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June 24, 2011
Update: 33 Ayes, 29 Nays — Marriage Equality PASSED
In an extended New York State Senate session, a few issues still remain on the agenda, from the “non-controversial” to the very controversial: raising statewide property tax cap, allowing of Yellow Taxi Medallion status to about 1,500 livery cabs, and, again, passing marriage [...]

In a step backward for LGBTQ international human rights protection, the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly voted to remove references to sexual orientation from a resolution that condemns extrajudicial and arbitrary executions. This marks the end of a decade-long inclusion of sexual orientation in the resolution.
Why the change? Mobilzation. To redefine human [...]

George W. Bush’s new memoir Decision Points sold 775,000 copies within its first week on the market, almost reaching total sales of Bill Clinton’s My Life. But the book did not claim the honor that a few other politicians have managed to reach: the New York Times bestseller list.
Since the book was released in the [...]

A New Testament church in Gainesville, Florida, has proclaimed an “International Burn a Quran Day,” in commemoration of the ninth Anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and to “protest radical Islam.”
Citizens, both Muslims and their allies, are perplexed and angry. Even military leaders, including an outraged General David Petraeus, are calling for the event to be [...]

Public school teachers spent $1.3 billion out of pocket on classroom expenses in the 2009-2010 school year, according to a National School Supply and Equipment Association study. Educators indicate they spent both on classroom supplies and instructional materials. Read the full story in The Journal, a publication geared toward changing education through emerging technology. Given [...]

September 7, 2010
To further stimulate job creation, President Obama kicked off a national campaign asking for support of an infrastructure bill making its way to Congress this week. The six-year spending proposal, the majority of which will be dispensed in the beginning, is currently reported at $50 billion. The front-loading [...]

August 31, 2010
Today is a benchmark for the last U.S. combat brigade to pull out of Iraq, just meeting the September 1, 2010, deadline set by President Barack Obama at the beginning of his term in 2008. Obama has been criticized for mandating this premature troop withdrawl. But he’s set the goal for all U.S. [...]

From aerosol art to raw etchings, reverse graffiti artists in Durban, South Africa, cue stunning naturescapes on rough-hewn city walls in the coastal city. Inspired by a British artist Paul Curtis (aka “Moose”), these so-called scrubbers add new perspective to outdoor art, mimicking the best of those creators, the woman with the best tags [...]

4/18/2010
In a recent interview, Arkansas Governor and former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee pulls out the stops to equate homosexuality with incest, polygamy, beastiality, and plain old childishness. Given that he was speaking with a college reporter, I think Huckabee must have woken that morning searching for some blood pressure pills and a bulletproof vest. But [...]