On August 15th, Kweisi Mfume, President & CEO, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) said that[…]
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Cage Birds: There is No Such Animal
By Kathy Guillermo If you stayed at certain hotels this summer, particularly in Hawaii and Florida, you may have seen[…]
Read moreSenators Call For Administration To Lead On Climate Change
On August 1st the Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously passed an amendment that sets forth key principles to guide the[…]
Read moreHRC Urges FBI To Assist In The Investigation And Prosecution Of Colorado Hate Crime
The Human Rights Campaign in a letter on August 10th urged the FBI to open an investigation into the murder[…]
Read moreDown On Main Street, Up On The Hill Nine Out Of Ten Experts Agree: Greed Kills
The story of the greedy pharmacist in Missouri cutting the strength of cancer fighting drugs to fatten his profit margin[…]
Read moreHRC Responds To Alarming Eruption Of Recent Anti-Gay Hate Violence
On August 3rd, The Human Rights Campaign called on Congress and the Bush administration to use their bully pulpits to[…]
Read moreAbout Recessions And Other Such Imaginary Things
Life is interesting out here near the end of the world. We don't have TV. Some of us don't even[…]
Read moreHRC Urges Alaska To Amend Hate Crimes Law To Include Sexual Orientation
The Human Rights Campaign recently urged the Alaska Governor’s Commission on Tolerance to support amending the state’s hate crimes law[…]
Read moreMagazines Keep Illegal Cockfighting Alive
As the animal protection movement continues to push for passage of the federal anti-cockfighting bills (S. 345 and H.R. 1155),[…]
Read moreSenate Passes Humane Slaughter Resolution
On Tuesday (07/31) the U.S. Senate also took steps to halt inhumane practices in the nation’s slaughterhouses by unanimously passing[…]
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