This post is the twelfth in a series of Spilled Milk columns by Emmy Award-winning writer and producer William Lucas Walker that chronicle his journey through parenthood. Spilled Milk, which originates in The...
Two LGBT icons, Sally Ride and Bayard Rustin, are among the sixteen American heroes whom President Barack Obama will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The...
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, the Tea Party Republican born in Canada now serving the great state of Texas, says America needs 100 more racists in the...
Speaker of the House John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor were both invited to speak at Wednesday’s “Let Freedom Ring” celebration commemorating the 50th anniversary...
Beyoncé, Jay Z, Rev. Al Sharpton, Among Thousands At Rallies Nationwide In dozens of cities across the nation on Saturday, thousands showed up, braving sweltering heat...
Less than 24 hours after a six-woman jury in Sanford, Florida found George Zimmerman “not guilty” in last year’s murder of 17-year old Trayvon Martin, thousands...
 Today marks the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) when momentum to advance marriage equality in the United States is rapidly moving forward, while U.S....
President Barack Obama today in Germany talked about the importance of human rights and LGBT civil rights as he explained his plan to reduce nuclear weapons....
Pat Robertson says that Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger “set the stage for Adolph Hitler,” and accuses the “evil” organization of “genocide.” The televangelist made his...
New Civil Rights Movement contributor Clinton Fein, who was born and grew up in South Africa under apartheid, shares his thoughts on today’s passing of Nelson...
A prominent voice of the wide-open poetry movement that began in the 1950s, Lawrence Ferlinghetti (image, above, 1959) has written poetry, translations, fiction, theater, art criticism,...
To this day, few know that Martin Luther King, Jr.’s right hand man, the architect of the March on Washington, was openly-gay African-American Bayard Rustin. To...
GetEQUAL LGBT activists have been pressuring President Obama to sign an executive order extending non-discrimination for LGBT workers employed by federal contracts, while hoping  Obama will...
 “New York, concrete jungle where dreams are made of, there’s nothing you can’t do.†– Jay Z (Featuring Alicia Keyes)  “On the backstreets of America,...
The U.S. Supreme Court has just announced it has agreed to hear a case that challenges the constitutionality of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act. The...