civil rights
Marching for Equality in Memphis
Yesterday was a special day in Memphis, Tennessee. Black people, white people, gay people, straight people, transgender people, [insert minority and/or majority here], etc., gathered
Christopher Hitchens, Eugene Robinson on the Hypocrisy of Bishop Eddie Long
Hitch has a lot to say in this piece at Slate, but it’s not the angle you may be expecting in denouncing Bishop Eddie Long:
Meghan McCain on Maddow
There’s much to disagree with in Meghan McCain’s politics, but she’s one of the growing number of Republican celebrities who are decidedly to the left
Alveda King ‘Betrays Heritage,’ Speaks at Failed NOM Rally in Atlanta
I stole the “betrays heritage” line from Joe, because it’s so precisely what she is doing by speaking at a rally for a hate group
“Injustice Anywhere is a Threat to Justice Everywhere”
“How long? Not long!” “Free at last, they took your life, but they could not take your pride.” It resonates, doesn’t it
Civil Rights Commissioners Dissent from GOP’s Blind Opposition to Hate-Crimes Bill
On June 16, six of eight commissioners for the Republican-controlled U.S. Commission on Civil Rights released a letter (PDF) opposing Senate Bill 909, the Matthew
