“A Kansas lawmaker’s proposal to track the citizenship status of public schoolchildren has raised alarm in one of the state’s most diverse communities, where district administrators worry that even raising the question with parents and students would damage the welcoming environment they have tried to create. Republican Rep. Allan Rothlisberg …

“Boise State biology professor Greg Hampikian wrote an OpEd piece for the New York Times Friday about his opposition to a bill working it’s way through the Idaho State Legislature.” Read the op-ed here: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/28/opinion/when-may-i-shoot-a-student.html?_r=0 Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola, Ben Mankiewicz and Jimmy Dore of The Young Turks discuss the …

“A 19-year-old Texas man has been federally charged with a hate crime in the beating and abduction of a gay man he lured to his home via social media. According to the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, Brice Johnson of Springtown severely beat the victim, then locked him into the trunk of …

“A Republican state lawmaker from Maine says he regrets making decades worth of offensive comments about gays, rape, and abortion that were compiled recently by a liberal activist. Blogger Mike Tipping dug up several offensive comments made by state Rep. Lawrence Lockman (R-Amherst) from old news reports he posted on …

“A Western Conservatives Conference “comedy roast” meant to skewer Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio last week instead turned into a stream of racist jokes from an Arizona state lawmaker. Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) posted an audio recording of the roast…” Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/immigration/2014/02/27/3337951/racist-jokes-joe-arpaios-roast/ Jimmy Dore, Cenk Uygur, Ben Mankiewicz, …

“Michigan police officers won’t face federal charges in the fatal shooting of a homeless man during a confrontation over stolen coffee. Federal authorities, including the U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI, announced Tuesday that there wasn’t enough evidence to charge the six Saginaw police officers. “After a thorough investigation, …

“In a development that will doubtless outrage her many fans on the religious right, the nation’s most popular country singer, Carrie Underwood, has come out vehemently in favour of gay marriage. “As a married person myself, I don’t know what it’s like to be told I can’t marry somebody I …

“Climate change, and January’s record-setting heat, probably had nothing to do with increased CO2 emissions, CNBC’s Joe Kernen said Thursday morning. According to Kernen, the better explanation is that it’s just inexplicable. “It’s almost like witchcraft,” Kernen said. “In the middle ages it was witchcraft. You would have attributed adverse …

“The size of a woman’s clitoris can impact their ability to have an orgasm, researchers have discovered. The breakthrough could lead to new treatments for women suffering from anorgasmia who are unable to have orgasms. The new study has found that in women who have orgasm problems, the clitoris is …

“In the span of one day, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) came out against cutting entitlements and for cutting entitlements. On Monday afternoon, he tweeted a quote of his in Reuters attacking the cuts enacted under Obamacare to private insurers under Medicare Advantage.”* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it …