Obama Decision Sets Off Firestorm.. GOPer Continues Conspiracy Theory.. Tea Party Turns On Rubio

May 2, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Obama Decision Sets Off Firestorm From Allies WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration's decision to appeal a court order lifting age limits on purchasers of the morning-after pill set off a storm of criticism from reproductive rights groups, who denounced it as politically motivated and a step backward for women's health. Continue reading... GOP Lawmaker Doubles Down On Shocking Bombing Claim Marco Rubio Protested By Tea Partiers Over Immigration Presented by HuffPost Politics Hunger Strike Lays Bare Detainees' Growing Desperation Toomey: Republicans Opposed Background Checks Because They Didn't Want To Help Obama Washington Woman: I Was Fired For Second-Hand Pot Exposure Ayotte Has Hostile Confrontation With Newtown Victim's Daughter Obama Acknowledges Challenges Of Carrying Out Obamacare U.S. Blacklists India For Discount Medicines Lawmaker Comes Out During Gay Marriage Debate GOP Rep: Budget Cuts Priorities Were Out Of Order Obama Decision Sets Off Firestorm From Allies JARED BERNSTEIN The Trouble With Low Inflation Nominal wages for incumbent workers are still pretty sticky. If you're lucky enough to have a job, think about your own case. I suspect you haven't seen much in the way of raises, but has your salary actually been cut in nominal terms? Continue reading... PETER SCHEER New First Amendment Suit Poses Existential Threat to Government Unions Public employee unions face a new, and mortal, threat. It's not the unfunded liability of union pension plans or municipal governments' resort to bankruptcy to void union contracts. No, the new existential threat facing government unions comes from... the First Amendment. Continue reading... GOV. MARTIN O'MALLEY Strengthening Our Democracy by Making It Easier to Vote There are some rights that are so fundamental to our society that you'd think the public debate would be closed on them. The right of every American citizen to vote -- regardless of age, race, or income level -- is one of them. Yet today, this fundamental right is under attack. Continue reading... JONATHAN RAUCH DENIAL: Why Sinbad Was More Than a "Sailor Man" to Me My childish, playtime fantasy was freighted with a strange power. This was more than playing Batman and punching invisible enemies in the stomach. I wanted in a deeper, more slavishly yearning way to be Sinbad the Sailor. Continue reading... JOEL SCHWARTZBERG Who Knew Guns Had Their Own Pro-life Movement? Not since the Supreme Court gave corporations First Amendment privileges has so much life been bestowed on non-living objects -- especially ironic, given the purpose of these particular objects is to end life in its tracks. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003