AFGE: Applauds House Effort to Lift Civilian Workforce Cap

. . . Under the Defense Department’s co-called “Efficiency Initiative,” the number of civilian employees has been capped at 2010 levels, yet there has been no comparable cap on the contractor workforce. This has encouraged managers to use contractors instead of civilian employees, even though privatization is more costly and also violates the law.

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Howard University Trayvon Martin “Am I Suspicious?” Campaign Video


A video depicting Howard University men standing against racial profiling and the killing of
Trayvon Martin in February 2012. More information on the efforts of the Howard Community to raise awareness can be found at:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/HUJusticeForTrayvonMartin/

STUDY: More Conservatives Than Ever Distrust Science

Just 35 percent of self-identified conservatives said they had a “great deal of trust in science” in 2010, a new report published in the journal American Sociological Review reveals. The finding marks a 28 percent decline since the first survey taken in 1974, “when 48 percent of conservatives—about the same percentage as liberals—trusted science.”

Source: ThinkProgress.org