We are thrilled to present to you the inaugural edition of The Verge Mobile Show. We’ve taken the leap into the world of video and we feel just fine about that, thank you very much. Sit back, relax, pour yourself a cup of hot sake and prepare to feel just …

A great piece in Slate about a dating coach that helps ex-Orthodox Jewish women find love in a secular world is discussed by Ana Kasparian, John Iadarola, and Steve Oh on The Young Turks. Read more from Diana Spechler here: http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2012/05/a_dating_coach_for_ex_orthodox_women_.html?wpisrc=sl_iphone Support The Young Turks by Subscribing http://bit.ly/TYTonYouTube Like Us …

“The prolonged use of solitary confinement at a high-security prison in California “strips prisoners of their basic humanity” and amounts to illegal torture, a human rights group charged in a federal lawsuit filed on Thursday. The suit, filed on behalf of prisoners by the Center for Constitutional Rights in U.S. …

“Former Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham, nearing completion of a prison sentence for bribery and tax evasion, has asked the judge who sentenced him to restore his right to carry weapons so he can enter shooting contests and hunt bears and cougars after he is released…”.* Ana Kasparian and Cenk Uygur …

“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 …