With Obama on the brink of victory, America’s leading black voices share what it means to them. Maya Angelou, novelist: What it means if Mr Obama is voted in, is that my country has agreed to grow up, and move beyond the childish idea that human beings are different. Samuel L Jackson, actor: It actually …
Let’s not get carried away. (… snip) Let’s not be naive. … (… snip) Maybe you’re not convinced. Maybe you need a sign, some sort of indicator of what’s truly at stake, something that proves we are at a turning point not merely of tax brackets and energy strategy and foreign policy, but of the …
Hi everyone. This is just a quick note to say I am in ‘the other Washington’ (DC) for the national safe schools roundtable convening, representing Safe Schools Coalition. I arrived on Tuesday and spent the night at my friend Cynthia’s house and it was great to see her again. Then a ride on the DC …
For some reason I am looking back at some old things today that relate to coming out. It’s not the same, but parents and straight allies come out to. In Everyday Out (originally published in GayPlace Online in 1997) I wrote with Catherine’s help: Public speaking does not come natural and easy for me, and …
The Huffington Post | October 5, 2008Rachel Weiner wrote: Ifill: Palin “Blew Me Off” On “Meet the Press” Sunday morning, vice presidential debate moderator Gwen Ifill said Palin “more than ignored” some of her questions — she “blew me off.” She added that Palin decided to “give a stump speech” instead of a debate, and …
Note from Gabi ~ I won’t be able to be at this wonderful event this year because I’ll be in Washington DC then, but I did want to let everyone know. Peace Works ConferenceFocus on Iraq and Palestine Occupations, Oct. 17-19Register Now! Dear Former Peace Works Conference Attendees: The Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and …
Wednesday, September 24, 2008. Officials of a small Christian university say a life-size cardboard reproduction of American’s first major party presidential candidate hung from a tree on the campus. See: Oregon school says 4 confessed to Obama effigy Can we talk?????????? Join us for the first in a series of community conversations about race, Monday, …
In MILK — A Great Movie Trailer. Steve Schalchlin wrote: The Gus Van Sant movie about Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected politician, a man assassinated for nothing more than being gay and refusing to pretend otherwise, looks incredible. I actually began to tear up in the theater just watching it. Filmed in San …
According to Steve Kaplan: The White House and Congress appear to have reached an agreement on a bailout plan that restricts executive pay at companies that participate in the bailout. The plan limits CEO compensation that encourages “unnecessary and excessive” risk-taking, creates a tax disadvantage for CEOs who are paid more than $500,000, prohibits severance …