Natasha Chart continues to rock my world:
Have you ever heard a woman being told, or told a woman, or been told ‘for your own good’ as a woman, that women shouldn’t …
get into a car with a man, be alone in a room or apartment or house or gym or office with a man, dress [...] Read more »

From the AP:

WASHINGTON - The federal government has devoted $4.7 trillion to help the financial sector through its crisis, a watchdog report said Monday.
Under the worst of circumstances, the report said, the government’s maximum exposure could total nearly $24 trillion, or $80,000 for every American. Read more »

Project Vote has a continuing series on OpenLeft focusing on, among other things, the continuing injustice of laws that disenfrancise felons from voting:
Today, 48 states have their own laws that disenfranchise convicted felons at some point during incarceration, probation, or parole. This hodgepodge of policies has created confusion for former offenders and election officials alike, [...] Read more »

From OpenLeft:
In the waning weeks of the Bush Administration, Tim DeChristopher disrupted a lease of public lands for oil and gas exploration by bidding up prices against those who intended to drill on the lands if oil or gas was found.
The leases were subsequently invalidated, because the hurried process of bringing them to bid violated [...] Read more »