Brittany A. Morrisey
The Billfold
Orlando, FL, United States
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How Lady Libertarians Do Money —
We’re not all minimalist techno bros ¶ Between the many passionate Bernie fans who can’t get on the Hilary wagon and the wide swaths of Republicans who ha… → Read More
How Parents in Prison Lose Their Kids Because They Can't Afford to Call Home
Earlier this year, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) declared "the era of unreasonable and unjust" prison phone call costs over. The declaration → Read More
Connecticut Court Says Cops Can Detain You For Being Near Someone That’s Getting Arrested
Connecticut cops can detain citizens for no other reason than the suspicion they hold for another person, all in the name of "officer safety." According → Read More
Florida Cop: I Didn't Know There Was Cocaine In My "Sex-Aid Cream," I Swear!
Apparently, "I tested positive for cocaine because I rubbed some unknown 'sex-aid cream' on my genitals that was given to me by a friend who got it from → Read More
Inmate Spends 28 Years in Solitary. A Louisana Warden Is Finally Considering Letting Him Out.
Kenny "Zulu" Whitmore lives in a 6 foot by 9 foot cell. An inmate at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, he spends 23 hours a day alone in his → Read More
FAA Grounds College Students Pursing Drone Degrees
In drone school, students study math and learn robotics. What they do not do is fly drones. That's because per Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) rules, → Read More
Government Wants to Fix Your Waiter's 'Unpredictable' Work Schedule
Part-time workers are sick of the unpredictability of their work schedules and the government wants to fix that. That is the premise behind the oh-so-cleverly titled "Schedules that Work Act," legislation introduced this week that says it will "require employ → Read More
Florida Prisoner Dies After Being Scalded With Hot Water for Hours. Two Years Later, Guards Haven't Been Held Accountable
Darren Rainey was a mentally-ill prisoner who died after being forced into a shower by prison guards and scalded with hot water for hours. → Read More
Bolivia Lowers Legal Age of Employment to Help Poor Families
Ten-year-olds will be able to work as long as they are under parental supervision and also attend school. Twelve-year-olds can work under contract. → Read More
U.S. Government Creates a Catchy Anti-Immigration Propaganda Song for Central Americans. It's a Hit!
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CPB) has conjured up quite the catchy tune in an effort to dissuade any more immigrants from illegally crossing the → Read More
Florida City Cops Told Not to Force Women to Shake Their Bras
The lucky ladies of Lakeland, Florida, no longer have to shake their bras when city cops search, them thanks to a new policy. According to the city's chief of police, officers cannot ask women to shake their bras "unless the situation meets strict exceptions." It is not clear what those strict exceptions are. The policy was changed in → Read More
New York Nurses Threaten Strike Over Growth of "Substandard, Non-Union" Clinic Jobs
New York City nurses and other unionized health care workers in the Big Apple are threatening to go on strike because they're sick of hospitals shifting → Read More
Amazon Trolls France’s Anti-Competition Laws
Amazon has responded to France's newest book sale law by complying—well, technically. → Read More
Florida Principal Backs Charter School Conversion, Gets Demoted to "Sorting Crayons"
When the principal and assistant principal of a Florida public school for severely disabled students proposed converting Neva King Cooper Educational Center into a charter school, the Miami-Dade school district retaliated by demoting them to positions where they spent their days sorting crayons and removing staples from stacks of documents. Last week a judge ruled in fav → Read More
The U.S. Military Is Trying to Build an "Iron Man Suit." It's Not Going Well.
"Basically, I'm here to announce that we're building Iron Man," President Barack Obama joked last February at a press conference for his high-tech manufacturing → Read More
This Day in History: Sliced Bread Made its Debut. Americans Loved It! The Government Banned It.
On this day 86 years ago, the best thing since—well, since ever—hit store shelves: sliced bread. The day before its official debut, Chillicothe Baking → Read More
Your Flag Bikini Is Tacky and the Feds Hate It (But It's Legal!)
That red, white, and blue T-shirt you plan on wearing tomorrow, the stars and stripes napkins for your BBQ, even that tacky flag bikini—the government → Read More
Save the Lion-Hunting Cheerleader, Save the Lions!
Kendall Jones is a young, blond Texas cheerleader and—if you listen to the Internet outrage machine—a cold-blooded killer. The 19-year-old Texas Tech University student has been attacked on her Facebook page for posting photos of herself posing with dead exotic animals she killed on African hunting trips. Currently, there are two petitions calling for he → Read More
Buffalo Makes Kindergarten Mandatory
Should kindergarten be mandatory? Lawmakers in Buffalo, New York, think so. The city recently changed its policy and made kindergarten mandatory for all 5-year-olds. Parents in the city must now send their little ones to the schoolhouse or face enforcement through child protective service agencies. Currently, → Read More
Chicago Offers Citizens $100 to Tattle on Cigarette Tax Cheats. For the Children!
To hear the Windy City's public health department tell it, a new program that encourages residents to tattle on untaxed cigarettes sales is a virtuous → Read More