009 - LATL W Line Car 1386-1215 York Blvd. At Ave. 50 Terminal 9541117 on Flickr.
Photographer: Alan Weeks
Los Angeles Transit Lines streetcar no.1215 and streetcar no.1386 on Line W at York Boulevard and Avenue 50, November 17, 1954.
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After a day-long military sexual assault hearing (that featured mostly men), Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s attempt to move prosecution out of the chain of command was struck down. -UniteWomen.org
Read about the uphill battle against sexual violence in the military: http://bit.ly/19rrFjy
I’m liking Sen. Gillibrand more every day.
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One of the bravest men in Hollywood at that time, Hollywood’s Studio owners did not want him to do this - afraid it would incite Hitler but by the time the film goT under way in 1939 he had already destroyed parts of Britain…so the mad man was well on his way.
As always Charlie used his own money to produce his films so he was not under pressure from financers.
And today Hollywood make re-edits of Blockbusters for the censorious Chinese market…
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Immigrants Reach Beyond a Legal Barrier for a Reunion
These photos are of Dreamers, children of immigrants without documents for this country, who were brought to the United States and never knew they were “illegal,” reuniting with their deported parents through a border wall in Nogales, Arizona.
If you have any reaction to these photos other than empathy, I don’t really want to know.
Reminds me of images from families divided between the Koreas, or the Tränenpalast in divided Berlin. But this is a wholly avoidable scenario, a result of our malfunctioning immigration policies and none-too-subtle bigotries. We’re a bigger country than this.
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Graduation Day at Sing Sing prison
Here’s an amazing statistic for you, about recidivism rates.
Of the 26,867 inmates who left New York prisons in 2008, nearly 40 percent returned to prison within 3 years. However, there are important exceptions: Among those are the maximum security inmates behind the walls of Sing Sing in Ossining, NY who have obtained a masters degree in Professional Studies — a one-year graduate degree administered by the New York Theological Seminary. Their recidivism rate over 31 years has been just 10 percent. The rate for those who’ve left with a degree in the last five years? ZERO.
“Education,” said Dale Irvin, the president of New York Theological Seminary, “is the surest indicator of low recidivism rates.”
Listen in to the latest Micropolis story and hear how a number of people — including convicted murderers — have turned their lives around while becoming assets to the prison community.
Guns don’t kill people, apparently.
Since December of last year, a total of 4,499 people have been shot dead in the USA. Comparatively speaking, 4,409 armed forces members died during the 9 year long Iraq war.
Keep on rocking, America.
As of 6/19 the number is 5196
Today, Joe Biden announced that President Obama is signing 23 executive orders to curb gun violence. Still, the President can only do so much — we must call Congress to action. See the full list of Obama’s executive orders here, and find out what more you can do to help.
