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Bigotry Watch

Coulter: Immigration Reform Supporters ‘Working Feverishly To Turn The Country Into Mexico’

by David Badash ● 12:00 PM May 24, 2013
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Ann Coulter is attacking lawmakers working for immigration reform, and lamenting what she sees as a large influx of Hispanic immigrants from the “Third World.”

Civil Rights

EXCLUSIVE: A Conversation With Chief Justice John Roberts’ Cousin, LGBT Activist Jean Podrasky

by Joanne Kalogeras ● 2:53 PM May 18, 2013
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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts’ cousin, San Francisco activist Jean Podrasky and her partner Grace Fasano talk with The New Civil Rights Movement’s Joanne Kalogeras.

News

Updated: Responses To NBA’s Jason Collins Coming Out Are Incredibly Supportive

by David Badash ● 12:32 PM April 29, 2013
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Jason Collins has just become America’s first gay male professional major league active team sports player to come out as gay.

News

Watch: At GLAAD Awards, Steve Warren Calls Scalia ‘An Old-Fashioned Bully’

by David Badash ● 6:48 PM April 22, 2013
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Steve Warren asked Supreme Court to make the right decision on the Prop 8 and DOMA cases they heard last month, and had a few choice words for Associate Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

News

Watch Live Now: President Obama Speaks At Interfaith Service ‘Healing Our City’

by David Badash ● 10:52 AM April 18, 2013
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This morning beginning at 11:00 AM EDT, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will attend an interfaith service to mourn and honor the victims and families of victims of Monday’s Boston Marathon bombings.

Hillary Watch

Red Hot Hillary Drills Down on Women’s Equality; 2016 Speculation Abounds

by Tanya Domi ● 9:35 AM April 7, 2013
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Hillary Clinton reemerged this week with a bang, red hot, she delivered two speeches on her favorite subject. Clinton has a legacy to fulfill on women’s equality, whether she runs for president in 2016 or not

Civil Rights

Martin Luther King Jr. — Lodestar For America’s March Of Justice

by Tanya Domi ● 2:22 PM April 3, 2013
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45 years ago Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was cut down by an assassin’s bullet in Memphis, Tennessee. Today his message is just as relevant in 2013 as it was for a deeply divided American society in 1968.

DOMA

The Ennead Awards: Nine Justices, Nine Prizes

by John Culhane ● 3:06 PM April 2, 2013
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Before the arguments to the Supreme Court on Prop 8 and DOMA are erased from your memory tapes to make room for “Thrift Shop” (clean version only, please!), we present the First-Ever Ennead Awards.

Hillary Watch

Hillary Watch 2016: Tina Brown Endorses Clinton For President

by Tanya Domi ● 9:33 AM April 2, 2013
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Not a day goes by without national media reporting on Hillary Clinton’s immediate future, while seeking answers to the question–will she run for president in 2016? The New Civil Rights Movement joins the “Hillary Watch” obsession.

Economics

Thank You Senator Elizabeth Warren. Because Of You, I Got My Money Back!

by Jean Ann Esselink ● 8:24 AM April 2, 2013
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Elizabeth Warren created from scratch, a federal agency to investigate consumer complaints. Who could have predicted it would really work?

News

Good Christian Michelle Malkin Bunny-Hopping Mad Google Honors César Chávez On Easter

by David Badash ● 10:59 AM March 31, 2013
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Radical right-wing “conservatives” are bunny-hopping mad that Google is honoring the birthday of Mexican-American civil rights leader César Chávez on Easter Sunday — instead of Jesus.

Parenting

Spilled Milk: 5 Ways Gay Marriage Is Wrecking America (And Causing Global Warming)

by William Lucas Walker ● 4:30 PM March 30, 2013
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After this week’s Supreme Court hearings on same-sex marriage, and to illustrate what it means to be in a skim milk marriage, let’s examine a real-life hypothetical.

Marriage

Time Magazine’s Dual ‘Gay Marriage Already Won’ Covers — Awesome, Beautiful, But

by David Badash ● 9:53 AM March 28, 2013
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Time published its weekly cover story, “Gay Marriage Already Won,” with dual covers of two same-sex couples kissing. Very cool, and yes, exciting. And beautiful. But…

Marriage

Breaking: DOMA Likely Dead — Reports From Journalists Inside The Supreme Court

by David Badash ● 12:39 PM March 27, 2013
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The Supreme Court just finished hearing oral arguments in the DOMA hearing of Edie Windsor, and by all accounts DOMA will be found unconstitutional and will be struck down.

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