Tweet(s) of the Day: The Big Demographics Catch-Up

Attention GOP: You cannot win elections this way. You cannot govern this way. And it certainly is no way to make friends. MT @ThePlumLineGS: GOP makeover watch: Poll: GOP seen favorably by 29% Latinos; 25% nonwhites; 33% women; 31% young: http://t.co/iqqreqkFv2 — Mike Signorile (@MSignorile) August 5, 2014 Gender, sexuality, and race all trend in […]

What Do The “Spiritual But Not Religious” Really Believe?

Originally posted on The Dish:
In her new book, Belief without Borders: Inside the Minds of the Spiritual but not Religious, Linda A. Mercadante attempts to find out. Kristin Aune runs down the essentials of “SBNRs”: [Mercadante] explores their thoughts on transcendence, human nature, community and afterlife and finds that they don’t believe in an…

The Future Mega-Cities

Originally posted on The Dish:
You’ll find them in the developing world, according to a new UN report: [B]y 2030, New York, Osaka, and Sao Paulo will no longer make the top 10, and Mexico City will barely hang on as the sole representative outside of Asia and Africa. This reflects the major shift driven by the urbanization in…

Tweet of the Day: The Lighter the Color (on the graphic), The More Liberal in the Future Edition #demographics

WaPo: Where the median age is getting younger (& older) http://t.co/ny5QYerU6j pic.twitter.com/MbzV5UDjcs — Auriandra (@Auriandra) July 1, 2014

Study: Teens Aren’t Fleeing Facebook After All

Tweet of the Day: The States Who Don’t Want You To Vote Edition

One year after SCOTUS VRA decision, new voting restrictions in place in 22 states http://t.co/R6EoDlVFOh pic.twitter.com/FcdfNM4dhe — Ari Berman (@AriBerman) June 24, 2014 Two-thirds of states previously under Sec 5 of VRA passed new voting restrictions since 2010 http://t.co/R6EoDlVFOh pic.twitter.com/jXswuwt15W — Ari Berman (@AriBerman) June 24, 2014 Fifty Years After Freedom Summer, the Voting Rights […]

Tweet of the Day: The South…Suddenly not so Red Edition #DemographicsIsDestiny

You know how I’m always harping about changing demographics and how liberals in other parts of the country should really quit dogging on the South? Here is why. (Help or kindly STFU). If unregistered black, Hispanic and Asian voters registered, South would look VERY different http://t.co/KNfL5Wjqn1 pic.twitter.com/KS7ovY1loB — ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) June 18, 2014

Lazy, Happy Americans

Originally posted on The Dish:
by Jonah Shepp Perusing the latest World Values Survey, Christopher Ingraham highlights some of the findings about how Americans compare to the rest of the world. One shocker: While we have a reputation for being a country of workaholics, we actually rank the importance of work quite low (36 percent) compared to other…

Twitter Is Not Dead Just Because You Are Bored

One of the best things about Twitter, is that it can catch a current hidden deep and quickly elevate it to the surface.Twitter is a back and forth conversation between what is happening in the world and those living in it. Recently, that conversation was about Twitter itself…what it is, what it isn’t and HOW […]

Nashville PRIDE – Line-up Announced

My family and I go every year. It keeps getting bigger and bigger because Nashville gets more and more open-minded with each passing year. THUS THE BIG BLUE DOT Y’ALL. This years Pride Concert and Festival entertainment line up. Pride Concert Friday June 13 QDP Mary Lambert NONONO JD SAMSON Pride Festival Saturday June 14 […]