With progress made, more work remains to ensure full inclusion of transgender community This week’s 2012 Democratic National Convention proved to be a monumentally historic event...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — With flags, banners and signs flying as chants and applause filled Time Warner Cable Arena, President Barack Obama on Thursday accepted his nomination...
Rep. John Lewis, one of the original 13 “Freedom Fighters” bus riders who  were beaten in the 1960’s African American Civil Rights Movement, addressed the Democratic...
var addthis_config = {“data_track_addressbar”:true}; The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has been defeated in the U.S. Senate, thanks to the work of Glenn Beck,...
Anti-gay conservatives are to blame for the resignation of Richard Grenell (bio), Mitt Romney’s short-lived spokesperson for foreign policy and national security. It was assumed Grenell,...
Herman Cain, the serial sexual harasser and abuser, on Piers Morgan Tonight, refused to endorse serial adulterer Newt Gingrich for the Republican nomination for president, less...
“Feminism†with a capital “F†is making a roaring comeback, thanks to the Republican War On Women: misogyny on steroids. It’s time we demand a new...
 They marched forward, dignified and determined, willing to put it all on the line for equality. “I am somebody!†The crowd around them full of...
Maggie Gallagher is using GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum to beef up her new venture, by asking email list recipients (apparently, including me!) to “Thank Rick Santorum...
35 major organizations, from the AFL-CIO to the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, from  HRC and GLAAD to the ACLU and the National Center for Lesbian Rights,...
Sarah Palin last night tried to explain to Fox News why she voted for Newt Gingrich, but instead spewed strange and incomprehensible conspiracy theories and old...
Michele Bachmann, in her new campaign fundraising ad, says, “Hi, I’m Michele Bachmann, the Republican candidate for President in 2012.” Not, “a Republican presidential candidate,” but...
Paul Yandura was a consummate Washington, D.C. insider — in the early ’90s he debuted as an intern for then-House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt and went on...
Sarah Palin ended any chance she had at the presidency of the United States of America yesterday when she posted her “blood libel” video and announced...
Putting people like Pat Buchanan on television legitimizes their hateful worldview and make it much easier for like-minded bigots to find wider social acceptance. I’m not...