How VAWA Could’ve Helped Daisy Coleman Get Justice

Jill Filipovic writes for The Nation: “The latest rape case to capture national attention, this one out of Maryville, Missouri, leaves justice-seekers long on anger and short on options. With a prosecutor who dropped charges and sealed case files, the al…

Democrats blast Wal-Mart “welfare kings”

Josh Eidelson writes for Salon: “A slide from Wal-Mart’s U.S. CEO’s presentation to Goldman Sachs’ retail conference boasts that ‘Over 475K’ U.S. employees earned more than $25,000 last year. Activist workers and members of Congress seized on that statis…