Of Atom Bombs and Floppy Disks, Sanders' Last Stand, Amnesty International Says Decriminalize Prostitution Now: A.M. Links

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  • A new report from the Government Accountability Office found that the Pentagon is still using eight-inch floppy disks of the variety generally phased out in the '70s for programs coordinating intercontinental ballistic missiles and nuclear bombers.  
  • Human-rights group Amnesty International released its new official (and controversial) policy on prostitution yesterday, calling for governments around the world to "decriminalize consensual sex work."
  • France says there will be "no retreat" from strict new labor regulations. 
  • "The Sanders movement has become impervious to reality," suggests The Atlantic's Molly Ball. 
  • Sexism against women on Twitter is equally perpetuated by men and women, according to a new report from the think tank Demos. 
  • Cuyahoga County, Ohio, has become the first in Ohio and the nation to offer full-time female and male employees six months of paid parental leave. 
  • South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley signed into law Wednesday a ban on abortion after 20 weeks.
  • How Native Americans in Arizona are fighting for food sovereignty.  

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