I'm in San Francisco, the epicenter of the movement to give LGBT people equality under the law and in the minds of Americans. I'm here to take part in the filming of the movie MILK, based on the life of former San Francisco Supervisor, Harvey Milk. Over the past few...

Below is a piece written by Reverend Bennie Colclough. He is an African American Minister in South Carolina, a graduate of Yale Divinity School, and a veteran of the United States Marine Corps.

His words are powerful and address some incredibly important issues facing society today. As a gay man,...

There is a report that House Conferees on the Defense Authorization Act will scrap the Matthew Shepard Act that was attached to the bill in the Senate.

House Democrats are reportedly resigned to removing the Matthew Shepard Hate Crime bill from defense authorization legislation.

Congressional Quarterly reports that House...

For those following the Nebraska U.S. Senate Race, it's been mostly a story of wait and see. Now it is turning into a story of selling out or standing up.

It seems as if Senator Ben Nelson, who one of the LEAST reliable votes on matters important to Democrats and...

The recent media intrigue over allegations of "question planting" in the audience of Hillary Clinton rallies and town hall meetings is ridiculous and lacks insight. Candidates who 'plant' questions are lightweights. Take George W. Bush for instance. He's a moron who can barely speak proper English, much less be capable...

Yesterday's announcement that Pat Robertson is endorsing Rudy Giuliani is a big moment in modern political history. It signals the beginning of the end of the power that social conservatives have held over Republican Presidential candidates for many years.

Giuliani's camp is spinning the endorsement as a proof of Giuliani's...

The National Stonewall Democrats is the national organization representing LGBT Democratic activists throughout the nation. Ever heard of 'em?

They're making a splash with their new NoSubstitutes.org website. It's a direct challenge to the Democratic Leadership in Congress, who has substituted a fully inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act bill with...

Yesterday's historic cloture-proof vote in support of the Matthew Shepard Act, commonly referred to as the hate crimes bill was a major victory. Every Democratic Senator joined together with a handful of Republicans to reach 60 votes in favor of a bill that classifies crimes against people that are motivated...

The United States House of Representatives just voted to condemn Moveon.org for an ad, which ran in last Monday's New York Times. The vote was 341-79.

Yesterday, the House passed legislation that will increase health care coverage to an additional 3.5 million children. That vote was 265-159.

By an...

The ongoing battle to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program is a big one. Stakes are high for everyone involved: the Congress, the White House, governors, state legislators, and, most importantly, nearly 3.5 million additional children that would be covered by health insurance.

This is an enormous issue...

In a post yesterday, you learned about Rudy's desire to live by a different set of rules than MoveOn.org. Today, his camp is lying about it!

In a write-up over at the Washington Post by Michael Shear, Rudy's spokesperson had this to say:

"Our ad not only met...

Rudy Giuliani is a hypocrite who thinks he should live by rules different than others. He attacked MoveOn.org and the New York Times for the rate charged for a newspaper ad. Promptly, he ran an ad in response and paid... wait for it... the SAME amount.

Since the NYT says...

Twenty three Senate Democrats today showed that they are cowards and will bend to the slightest threat by the right wing. They all joined every single Republican Senator in censuring MoveOn.org's advertisement in the New York Times. The add, now famously known as the "General Betray Us" ad, asserted that...

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There are so many things wrong with this video that I don't even know where to start.

You can see another video, posted at Daily Kos here that shows the student's full question.

Sure, he...

Today's Washington Post headline reads, "Petraeus Backs Initial Pullout." That is pathetic. The headline should have read something like: "General dons rose-colored glasses in report to Congress."

The idea to 'propose' withdrawing some troops is a mere political ploy to continue funding the war with the least pushback possible...

Bloggers from both ends of the political spectrum rarely find agreement on issues. Even more rarely do they sit around a table to brainstorm on ways we can work together. This summer, The ONE Campaign provided the issue and the setting that brought conservative and liberal bloggers to stand...

There is an effort underway by conservatives to split up California's electoral votes. This would dilute the power of California to have a say in who becomes president and it would give an unfair advantage to Republicans.

The Courage Campaign has launched a Campaign against this effort called "No...

Bill Richardson just announced that he has signed a pledge to respect the Pre-February 5 window set by the Democratic National Committee. This is a great thing and here's why....

For those of you who missed my earlier posts about this, they are here and here. Basically,...

The Edwards campaign just sent out this video. It's incredibly moving.

In the interest of full disclosure, I was a delegate for John Edwards to the 2004 Democratic National Convention. I was for him in 2004 because he inspired me to believe that we could fight for a better...

Progressives were recently chagrined over the remarks of newbie California Congressman Jerry McNerney upon his return from a congressional trip to Iraq. He was elected as a progressive, anti-war Democrat, defeating a DCCC-backed candidate in the primary and Richard Pombo, the only Republican committee chair to lose re-election in resolutions,...