Michele Bachmann is currently campaigning for the Republican 2012 nomination for President. With her Tea Party views espoused on a regular basis, Bachmann has received vast...
Herman Cain is a re-enactment of Jim Carey’s “Liar, Liar” character and has told us over and over the past two weeks how much he disrespects...
In the past six months, the “brave new world” of the 21st century has erupted  into massive and immediate political, social, economic, and environmental change, foisting...
Editor’s note: This article is by Paul Lakeland, and originally was published in The Huffington Post. It is reprinted here with his permission. From my position at...
Sarah Palin, who has chosen to ignore the spotlight after the heat got a little too hot to handle, will hold a rally for America’s troops...
DOMA, the Defense of Marriage Act, will be the topic of a hearing chaired by Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) Friday morning, although for what purpose is unclear....
The following are Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s remarks as prepared for delivery at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. “I want to...
In The Weekly Standard, Rupert Murdoch’s “American neoconservative opinion magazine,” founder and editor (and, of course, Fox News contributor,) Bill Kristol (the man progressives, liberals, moderates,...
The first time I ever heard the word “lesbian” spoken aloud in public was at Indiana State University in 1973 by the famous feminist Flo Kennedy, who...
Two weeks ago, African nations led a charge successfully removing “sexual orientation†from a United Nations resolution protecting persons from extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions. Now,...
Five weeks ago today, gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people were subjected to homophobia and religious and cultural extremism, thanks to a United Nations vote that...
The moment of justice came quickly–so quickly–that it felt like it had crept up and caught me by surprise. My feelings belie the long struggle we...
The FBI’s 2009 Hate Crime Statistics report was released today, and shows that “a pattern that has existed since the FBI started tallying these numbers remains,”...
Tens of thousands of readers of The New Civil Rights Movement over the weekend read, “UN General Assembly Votes To Allow Gays To Be Executed Without...
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people were once again subject to the whims of homophobia and religious and cultural extremism this week, thanks to a United...