tockthewatchdog:

twunkbanner:

bethanyactually:

link to tweet
link to article in tweet

and here’s snopes verifying this, since no big media outlets are bothering to cover it

The amendment appears on a funding bill for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. If it remains in the final bill, the amendment would cut 15% of federal adoption funding to states and localities that penalize adoption agencies that refuse to place children in families that conflict with the agency’s “sincerely held religious beliefs or convictions.” 

it hasn’t happened yet, so there’s still time to reach out to your representatives about it

also, i can guarantee you that no big media outlets are ever not bothering to cover huge stories that a lot of people care about

gardnerhill:

exigetspersonal:

ruffboijuliaburnsides:

dealanexmachina:

black-to-the-bones:

The war on drugs is rooted in racist policies . The failure of the war and drugs is obvious. We need to find a better solution, because people of color should never be the victims of racist policies. White Americans are more likely than black Americans to have used most kinds of illegal drugs, including cocaine and LSD. Yet blacks are far more likely to go to prison for marijuana, which is not a hard drug. Moreover , even when white people get caught , they get less time in prison. 

…is that Rachael Leigh Cook, the same actress who did the original anti-drug ad when she was a teenager?

It is indeed.

She grew up, realized she’d been exploited to further a racist government agenda, and turned around to bite the hand that feeds. Awesome.

I love the fact that the white drug-user in the animation – the one who doesn’t suffer from the ill effects of the War on Drugs – is the brown drug-user’s lawyer.