FDA Has Little Control Over Food Safety
A new government report shows an alarming weakness in the Food and Drug Administration’s food inspection program, which oversees over 80% of the U.S. food supply. More than half of food manufacturing...
View ArticleMLB Players Association Responds to S.B. 1070
As the Chicago Cubs host the Arizona Diamondbacks through the rest of the weekend, the Center for New Community, a national civil rights organization, attempted to buy three 5th Inning messages on the...
View ArticleFox News & Tea Party Went On Despicable Witch Hunt
As Keith Olbermann said “by trying to be everyone’s President you are being no one’s President” Mr. Olberman, you hit the proverbial nail on the head. The White House should not be the student when it...
View ArticleMisperceptions about President Obama’s Religion Fueled by Racism
Despite President Obama clearly stating that he is a Christian, nearly one in five Americans incorrectly believes he is Muslim. The nonpartisan group Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life conducted a...
View ArticleI Don’t Have to Think About Race
Imagine you get on a train and the only seat open is next to a Rhode Scholar. Even more impressive this scholar is a widely-celebrated writer with numerous literary awards. He’s the father of three...
View ArticleWe’re Not in Boston Anymore
Over 200 years after Colonial and French armies defeated the British at Yorktown on October 19, 1781, in what was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War, we are again in a political climate of...
View ArticleElected Anti-Gay Politicians Will Undermine Rights
During this midterm campaign season social issues were ignored by Republicans and Democrats in favor of the economy. Gay marriage, which swayed many voters two years ago, was jettisoned by Republicans...
View ArticleWorld AIDS Day brings awareness to prevention, stigma
Today, December 1 is World AIDS Day, and in the midst of the holiday rush provides good reason to pause and reflect. This year’s theme is “Universal Access and Human Rights” as part of the Light for...
View ArticleNational Hispanic Media Coalition calls for examination of hate speech in the...
This Saturday marks three weeks since the Arizona shooting spree that killed six people and wounded 15 others. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was the primary target of the shooting and was critically...
View ArticleLGBTQ community speaks out on immigration despite risks of deportation and...
Same-gender sex is illegal in more than 80 countries. Even more shocking, gays and lesbians face the death penalty in several of those countries, including Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Yemen. The recent...
View ArticleA Boy and His Pink Toenails
In a recent feature, J. Crew’s online catalogue portrays designer Jenna Lyons with her son Beckett. It’s a stunning shot of a mother and her very clearly adored child, a boy who happens to be sporting...
View ArticleMichelle Bachmann & Rick Santorum Sign Anti-LGBT “Pledge”
The Family Leader, an ultra-conservative Christian group based in Iowa, recently created a document titled, “The Marriage Vow – A Declaration of Dependence upon Marriage and Family.” Presently, they...
View ArticleRick Perry and…Friends?
With Texas governor Rick Perry throwing his hat into the Grand Old Party circus ring last month, the disturbing anti-gay elements which have permeated this GOP primary season continued. Since his...
View ArticleJim DeMint: Making Choices on Behalf of Women Everywhere
Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) has dealt yet another blow to women’s rights. Recently, DeMint rather underhandedly attached a radical anti-abortion amendment onto an otherwise completely unrelated piece of...
View ArticleBirther Rick Perry: Jokes &“Post-Racial” America
In two recent interviews with Parade and the New York Times, Texas Governor Rick Perry, currently biding for the presidential GOP nomination, insisted that he was not certain that President Obama was...
View ArticleIt’s Beginning to Look a lot like Chaos
In 2008, crowds of frantic Black Friday shoppers trampled 34 year-old Wal-Mart employee Jdimytai Damour to his death as he and other workers tried to unlock the door at 5:00 A.M. It went unnoticed by...
View ArticleRick Perry: New Ad Brings Same Old Exclusions
In his new campaign commercial, Rick Perry serves up yet another platter of homophobia with a side of religious zeal. In a campaign filled with gaffes including, but clearly not limited to, failing to...
View ArticleTis The Season to Give….
Here’s a little holiday cheer, in the midst of hard times, according to an annual poll conducted by the International Charities Aid Foundation, Americans are both volunteering more and giving more to...
View ArticleWisconsin Student Suspended for Not Speaking English
Racism can be experienced at any age. Just ask seventh grader Miranda Washinawatok (left) who was recently suspended from her basketball team for a game. The reason? She spoke her native language of...
View ArticleRush Limbaugh VS. All Women (and Our Rights)
Heaping insult on top of injury and further destroying the idea of a civilized public discourse, Rush Limbaugh crossed further boundaries in his personal attack on 30 year-old Georgetown law student...
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