Kennedy Legacy

The Dream Lives On: Keeping The Kennedy Fire Alive

Kari Henley | Posted 09.30.2009 | Living


Kari Henley

As Senator Kennedy was finally laid to rest yesterday, the weight of his passing hit me much harder than I thought. I can feel the collective heartbre...

To This Partisan Irish Catholic, More Change We Can Believe In

Mary Lyon | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics


Mary Lyon

I've learned over the past several decades to be relentlessly and sometimes ruthlessly partisan. However, watching Ted Kennedy's tribute-cum-wake at the JFK Library, I found myself changing.

Kennedy's Gay Rights Advocacy Remembered

AP | DENISE LAVOIE | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics


BOSTON — For decades, Edward Kennedy was considered the most powerful voice in the Senate for gay rights as a strong supporter of HIV/AIDS fundi...

Ryan Grim

Kennedy Dies With "Cause of His Life" Just Out Of Reach

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics


Edward Kennedy, last of the Kennedy brothers and one of his generation's foremost champions of the less fortunate, died last night with the "cause of ...