I could see, in a high level economics class, the effects of forced labor such as serfdom and slavery being discussed as positive and negative for society as a whole rather than the individual. But this is ridiculous for a general history class for teens. What are the right answers for the ‘pro’ side? That you got…

Yeah, but de-escalation can cost you your job!

The Republican party is FILLED with stories of people going, “I hated Obamacare... until my husband got sick.” Like, a lot of it is “just world fallacy,” in that because they think they’re good, valuable people, bad things won’t happen to them. And then something does, and suddenly they’re in favor of the social…

What’s particularly odd for me is it’s not like white people don’t also deal with things out of their control. Not racism, but other things that can negatively affect your life. I’m chronically ill and probably disabled (I’m having some issues coming to terms with that). You know what caused it? A viral infection that…

People literally don’t understand this and it’s often the most frustrating thing. As a black man, I’ve been run out of every job I’ve left over the last 10 years by a white woman who was hired or promoted and decided she didn’t want people of color in her department anymore. How am I supposed to keep dealing with…

Is crazy how much data is out there that supports this theory, and yet people will close their eyes and blind themselves to it because it doesn’t align 100% with their rose colored view of how we can make the country a better place.

I know studies like these are really important, so I try and resist the urge to just go “uh, duh” in response, but damn this one is hard.

They told Good Morning America that they arrived at the store at around 4:35 p.m. for a 4:45 p.m. meeting with local businessman Andrew Yaffe. Call logs show that the Starbucks employee called 911 at 4:37 p.m.

“They told Good Morning America that they arrived at the store at around 4:35 p.m. for a 4:45 p.m. meeting with local businessman Andrew Yaffe. Call logs show that the Starbucks employee called 911 at 4:37 p.m.”

If not for the footage that would have been their defense had they killed the kid and no jury would convict them.

Murder and Felony Murder are two different things. Think of it this way. Murder is killing someone with intent to kill them, either planned ahead or in the heat of the moment. Felony murder is causing the death of someone during the act of committing a felony, like an old person having a heart attack and dying during…

Somebody died during the commission of a felony. The rule derives from the idea that shit goes bad frequently during violent crimes, and everybody responsible for the underlying crime shares in the responsibility for the death. That the cop was justified (apparently according to the inquiry, at least) in the killing…

“Do some research on the case.”

It’s because they opened fire on the police first, so the death would not have occurred if they hadn’t been shooting. The police found the get-away driver in the car, also with a gun - then ran into the burglars as they were leaving the house. The burglars opened fire on the police, and the one that was killed while…