The unjust and overarching, regulatory Trap Laws which restrict women's access to affordable healthcare are no laws at all.
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SXSW: Voter Technology Panel – One-Sided View on Voting Tech
“Voter Technology: A Reimagined Future”, a presentation at SXSW, focused on bringing election technology into the 21st Century. The speakers included Diego Bernal, a social worker and member of the Texas House of Representatives for San Antonio, and Peter Jackson, Public Sector Strategy Lead at IDEO, a design and consulting company based in San Francisco. Their goal: Use modern technology to facilitate the registration and voting process. They covered the motivations, possibilities and issues surrounding technology and voting.
Read More »SXSW Film Review: ‘Orange Sunshine’
Orange Sunshine was an extraordinary substance made with love to spread life and truth.
Read More »SXSW Film Review: ‘Baby Bump’
In the twilight zone between childhood and puberty, nothing and everything matters and what is surreal is the greatest reality of all.
Read More »Travels in Turkey: Part 5 – Istanbul, Continued: Up and Across the Bosphorus
Turkey's biggest palace, a Genoese tower, dinner with new friends, a cruise up the Bosphorus to the Black Sea, two continents, even a synagogue – all on our last two action-packed days in Istanbul.
Read More »SXSW Film Review: ‘Goodnight Brooklyn-The Story of Death By Audio’
New York City is constantly changing and not necessarily for the better if one reviews the story of Death By Audio.
Read More »SXSW Film Review: Seth Rogen Makes Food Talk Dirty in ‘Sausage Party’
At this year’s South by Southwest film festival Seth Rogen debuted, as a work-in-progress, his new animated feature 'Sausage Party.' It is the first foray into the “R-rated world” for an animated feature. If you have no problems with watching food have sex, it’s really funny.
Read More »SXSW Film Wrap-Up: Keynotes and Conversations
There were a number of intriguing conversations and keynotes with actors, filmmakers, and reviewers throughout the week.
Read More »SXSW Film Review: ‘Gary Numan: Android in La La Land’
Will the real Gary Numan please step forward.
Read More »Changing the Way Schools Look – Alternatives to Traditional Grade Levels Can Enhance Instruction and Save Money
Thinking beyond the typical K5 elementary school, grades 6 through 8 middle school and grades 9 through 12 high school model.
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