Michelle Obama said voting rights are “the movement of our era,” and that “casting our ballots… must be all of us,” in a speech at yesterday’s Congressional Black Caucus...
 “Take it from me, someday we’ll all be free.” – Donny Hathaway 1 After watching Paul Ryan give his speech at the Republican National Convention,...
var addthis_config = {“data_track_addressbar”:true}; 2012 was a watershed year that historians — and all Americans — will look to as the moment reborn Democratic politics won...
Following the shooting of a security guard at the anti-gay Family Research Council, Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank called it “reckless“ for the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and the Southern...
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke yesterday at the 2012 International AIDS Conference in Washington, D.C. and announced the United States is donating $80 million...
Melissa Harris Perry this morning on her MSNBC show took a few minutes out to read her letter to Richard Mourdock. Perry, a sexual assault survivor,...
The Republicans’ Problem Imagine you are Mitt Romney, running as a Republican for president. Your net worth is about $250 million. The people most eager to...
We all have complicated relationships with faith. Last week when President Obama made the announcement that he supported marriage equality, the LGBT civil rights movement was...
Moments ago, President Obama came out in support of same-sex marriage equality. Reactions from LGBT-related organizations have been flooding in. We’ll keep updating this post throughout...
“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...
 In an open letter to the president of University of Texas Scott Rose methodically lays out the case that Professor Mark Regnerus has engaged in unethical  so-called...
This is Part II. Please click to continue to Part III. Now, just as there was in Teddy Roosevelt’s time, there is a certain crowd in...
Tanya Domi and Clinton Fein met 20 years ago when acclaimed author Randy Shilts was writing his tour de force book, “Conduct Unbecoming: Gays and Lesbians...
This is Part III. Please click to continue to Part II.  But in order to structurally close the deficit, get our fiscal house in order, we have...
  VETERANS DAY, 2011 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Today, our Nation comes together to honor our veterans and...