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Health Care Concerns: Gap Between Blacks, Whites Widens In Chicago

chicagotribune.com | Deborah L. Shelton | Posted 12.18.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Poverty, Segregation, Race Relations, Health, Chicago, Equal Rights, Race, Health Care, Health Study, Inequality, Chicago News

A widening gulf in the health status of blacks and whites in Chicago comes even as disparities between the two races nationally have remained relative...

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Nancy Lieberman's Legacy Transcends Sports

Joe Favorito | Posted 12.09.2009 | Sports

Read More: Martina Navratilova, Sports-Philanthropy, Olympics, Joseph Lieberman, Billie Jean King, Nba, Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban, Equal Rights, Ronnie Lott, Nfl, Bill Walsh, Wnba, Nancy Leiberman, Sports News
Joe Favorito

One of the great things that draws us to athletics, competing or even watching, is the surprise. Nancy Lieberman, 50 years old and a New York City native, has seemingly conquered every barrier ever presented to her.

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ACLU Loses $20 Million Donor, Said To Be David Gelbaum

New | STEPHANIE STROM | Posted 12.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, Civil Liberties, Sierra Club, Philanthrophy, Quercus Trust, Madoff, Economy, David Gelbaum, Religious Freedom, Equal Rights, Funding, Anonymous Donor, Quercus, Open Society Institute, Politics News

A longtime anonymous donor to the American Civil Liberties Union has withdrawn his annual gift of more than $20 million, punching a 25 percent hole in...

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Inner Activism: Three Tricks To Avoiding Burnout

William Horden | Posted 12.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Zen, Social Change, Tao Te Ching, Equal Rights, Authenticity, Lao Tzu, Peace, Inner Change, Transfomation, Fortitude, Symbols, Burnout, The Inner Life, Living News
William Horden

Farmers have to rely on the weather but know it will break their hearts sometimes. As citizens, we have to rely on our leaders but know they will break our hearts sometimes. It is the downside of activism.

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Estate Tax Bill Passed in House Doesn't Spell "Relief" for Same-Sex Couples

Michael Steinberger | Posted 12.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: LGBT Rights, Congress, Tax Policy, LGBT Families, Estate Tax, Equal Rights, Same Sex Couples Tax Issues, Politics News
Michael Steinberger

All of the proposals being circulated in Congress have titles asserting they provide estate tax "relief." However, one group that none of the proposals relieve from an unfair tax burden is hundreds of thousands of same-sex couples.

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Remember the Maine Elections

Michael Roth | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Maine Elections, Justice, Gay Marriage, Marriage Equality, Equal Rights, Gay Rights, Politics News
Michael Roth

On Election Day the voters of Maine decreed that two of my friends shouldn't be able to save the date, plan the meals, hire the band, and join with family and friends in affirming their commitment.

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Why Is Anti-Gay Violence Soaring in Britain?

Johann Hari | Posted 11.03.2009 | World

Read More: Homophobia, Equal Rights, Hate Crimes, Intolerance, Gay Rights, Stonewall, World News
Johann Hari

In the past few years, gay people have finally begun to exercise the same rights as their straight siblings, yet there has been a sharp surge in violence against us.

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From Mother's Dream to "A Woman's Nation" -- Shriver Charts Progress for American Women

Lys Anzia | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gloria Steinem, Shirin Ebadi, Women's Rights, Feminists, Maria Shriver, A Woman's Nation, Equal Rights, World, American Women, Politics News
Lys Anzia

Like their global sisters, I know American women want equal opportunity. Let's hope this report finds a way to bring a deep appreciation of this fact, with resulting improvement, to the political, humanitarian, social and business lives for women across the US.

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New Rule: Everyone Deserves Equal Rights

Bill Maher | Posted 10.10.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Equal Rights, GGay Nation, Teabaggers, Rush Limbaugh, Big Gay Speech, Acorn, Harry Truman, Congress, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Hbo, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Goldman Sachs, Oprah Winfrey, Gay Rights, Bill Ayers, Glenn Beck, Tea Party, Bill Maher, Bill Maher New Rule, Comedy News
Bill Maher

This weekend is the perfect time for Obama to announce he's repealing "don't ask, don't tell" and committing to a full-throated endorsement of gay marriage. But of course that's not going to happen.

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National Equality March: DC Prepares For LGBT Community

The Huffington Post | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 10.09.2009 | Impact

Read More: Lgbt, California Gay Marriage, National Equality March, LGBT Issues, Proposition 8, Gay Rights, LGBT Rights, Equal Rights, Gay, Gay Marriage, California Proposition 8, Impact News

People from across the U.S. are converging on Washington D.C. this weekend for the National Equality March, a movement from the LGBT community to dema...

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Could Michael Moore Know Why Women Are Unhappy?

Kamala Lopez | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Equal Rights Amendment, Gender Equality, Capitalism: A Love Story, Michael Moore, Era, Equal Rights, Women's Unhappiness, Now, Kim Gandy, Alice Paul, Fourteenth Amendment, Congresswoman-Carolyn-Maloney-Senate, Linda Wharton, Feminist Majority, Politics News
Kamala Lopez

Simply put -- are women, should women be equal or not? Not implicitly equal. Not equal in New York state but not so much in Georgia. Not equal in every area as compared to men. Just equal, plain and simple?

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The Unnoticed Effects of DOMA

Fred Silberberg | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Marriage, Divorce, Domestic Partnerships, Equal Rights, Obama, Spousal-Benefits, Full-Faith-and-Credit-Clause, Justice Department, Gay Marriage, Defense of Marriage Act, Marriage Equality, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News
Fred Silberberg

Until DOMA is repealed, "Equal Justice Under Law," the inscription on the building which houses the United States Supreme Court, will have no meaning.

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LGBT Equality - It's About Love

Jason Mannino | Posted 09.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Lgbt, Equal Rights, California Gay Marriage, Equality, California, Los Angeles-California, Prop 8, Marriage Equality, Relationships, Living News
Jason Mannino

"I used to think that it was anger that motivated me...Then at some point I realized it wasn't really anger that was keeping me going..it was doing th...

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She's Out There! Her Name is Kara Silverman!

Amy Sewell | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Equal Rights, Hillary Clinton, Hope, Feminism, Woman President, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, President Obama, Politics News
Amy Sewell

As a country, we have grown up, adapted to the ever changing world, and begun to take responsibility for our role in its current state.

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New DOMA Lawsuit is the Most Exciting Yet

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 08.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Marriage, Gay Rights, John Kerry, Equal Rights, Equal Protection, State's Rights, Full-Faith-and-Credit-Clause, Glad, Doma, Gill Et Al, Defense of Marriage Act, Gay Marriage, U.S. Supreme Court, Martha Coakley, Smelt, Politics News
Emma Ruby-Sachs

A suit filed yesterday in Massachusetts is a smart, novel attack on a law that is clearly unconstitutional, but also has the support of a waning, yet significant portion of the U.S. population.

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Fort Worth Gay Bar Raid No Accident

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Equality, LGBT Issues, Intolerance, Gay Bashing, Police, Police Brutality, Equal Rights, Matthew Shepard, Rainbow Lounge, Boys Don't Cry, Fort Worth-Texas, Lgbt, Texas, Gay Rights, LGBT Rights, Homophobia, Discrimination, Fort Worth, Gay Bars, Politics News
Emma Ruby-Sachs

Stonewall was an expression of power and identity in the face of forced anonymity and oppression. The raid at Fort Worth is a different story altogether.

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Governor Sanford and the Failure of Moral Politics

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Moral Values, Religion, Mark Sanford, Gay Rights, Equal Rights, Religion and Politics, Argentina, Morality, Mark Sanford Argentina, Sanford Affair, Moral Hazard, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Emma Ruby-Sachs

It's satisfying to lambast a staunch social conservative for an extramarital affair on another continent. But the real failure in this sad story is a political platform based on a personal moral code.

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Gay America's Afternoon in the White House

Tom Gregory | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Family Values, Equal Rights, Sally Kern, Doma, President Obama, Evangelical Christians, Gay Marriage, Barack Obama, Politics News
Tom Gregory

At Monday's address, President Obama renewed thin promises while asking for patience. There was no message indicating that homophobia is the problem, not homosexuals.

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I Ask President Obama for Full Equality for my Gay Son

Randi Reitan | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gay-Equality, California Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Prop 8, Doma, Dadt, Obama Gay Rights, Equal Rights, Gay Community, Barack Obama, Politics News
Randi Reitan

I ask you with tears in my eyes, with pain in my heart and with a mother's enduring love for her dear children, please bring equality, true full equality to my son and to all in the gay community.

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Starbucks Offers Better Same-Sex Medical Benefits Than Obama

Kase Wickman | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: U.S. Department of Justice, News, President Barack Obama, Politics, Obama and Gays, Democrats, Government, Civil Unions, Dadt, Gay Rights, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Equal Rights, Federal Government, Gay Marriage, Glbt, Benefits, Starbucks, Gay and Lesbian, Obama and Glbt, Politics News
Kase Wickman

A gay Starbucks barista's wife gets better medical benefits than if she was married to a female senator.

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The Gay Guide to Obama's Remarks Today

Lane Hudson | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Equal Rights, Fairness, Barack Obama, Obama Extends Federal Benefits, Gays Federal Benefits, Barack Obama Gay Issues, Gay Marriage, Gay Issues, Politics News
Lane Hudson

The administration has taken backward steps away from fulfilling the vision Obama laid out for LGBT Americans. What the president says today will be far more consequential than what he does.

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Obama Offers Gays a Consolation Prize of Extended Benefits

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Equality, California, Litigation, President Obama, Obama Defense of Marriage Act, Obama Gay Rights, Same-Sex Couples Federal Benefits, Equal Rights, Defense of Marriage Act, Barack Obama, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Marriage, California Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Emma Ruby-Sachs

I hate to be the one to explain this struggle to the first black president, but the equality movement is not a grab bag of rights. You don't get to reach in and see which prize you've won.

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Obama's Law Professor Says DOMA Unconstitutional

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Unconstitutional, Marriage, Harvard University, Laurence Tribe, Equal Rights, Harvard Law School, Gay and Lesbian Rights, Department of Justice, Glad, Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders, Constitution, Civil Rights, Gay Marriage, Barack Obama, Defense of Marriage Act, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News
Emma Ruby-Sachs

A campaign is underway to encourage the Department of Justice to refuse to defend the Defense of Marriage Act.

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The (Zigzagged) Arc of History

Tanene Allison | Posted 06.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, History, Proposition 8, Martin Luther King, Equal Rights, Gay Marriage, Civil Rights, Harvey Milk, Marriage Equality, Politics News
Tanene Allison

Every one of us debating inequality over our coffees in the morning has been granted a rare opportunity to change what it is those future grandchildren will read about.

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"Letter from a Birmingham Jail" and Ted Olson and David Boies' Fight for Equal Rights

Trevor Neilson | Posted 06.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Aclu, Equal Rights, California Gay Marriage, Proposition 8, Ted Olson, Gay Marriage, Solicitor-General-Ted-Olson, David Boies, Politics News
Trevor Neilson

One of the most important events in the history of civil rights may have happened today.

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