Author: Justin Lane

  Homelessness is a problem in America that, disappointingly, is often met with cynicism rather than compassion. Instead of calling on our better angels, many cities and states are increasingly punishing the homeless for having fallen. This comes even amid louder and louder cries from the likes of the GOP to shrink social safety nets and dissolve what little assistance may be available. A string of laws have been being passed over the past several years in cities and states around the nation that, while not directly outlawing homelessness, make all of the ancillary activities that come with it...

  The FCC has been debating whether to outlaw the existence of internet fast lanes. However, we forget that, while large portions of the population are arguing over how to access faster internet, there is a significant portion of society that has no access to the internet. Local internet service providers may be able to combat this problem and are the bane of the national ISPs’ existence. Take Chattanooga, TN, for example. In Tennessee, one out of every five people are without internet and the the city of Chattanooga’s public electric utility, EPB, wants to change that, but the...

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  Xarelto is one of the newest blood thinners on the market and carries with it some dangerous side effects. The drug has only been available for a few years and alleges that no regular blood monitoring or frequent check-ups with a physician are necessary. Unfortunately, the drug is showing to have many of the same dangers associated with other blood thinners which may prove fatal and has led many to file a Xarelto lawsuit. “It is regrettably too often the case that drug companies know about the dangers their products pose to patients and fail to do enough...

  Adam Kwasman is a Republican candidate running for a congressional seat in Arizona and looks like the latest GOP puppet in the shameful situation at the border. Yet again, the GOP proves that there is no bottom to their desperation and nothing sacred they will not exploit to try and squeeze for political gain. Kwasman saw a school bus full of children passing a housing facility for undocumented minors on Tuesday and, as any good GOP candidate would, snapped a photo and posted it on Twitter. The message? “Bus coming in. This is not compassion. This is the...