Right-Wing Radio Host To Testify On Climate Science And He Gave This Insane Rant appeared first on ThinkProgress.

"This would help cover the state’s corrections costs but also put prisoners on a path of responsibility and sustainability.”

There may be a new trend on the horizon.

The post These Employers Have Decided Student Debt Repayment Is The Next Perk For Millennial Hires appeared first on ThinkProgress.

The presidential candidate obsessed with "deals" is quickly losing them.

Companies from a range of industries -- except electricity generation -- have signed on to the American Business Act on Climate Pledge.

Workers' new contract failed to include the $15 minimum wage or union rights that federal contract workers have been demanding for years.

India's climate position had included a massive boost in coal use. Senior negotiator Ajay Mathur now says India would cut back coal if sufficient cash for renewables emerges from a Paris deal.

There is no physical evidence connecting Brian Terrell to the crime, and the key witness recanted his testimony.

These abortion clinic escorts have seen everything from evangelical anti-abortion biker gangs to deceptive grandmothers.

"This is not a time for us to be cautious or muted in our denunciation," Katrina Lantos Swett of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom said. "It is a time for us to boldly declare that what they are doing is the worst of crimes and that is genocide."

"It is time to transform our national priorities," Sanders said after touring the impoverished neighborhood where 25-year-old Freddie Gray was killed by police.

Just years ago, Democrats debated whether the minimum wage should be $9 or $10. Today the debate is whether it should be $15.

The rationale here is misleading at best and inaccurate at worst.

The post 7 Common Arguments Against Affirmative Action That Social Scientists Have Knocked Down appeared first on ThinkProgress.

Eighty percent of Americans don't want the oil export ban lifted, but Big Oil is set to make $22 billion on this.

Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Mike Huckabee, and Ben Carson have been emphasizing their desire to discriminate against LGBT people on the campaign trail.

The first pro women's hockey league in America has its first major sponsor.