“Former Rep. Artur Davis is not sure if he will run for Congress again. But if he does, he will do so as a Republican. Davis, who represented Alabama’s 7th congressional district for four terms as a member of the Democratic party, wrote on his website on Tuesday that he …

“In New York City — which already bans smoking in public parks in the name of public health and bars artificial trans fats from food served in restaurants — Mayor Michael Bloomberg now wants to stop sales of large sodas and other sugary drinks, in a bid to battle obesity…”.* …

“An Oklahoma emergency room doctor refused to provide emergency contraception to a 24-year-old female rape victim because the medication violated the health provider’s personal beliefs, a local CBS News affiliate reports. The hospital also denied the victim a rape kit, noting that it had no appropriate nurse on staff to …

“A number of right-wing authorities have come forward with anti-gay pleas in recent weeks, but one Maryland-based pastor has gone one step further, saying he “kind of likes” the idea of killing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people. As Good As You blogger Jeremy Hooper reports, a pastor identified …

JCPenney has just launched a Fathers’ Day advertisement featuring a gay couple with their children, noting that the ad portrays “real-life dads Todd Koch and Cooper Smith with their children, Claire and Mason”…The ad builds on the department store’s recent decisions to stand with the LGBT community. In February, when …

“A spokesman for Rep. Nan Hayworth (R-N.Y.) is facing criticism after advocating violence against female Democratic senators in a Facebook post. Jay Townsend, the official campaign spokesman for the freshman representative, went on a vicious online rant on Saturday, which he began by taunting a constituent who voiced criticism about …

Former President Bill Clinton defended Mitt Romney’s time with Bain Capital in appearance on Piers Morgan Tonight guest hosted by Harvey Weinstein. Michael Shure (hots of TwenTYTwelve) and comedian Jimmy Dore discuss on The Young Turks. Watch Michael on TwenTYTwelve: http://www.youtube.com/tytshows Follow Jimmy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimmy_dore Support The Young Turks …

“Only 69,000 jobs were added in May, the fewest in a year, and the unemployment rate rose from 8.1 percent to 8.2 percent…”.* Republicans are arguing that President Obama should take a lesson from former President Ronald Reagan. Michael Shure and comedian Jimmy Dore explain why this absurd. *Read more …

We’re just one week away from the 2012 Belmont Stakes and I’ll Have Another’s shot at horse racing immortality. The Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner nearly experienced the same unfortunate fate of Big Brown, the last horse to have a shot at the Triple Crown, when he nearly collided …

“A Baltimore college student, Alexander Kinyua, has confessed to killing his housemate and eating parts of his brain and heart. Kinyua, 21, has been charged with first-degree murder for the death of 37-year-old Kujoe Bonsafo Agyei-Kodie, the Associated Press reported. He is being held without bail. Both men had been …