Do You Know Your Egg Salad?

The egg industry is busy these days claiming that eggs eaten in moderation pose no threat to your artery walls. But if you won’t stay away from these little packages of misery and cholesterol for your health, you might want to do it for your heart. If you’ve ever had occasion to meet a

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The Greening Of Ezra, Part One

It was a time of endings. Soon 1975 would end. Soon, I would take steps to end forever my involvement in what we unthinkingly called the “rat race”. This would entail more endings than I realized! Seemingly endless endings, if there could be such a thing. 

To say that I have always marched to

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Wrong Way

Once, not all that long ago, the road was all the rage. Today, the rage is no longer about the road, but rather ON it. How is it that in less than half a century we have moved from romantic notions of freedom and the open road to being stalled in a traffic

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HRC Pledges To Hold Ashcroft Accountable For Positions Taken During Confirmation Process

The Human Rights Campaign has vowed to hold Attorney General John Ashcroft accountable for the new, more moderate positions he professed during his divisive nomination battle, which ended in his confirmation with a 58 to 42 Senate vote.

“It is clear a different man turned up for this job interview,” said HRC

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Democrats Historic Gay-Inclusive Civil Rights Package Sets The Stage For Introduction Of Bipartisan Legislation

The Human Rights Campaign recently applauded the Democratic leadership for introducing a gay-inclusive historic civil rights package in Congress. This is the first civil rights bill of its kind and it shows the Democrats’ commitment to achieving equality for all people, including gay and lesbian Americans, says HRC.

“This is a landmark

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“EX-GAY” IN U.K.? NO WAY

On January 30th, The Human Rights Campaign encouraged Exodus International, the world’s largest chain of “ex-gay” ministries, to follow the lead of British former “ex-gay” leader Jeremy Marks and “explore a new direction.” Marks, the leader of the United Kingdom ministry “Courage,” an Exodus affiliate, announced today in an interview with Gay.com that his

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Dolphins In Danger In La Paz, Mexico

When wild dolphins are captured from the open sea, they leave a life of nearly endless open space and opportunity for one of confinement and monotony. Wild dolphins can swim hundreds of miles a day, dive several hundred feet deep, and often live in family units, with whom they maintain social bonds throughout their

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USDA Pushes For Puppy Mill Exemptions

The Animal Welfare Act (AWA) is the only federal legal protection for the millions of animals kept in research laboratories, puppy mills, circuses, and public exhibits across the U.S. Although AWA enforcement is often hindered by meager funding and staff, the AWA remains the sole dictum for adequate housing, food, water, and humane standards

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Letters Needed to Stop $2.1 Million Cougar-Killing

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has proposed a $2.1 million “study” that would involve killing cougars in two areas of Oregon using inhumane methods such as hound hunting. The project would ostensibly study the effects of cougar predation on elk and mule deer over a five-year period. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife

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Ken Burns’ “Jazz:” Crossing Boundaries of Possibility

By Lee A. Daniels Director of Publications National Urban League (Guest Columnist)

As someone who's been interested in jazz since age 12, I eagerly awaited the documentary on this great American art form that Ken Burns, the historian and filmmaker, would present to the American people and the world.

I'd been deeply

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