On June 28th The Human Rights Campaign endorsed the key findings in Surgeon General David Satcher’s comprehensive report on sex[…]
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San Francisco’s Pioneering Domestic Partner Benefits Law Upheld By Federal Appeal Court
A decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upholding San Francisco’s equal benefits law will have far-reaching effects[…]
Read moreSenate Backs Boxer’s Bold Move Aimed To Assure Equality To All Groups Regardless Of Their Position On Sexual Orientation
Earlier in the day the Senate voted 51 to 49 for passage of the Helms’ amendment which prohibits federal funding[…]
Read moreHumane Slaughter Resolution Introduced In The House
www.house.gov/. If you haven’t already contacted your two U.S. Senators and asked them to cosponsor S Con Res 45, please[…]
Read moreFirst Hurdle Cleared As House Subcommittee Boosts Awa Funding
Thanks to all of the activist phone calls to members of Congress, the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee has granted a[…]
Read moreReversal In La Paz Dolphins Situation
After last week’s victorious announcement regarding the Mexican government’s decision to close down the infamous, inhumane dolphin holding tank in[…]
Read moreMOBIL SCHMOBIL – Celebrate Independence From Corporado Enemies of the Earth
As a rule, I don’t run reprints in this column, but this event in early July called by the group[…]
Read moreKeep Social Security
Living up to campaign promises, President Bush recently appointed a commission to develop a formal plan to privatize the Social[…]
Read moreReducing the Problem of Racial Profiling
In a recent column I discussed a new Washington Post survey which underscored the breadth of police racial profiling—the stopping[…]
Read moreEnd the Death Penalty
That Timothy McVeigh was a despicable human being, a deluded, self-indulgent coward, a traitor and a murderer is beyond dispute. […]
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