The Gun-Vote Backlash Has Only Just Begun
Submitted by JAC on Wed, 04/24/2013 - 12:00amBackground checks may have been defeated this go round, but those who voted against them may face their own defeat at the polls as they begin to lose support.
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Why Keystone Matters
Submitted by JAC on Mon, 04/22/2013 - 12:00amJAC Member and environmentalist explains why the Keystone XL Pipeline matters.
I've had many friends, even like-minded, eco-friendly friends, ask me, "Why is Keystone a big deal? Isn't it just another pipeline?"
The Second Amendment: The Amendment that Supersedes All Others
Submitted by JAC on Tue, 04/16/2013 - 12:00amThe recent debate on legislation to prevent gun violence provides a clear contrast in the ideologies of the right wing agenda and the rest of the country. In loud strident voices warning of a federal government that ultimately plans to invade homes and seize all guns, the right wing throws reason and logic out and focuses on the fears of a small base. The gun lobby acts as if the Second Amendment were the final words from
STATE POLICY TRENDS 2013: ABORTION BANS MOVE TO THE FORE
Submitted by JAC on Thu, 04/11/2013 - 12:00amIn the first 3 months of 2013, state legislators have introduced 694 provisions aimed at reproductive rights and abortion, according to Guttmacher Institute.
Manchin-Toomey Bipartisan Background Checks Compromise
Submitted by JAC on Thu, 04/11/2013 - 12:00amAs of April 10, 2013, Senators Manchin and Toomey have introduced a bi-partisan compromise for gun control legislation. Below are the key points as highlighted by Mayors Against Illegal Guns.
Women’s Reproductive Rights Are A Heartbeat Away From Failing
Submitted by JAC on Fri, 03/29/2013 - 12:00amAre you listening? Do you hear? Read my lips soon there will be no abortions in states controlled by Republican legislatures. Over the last decades, abortion rights have been chipped away. The remaining few are now being hit with a large sledge hammer. Unconstitutional laws are passed that take away a woman’s right to choose. Fetal heartbeat detection is propelling the laws. Hear a heartbeat, restrict abortion.
Rabbi Herschel Schacter Is Dead at 95; Cried to the Jews of Buchenwald: ‘You Are Free’
Submitted by JAC on Fri, 03/29/2013 - 12:00amOn the passing of Rabbi Herschel Schacter, we remember his part during the liberation of the Jewish prisoners at Buchenwald as the first Jewish chaplain to enter the camp. A beautiful rememberance notes his discovery of several children in the camp, including a teenaged Elie Weisel.
North Dakota's New Laws Could Create an 800-Mile-Long Abortion Clinic-Free Zone
Submitted by JAC on Fri, 03/29/2013 - 12:00amOne aspect of the strictest abortion law in the country? A 800-mile long area where no abortion services are available.
The landscape of abortion bans, in one must-see map
Submitted by JAC on Thu, 03/28/2013 - 12:00amWhat a difference three years makes.
In 2010, Nebraska passed the country’s most restrictive abortion law that barred abortions after 20 weeks. By March 2013, 12 states have done so — or passed restrictions even earlier in the pregnancy, like North Dakota’s six-week ban.
What A Trip It Was - JAC Fly-In 2013
Submitted by JAC on Fri, 03/22/2013 - 12:00amGail Yamner, March 2013
