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Fact-Checkers: No, Planned Parenthood Doesn't 'Target Blacks To Control Them'
All kinds of utterly absurd accusations have been leveled at Planned Parenthood by Americans who believe they could be President, but Ben Carson’s charge that the non-profit is actively involved in a eugenics conspiracy against African-Americans is definitely beyond the realm of reason. The Washington Post’s fact checker Glenn Kessler today awarded Four Pinocchios on Ben…
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Hypocrite: Ben Carson Used Fetal Tissue For Science, Now He's 'Outraged' Over It
This is classic GOP hypocrisy at its finest. A blog post by OB/GYN Jen Gunter has recently called Republican presidential candidate and neurosurgeon Ben Carson out as a faker and brought to light that he was involved in fetal tissue research in the past – a practice that he has since decided to oppose. According to the renowned…
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Conservatives Rewrite AP U.S. History Books, Whitewash Racism and Manifest Destiny
Conservatives have thrown a hissy fit over American history curriculum, and this time it unfortunately worked. Because of these right-wing nuts, new AP standards will contain even less information about the plight of non-white people in America, skewing the truth and white-washing America in a more favorable light. This debate began last year, when the College Board…