Equality

Thousands Join Together in Israel's First Human Rights March

Hagai El-Ad | Posted 12.18.2009 | World

Read More: Equality, Social Justice, Human Rights, Speech, Acri, Activism, March, Democracy, Civil Society, Israel, World News
Hagai El-Ad

In an unprecedented show of strength, diversity, and optimism, more than 5,000 people marched together in Tel Aviv on December 11, in Israel's first H...

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New Jersey, Just Say No

Sara Haile-Mariam | Posted 12.11.2009 | New York

Read More: Equality, Ruben Diaz, Young People, New Jersey, Campus Progress, Gay Marriage, New York, Marriage Equality, New York News
Sara Haile-Mariam

We must ask why the same freedom that enables a State Senator to say "no" in Albany prohibits a same-sex couple from saying "I do" in Brooklyn.

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In New Jersey, Marriage Equality Does an Economy Good

John R. Bohrer | Posted 12.07.2009 | New York

Read More: Gay Marriage Nj, New Jersey State Senate, Nj Vote Gay Marriage, New Jersey, New York Gay Marriage, New York Senate Gay Marriage, Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Cynthia Nixon Same Sex Marriage, Marriage Equality, New York Same Sex Marriage, Marriage New Jersey, Equality, New York Gay Marriage Bill, New York News
John R. Bohrer

Marriage equality is perhaps the most painless, inexpensive way for the New Jersey legislature to grow the state economy.

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It's a Helluva State

Cynthia Nixon | Posted 12.04.2009 | New York

Read More: Equality, Gay Rights, New York Same Sex Marriage, Ruth Hassell-Thompson Gay Marriage, Same Sex Marriage, New York Senate Gay Marriage, Cynthia Nixon Same Sex Marriage, Ruth Hassell-Thompson, Gay Marriage, Marriage Equality, New York Senate Votes No Gay Marriage, New York Gay Marriage Bill, New York Gay Marriage, New York News
Cynthia Nixon

Guess Christine and I can kiss that Waldorf Astoria wedding... Brooklyn Botanical Gardens wedding... Montauk Beach wedding -- you fill in the blank -- goodbye. But we have two things today we didn't have earlier.

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Democracy, Human Rights, Us. No Way We're Giving Them Up.

Hagai El-Ad | Posted 11.23.2009 | World

Read More: Freedom of Speech, Civil Liberties, Equality, Social Justice, Human Rights, Acri, Association for Civil Rights in Israel, Israel, March, World News
Hagai El-Ad

A state in which human rights are conditional is no democracy at all, and there is no way we will allow Israel to slide down that slippery slope.

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Too Religious To Be Spiritually Mature

Deborah Plummer | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Spiritual Maturity, One Nation Under God, Religious Values, Equality, Politics, Religion, Racism, Race, Health Care, Spirituality, Living News
Deborah Plummer

As a nation characterized by a high percentage of Americans who identify themselves as religious, one might assume that we would witness less signs of spiritual immaturity than we are experiencing lately.

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Deepak Chopra Picks World's Most Powerful Teachers

forbes.com | Deepak Chopra | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Women's Rights, Equality, Deepak Chopra, Environment, Environmentalism, Teachers, Al Gore, Student, Teaching, The Inner Life, Feminism, Spirituality, Gender, Gloria Steinem, Living News

Deepak Chopra picks the world's most powerful teachers....

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Women's Happiness Isn't A Dead Deer on the Dining Room Table

Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner | Posted 11.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Equality, Politics, Women's Rights, Women, momsrising.org, Economic Crisis, Sexism, Being Happy, Momsrising, Living News
Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

The message is: Women, you, and your fight for equality, are responsible for your own unhappiness. It's a Half-Lash: The backlash from women becoming half of the paid labor force.

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The New Gay Apartheid

Jim David | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Equality, Gay Rights, Gay, Gay Marriage, Matthew Shepard Act, Matthew Shepard, Wingnut, National Organization for Marriage, David Mixner, Anti-Gay, Maine Gay Marriage, Religious Right, Gay Apartheid, Politics News
Jim David

Whatever church those people do go to, they are taught hate and fear, not the Christian love I grew up with. They both hate gays and fear them.

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Everyone Should Be Aware Of Their Inalienable Human Rights

Shulamith Koenig | Posted 11.18.2009 | Impact

Read More: Udhr, Human Rights, Shulamith Koenig, United Nations, Equality, Dignity, Non-Discrimination, Human Rights Cities, Patriarchy, Triumph, Impact News
Shulamith Koenig

Allow me humbly to ask you to walk with me into this discourse about human rights as a way of life, slowly and thoughtfully.

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Bloomberg's Legacy Is at Risk -- Here's How He Can Save It

John Petro | Posted 11.06.2009 | New York

Read More: New York City Elections, Equality, Minimum Wage, Inclusionary Zoning, San Francisco, Bill Thompson, New York City, Michael Bloomberg, New York News
John Petro

Even during the boom, many New Yorkers saw their wages stagnate while housing prices escalated. Under Bloomberg, New York saw extraordinary growth, but it was far from equitable.

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Creating Gender Equality In The 21st Century

Susan Smalley, Ph.D. | Posted 11.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Equality, Women's Movement, Human Rights, Congo, Gender Inequality, Slavery, Women's Rights, Living News
Susan Smalley, Ph.D.

Nichlas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn's recent book "Half the Sky" is a call of awakening for all men and women to take action and right the wrongs existing in the world today because of gender inequality.

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The Power of Fear and the Obligation to Hope

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Equality, Fearmongering, Fear, LGBT Issues, Hope, Gay, New Jersey Governor Race, Marriage Equality, Maine, LGBT Politics, Virginia, Lgbt, Gay Rights, Virginia Governors Race, New Jersey, LGBT Rights, Maine Gay Marriage, Fundraising, LGBT Families, Gay Issues, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Emma Ruby-Sachs

It was not surprising to learn that New Jersey and Virginia both elected Republican Governors. But I could not have predicted the loss in the tiny, liberal, free state of Maine.

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An Idea Whose Time Has Come

Barbara Coombs Lee | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stem Cell Research, Equality, National Review, Reproductive Choice, Dignity, Civil Rights, American Medical Association, Human Liberty, Twenty-First Century, Personal Choice, Death Panel, Politics News
Barbara Coombs Lee

End of life choice is the human liberty movement of the twenty-first century. This is the arena where dignity and liberty stride forward today. The struggle for end-of-life choices is a movement whose time has come.

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Referendum 71: US Supreme Court Judge Blocks Release Of Names In Gay Rights Ballot Fight

AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Equality, US Supreme Court, Ref 71, Benefits, Gay, Benjamin Settle, Public, Same-Sex, Washington State, Names, Gay Rights, Vote, Secret, Supreme Court, Referendum 71, Olympia, Open-Government, Justice Kennedy, Anthony Kennedy, Petition, Gay Marriage, Domestic Partnership, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has temporarily blocked Washington state officials from releasing the names of people who sig...

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WISE Muslim Women Standing Up

Sumbul Ali-Karamali | Posted 10.10.2009 | World

Read More: Egypt, Philippines, Women's Rights, Equality, Islam, Muslim Women, Fgm, Gender Equality, Muslim, Female Genital Mutilation, Women's Health, Islamic, Clitoridectomy, Female Genital Cutting, World News
Sumbul Ali-Karamali

Along with over 200 other Muslim women from 55 countries, I attended panels and seminars, all focused on educating and empowering Muslim women and promoting their rights from an Islamic perspective.

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What!? Racism Still in America?

Jim Wallis | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, President Obama, Voting, Racial Equality, Head of State, Racial, Black, White America, Civil Rights, Republican, African-American, Citizens, Conservative, Martyr, Inauguration, Justice, Health Care, Equality, Lying, Conservative Friends, Politics, Racist, Congress, Health, United States, First Black President, President of the United States, Minority Race, Race, Racism, Apologies, White, Disagreements, Party, Ethnicity, Rhetoric, Politics News
Jim Wallis

I see racial sub-texts in the intensity of the attacks on Obama -- not in the disagreements per se, but in the viciousness of the rhetoric.

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This Mom is Heading to the National Equality March

Randi Reitan | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Equality, National Equality March, Gay Children, Demand Equality, Parents, Living News
Randi Reitan

I know that there are other parents out there who are afraid for their own gay children, as I once was. If you come to D.C. in October, you will find the National Equality March an unforgettable experience.

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Lessons In Hope and Inspiration From Harvey Milk

Jason Mannino | Posted 09.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Obama, Living, California, Gay Rights, Barack Obama, Gay Marriage, Lgbt, Equality, Homosexuality, Relationships, Homosexual, Stuart Milk, Harvey Milk, Sexual Preference, Gay, Harvey Milk Day, Living News
Jason Mannino

Honoring Harvey Milk with a day that commemorates him helps to send the still dire messages of hope, inspiration, and equality. It also boldly states that we do not live in a culture that tolerates violent oppression.

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The Unfinished Work of Women's Political Equality

Linda Basch | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Equality, Politics, Women's Leadership, Gender, Politics News
Linda Basch

Today is Women's Equality Day, the anniversary of the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote. Looking around, I see in too many places the unfinished work of women's political emancipation and equal representation.

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Women's Equality Day: Some Things You Should Know

Luis R. Burgos, Jr. | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Equality, Women, Women's Rights, Women's Suffrage, Women's Issues, Income Inequality, Women's Equality Day, Politics News
Luis R. Burgos, Jr.

While the 19th Amendment to the Constitution that granted women's suffrage seems like ancient history (it became law in 1920), we actually still have a long way to go.

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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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In Defense of Bruno

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 08.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Equality, Homosexuality, Gay Rights, Sacha Baron Cohen Bruno Movie, Sacha Baron Cohen, Glaad, Gayface, Bruno, Homophobia, Homosexuality and Religion, Gay, Sacha Baron Cohen Bruno, Gay Adoption, Gay Issues, Marriage Equality, Homophobe, Homosexuals, Entertainment News
Emma Ruby-Sachs

Bruno documents the real hatred and craziness gripping many corners of this country. Sacha Baron Cohen pushes people to confront homosexuality, and he exposes violent and shocking intolerance.

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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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Scanning the Latest Blog Posts, 233 Years Ago

Louise Mirrer | Posted 08.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Freedom of Speech, Declaration of Independence, Equality, Sean Wilentz, Princeton, Princeton University, Independence Day, Bloggers, Pamphlets, Book-Collecting, Democracy, Fourth of July, Sidney Lapidus, Blogging, Media News
Louise Mirrer

The American Revolution had its own bloggers. They were called pamphleteers and their opinions were pointed, their language was colorful, and their sense of urgency was compelling.

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