AltWeeklies Wire
Are Gays Too Late to Destroy Marriage?new
Could it be that traditional marriage, like communism, is an outmoded social contract straining under the weight of its own inflexibility? In the final analysis, it may not be same-sex marriage, but a simple insistence to self-determine, that's causing brittle institutions of church and state to crack.
Seattle Weekly |
Kevin Phinney |
08-31-2009 |
LGBT
Council of Conservative Citizens Mixes Wedge Issues With Old-Style Race-Baitingnew
Despite their benign-sounding name, the Council of Conservative Citizens have deep, tangled roots in Mississippi's racist, segregationist past. The group's annual conference is in Jackson this weekend.
Jackson Free Press |
Jesse Wright |
06-26-2009 |
Race & Class
Mr. Obama: Resign Now
While Americans were whiling away the Memorial Day weekend, President Obama snuck through a terrifying new move toward dictatorship: he wants to subject Americans to "preventive detention."
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
05-27-2009 |
Commentary
The Symmetry of the African American and Gay Struggles for Civil Rightsnew
More needs to be done to integrate the message of equality into an all-inclusive community engagement strategy.
Random Lengths News |
Nii-Quartelai Quartey |
05-22-2009 |
Commentary
Alberto Mora: Profile in Cojonesnew
The Bush backer stood up against Guantanamo abuses. Now he's an Obama man.
Miami New Times |
Gus Garcia-Roberts |
03-02-2009 |
War
Where's the Justice for the GLBT Community?new
How many times this past week have we read -- in regard to Barack Obama's historic victory, or in reference to the passage of the anti-gay measures -- that "the long arc of history bends towards justice." This always sounds patronizing to me, like, "There, there, young fellow. Everything will be just fine. You just wait."
In Obama's Slogan, 'Yes We Can,' the Operative Word is 'We'new
The fresh air that rushes in now is the conviction that personal responsibility is not antithetical to collective obligation -- realized ultimately in government -- and that personal reward comes not from getting mine but from creating ours.
Seven Days |
Judith Levine |
11-12-2008 |
Commentary
An Open Letter to President-Elect Obamanew
Before Tuesday's election results were announced, we asked our fellow Milwaukeeans: If you could sit with the next president for two minutes, what would you tell him about your area of expertise? Here's what they had to say.
Shepherd Express |
Staff |
11-10-2008 |
Commentary
McCain Campaign Co-Chair Tries to Disenfranchise Wisconsin Votersnew
In 2008, it looks like Republicans will once again do anything to win, but this time Wisconsinites may have a front-row seat to all of their shenanigans and attempts to suppress the vote, if a lawsuit filed by Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen is any indication.
Shepherd Express |
Cory Liebmann |
09-19-2008 |
Politics
In the Midst of Declining Voter Turnout, Canada Just Made it Harder to Cast a Ballotnew
Taking a page straight from the U.S. Republican Party's playbook of dirty electioneering, legislation passed by Canadian parliament in 2007 will make it more difficult for citizens at society's edges to cast ballots when the country goes to the polls on October 14.
Monday Magazine |
Jason Youmans |
09-18-2008 |
Politics
Hart v. Arpaio Civil Rights Class-Action Suit Awaits Verdictnew
Of the more than 2,500 jail-related lawsuits filed against Arpaio, Hart v. Arpaio may be the most crucial because it addresses the civil rights of all inmates awaiting trial. It has the potential to affect conditions in Arpaio's jail.
Phoenix New Times |
John Dickerson |
09-16-2008 |
Crime & Justice
The Real ID Act Leads to a Civil-rights Nightmare on the Bordernew
To date, DHS has issued five waivers for "expeditious" implementation of the Secure Fence Act, including last April Fool's no-joke waiver of 36 federal acts along with "all federal, state, or other laws, regulations and legal requirements of, deriving from, or related to the subject of" those laws, from California to Texas.
San Antonio Current |
Nat Stone |
09-03-2008 |
Immigration
C. Fraser Smith Chronicles the Marylanders Who Fought For Civil Rights in 'Here Lies Jim Crow'new
Having Baltimore Sun columnist and WYPR senior news analyst Smith's new book in my possession has been as interesting and eye-opening as the book itself. The book drew people's attention everywhere I went.
Baltimore City Paper |
Petula Caesar |
08-12-2008 |
Nonfiction
Fifty Years Ago, Black Activists Stood Up to Discrimination by Sitting Downnew
When 13 youths requested equal service at Katz Drug Store on Aug. 19, 1958, they tipped off what some say were the first major sustained sit-ins in the American civil rights movement.
Oklahoma Gazette |
Emily Jerman |
08-06-2008 |
Race & Class
Remembering Rev. Louis Colemannew
"I can't think of a time I didn't know Louis Coleman," says Raoul Cunningham, president of the Louisville NAACP. The pair grew up together and while Cunningham says he participated in Louisville's sit-in movement as a teenager in the 1960s, Coleman didn’t join the civil rights movement until later in life.
LEO Weekly |
Phillip M. Bailey |
07-14-2008 |
Civil Liberties
