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By Jason Baker The fear is lifting in the Washington, D.C., area. The snipers who allegedly gunned down 14 people in the last month are behind bars. As authorities sort out the prosecution, we should remember the victims–all of the innocent men, women and children who were just going about their lives-filling their cars Read More… "Snipers" Target Animals Every Day By: Hugh B. Price President National Urban League The word last Friday that Senator Paul Wellstone, of Minnesota, had been killed in a plane crash, along with his wife, Sheila, daughter, Marcia Markuson, and five others struck me with such devastating force that I did not want to believe it. But it is true—we Read More… Paul Wellstone: ‘Like Having One of Us in Congress’ While American society wrestles, still, with the question of who is an American—that is, with who is entitled to equal opportunity in this society—we have discovered again that the practitioners of Terror know who is an American. They know that we are all equally American. Timothy McVeigh, born and raised in America, understood that. Read More… We Are All Equally American By: Hugh B. Price President National Urban League At first glance it seems despicably profane to associate the evil murderous rampage of the unidentified sniper terrorizing metropolitan Washington and the monstrous terror bombing in Bali, Indonesia with the courageous literate humanity Imre Kertesz, this year's Nobel Laureate in Literature, has practiced all his life. By: Hugh B. Price President National Urban League It's fall, and, as usual, Saturdays in most parts of the land are filled with the pageantry of college football—the thunderous cheers, or groans, arising from the stadium sandwiched between the tailgating parties before the game and the more sustained partying after the game. It's Read More… Losing Ground in Higher Education Is Unacceptable The Human Rights Campaign recently released its scorecard for the 107th Congress. This scorecard, which can be downloaded at www.hrc.org, is considered a key tool for judging how members of Congress vote on gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues and assessing the level of support for these issues in Congress, says HRC. HRC's scorecard Read More… HRC Releases Congressional Scorecard For The 107th Congress The Human Rights Campaign grieved the death of Sen. Paul Wellstone, D-Minn., his wife, Sheila, daughter Marcia and five other people who died in an airplane crash last month in northern Minnesota. Wellstone was a great friend and a strong ally in the fight for equality and will be greatly missed, says HRC. "America Read More… The Human Rights Campaign Grieves The Death Of Sen. Paul Wellstone The Human Rights Campaign expressed profound sadness on October 22nd for the death of a 17 year old transgender Californian who was murdered last week in what appears likely to be a hate crime. "We would like to convey our tremendous grief to the family and friends of Gwen Araujo, who are dealing with Read More… The Human Rights Campaign Expresses Deep Sorrow Over The Murder Of Gwen Araujo On October 2nd, The Human Rights Campaign praised the House of Representatives as the effort to bring up the House of Worship Political Speech Protection Act, H.R. 2357 failed. The bill, which would permit churches, synagogues, and other houses of worship to engage in partisan political activity without losing their tax-exempt status, not only The passage earlier this year of the federal anti-cockfighting bill was an important step in stemming the spate of illegal, underground cockfighting rings that thrive across the country. While that bill makes the interstate transport of fighting animals illegal, a new federal bill takes this one step further. S. 3118, introduced in the Senate Read More… Senate Introduces Animal Fighting Bill |
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