In early fall, Wisconsin Congresswomen Tammy Baldwin released a YouTube video imploring the LGBT community to support Pres. Obama's health care overhaul. The missive's timing could not have been more meaningful -- arriving after months of anti-Obama rhetoric from Gay leaders incensed over the President's perceived inaction on major...

Last month's arrest of a Florida-born West Bank resident by Israeli security forces is the most potent example yet of the threat posed by the Jewish Settler movement to Israel's democratic soul. Yet the bloody paper trail left by admitted murderer Jacob Teitel is not just a wake-up call to progressive-minded Israelis --...

Last week's successful repeal of Maine's same-sex marriage laws was a painful reminder that the United States remains far from a "perfect  union". Yet as disappointing as the Maine defeat was, the real disappointment actually resulted from the reactionary tactics employed by many  in the Marriage Equality movement. Tinged with racial overtones and...