A splashy Los Angeles debut by Banksy, perhaps Britain’s most notorious graffiti artist and public prankster. and Earlier this month Banksy surreptitiously placed a blow-up doll dressed as a Guantánamo detainee inside the fence of the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad ride at Disneyland, where it apparently remained for more than an hour before park officials …
NEW YORK (AP) — Brad Pitt, ever the social activist, says he won’t be marrying Angelina Jolie until the restrictions on who can marry whom are dropped. “Angie and I will consider tying the knot when everyone else in the country who wants to be married is legally able,” the 42-year-old actor reveals in Esquire …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Families United Against Hate (FUAH) Contacts: Carolyn Wagner (479) 577-3069 Gabi Clayton (360) 888-5291 email: info@fuah.org website: http://www.fuah.org September 5, 2006 Families United Against Hate was elated to hear that the “Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival” had ended their 31 year long policy of discrimination toward transgender women. This was not to last, …
A recent government report noted that many military recruiters were unhappy with their jobs and that recruiting violations — such as instructing applicants not to disclose medical conditions — increased 50 percent in one year. By turning to the private sector, advocates argue, the Army can save money and free soldiers to fight. Critics say …
part 1 speaker: Washington State Senator Karen Fraserpart 2 speaker: past Olympia Mayor Bob Jacobs Both explain how citizen advocacy can be applied effectively to insure that we have the rights and protections intended by the Constitution. This was the first annual 2005 Memorial Day picnic for Thurston County Progressives’ Network (TC-ProNet) in 2005. See …
It was 90 degrees at the hottest today in Olympia ~ and its Harbor Days on Percival Landing. That means lots of boats and lots of people and booths ~ food, crafts, politicians, etc. So rather than the almost impossiblity of finding parking, and then dealing with crowds, we did a walk at Tumwater Falls. …
A hilarious new book provides instructions on how to argue the big issues with ultra-conservative fundamentalists. — and: Anyone who’s read the Bible knows some of its disturbing content could give “Grand Theft Auto” a run for its money. War, murder, rape, slavery, men who wear sandals — parts of the Bible should come with …
As homelessness has grown in the United States over the past two decades, so have laws that essentially criminalize those who have no home. In a misguided attempt to grapple with the phenomenon of people living on our streets, city governments have passed laws that make it illegal to sit, sleep and eat in public …