Survivor Of Child Sex Trafficking Speaks At Smu Law Enforcement Conference

City Controller John Liu rejected a proposed $90-million, 10-year contract between the city and the Central Park Conservancy, saying revenue from Manhattan’s premier park should be used to improve other green spaces.

I'm sure Lawrence O'Donnell will be crowing over this, since he led the charge to shine light on how the word "exclusively" was transformed into the now-famous "51 percent" test. Huffington Post: WASHINGTON -- Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) said Tuesday that he and two campaign finance watchdog groups would sue the IRS, challenging regulations that allow nonprofit groups to be involved in politics if they're "primarily" devoted to a social welfare purpose. Van Hollen said he and watchdog groups Campaign Legal Center and Democracy 21 would sue to clarify an IRS regulation that he said was at odds with the law, which requires certain groups to "exclusively" engage in social welfare to earn nonprofit status.

This Thursday through Sunday, the eighth annual Netroots Nation (NN) conference will take place in San Jose, California. The conference provides a venue where "each year, thousands of bloggers, newsmakers, social justice advocates, labor and organizational leaders, grassroots organizers and online activists come together." From electoral politics and campaign finance to women's health, gun reform, and more, the issues that we regularly cover at Mother Jones will be front and center at the conference.

Gov. Rick Scott asked the Florida Board of Governors to carefully consider fee hikes for college students next year.

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