Report: 'Decade of Progress' on LGBT Equality in America

As a decade draws to a close, a report prepared jointly by the Movement Advancement Project (MAP) and the evelyn & walter HAAS, JR. fund purportedly shows a 'Decade of Progress' on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and...

Attorney, 2 children , mother found dead in CA murder-suicide

Mother in San Clemente murder-suicide had just lost custody of 2 children  Children,  2 and 4,  among 4 victims found shot in San Clemente home  A 38 year old attorney,  her two young...

Oral Roberts Died Today: A Story for my Mother and Grandmother

Oral Roberts died today. My Mother and my Grandmother were deeply religious people, and the likes of evangelists appealed to them. If you are going to be a religious person, why not throw your heart and soul into...

$2 Million Dollar Fresno Homeless Award Video-former Mayor Autry

2008- Fresno, California USA. Shows the Honorable former Mayor Autry of Fresno, (also actor on Heat of The Night Series) apologizing to their homeless for years of failure and neglect. He empowers them by accepting...

Prop 8 sponsors will not have to show records, panel says

SAN FRANCISCO—The sponsors of  Proposition 8  -   California's gay marriage ban  -  will  not  be required  to turn over internal campaign documents and memos within the...

Ten ‘Heistman Trophy’ Finalists Named

" "Today, one year after sharing a similar report in 2008, I share a new oversight report issued this week on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act by Sens. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.).  Inside, it contains candidates for what an annual award...

Does Honesty Matter?

     In a NowPublic news article I wrote awhile back, about an impoverished man apparently sueing a huge nonprofit organization (Blacks, Men: Are Racial & Gender...

The GAS Police? ...and the New Land Rush!

     Oh yes, my friends, those who watch out for us all (and our planet) and declared both carbon and methane to be official targets of our ire and animosity.  Never mind the facts...

Separation of church and state case goes to US supreme court

In a press release from AU (Americans United for Separation of Church and State)  it has been reported that the U.S. Supreme Court  announced on Monday that it plans to hear a dispute from involving...

Norm Kent On the Suicide of Transsexual Sportswriter Mike Penner

Fort Lauderdale based criminal defense lawyer and member of the board of directors of NORML, Norm Kent's article On the Suicide of Mike Penner points out Why the Transgendered Need Civil Rights Protections. Mike...

Mike Penner: A cautionary tale of 'Transgender Regret'

Los Angeles Times sportswriter, Mike Penner, who announced to the world in 2007 that he was a transsexual sportswriter, then began working under the byline "Christine Daniels, was found dead at his Los Angeles home...

Erik Estavillo files million dollar lawsuit against Warcraft

Erik Estavillo filed a million dollar lawsuit against World of Warcraft maker Activision Blizzard for the numerous health damages caused by Warcraft.  Estavillo blames Warcraft for causing him to suffer from...

Bank Homes to Arise from 350,000 Exotic Mortgages

The rise in bank homes in the next few years will arise from the 350,000 exotic mortgages taken out from 2004 to 2007, according to a report published by S&P. The report stated that more than 22 percent of...

Depeche Mode Called in to Testify in 'World of Warcraft' Trial

Depeche Mode songwriter Martin Gore has been called in by video-gamer Erik Estavillo to testify in a lawsuit against World of Warcraft developers for leaving the californian WoW addict feeling removed and lonely in the real world. According to Estavillo, the melancholy...

California Medicaid Recipients Lose Denti Cal

Adult California Medicaid recipients have found themselves without dental coverage. Known as Denti Cal, it has been cut completely for adults over 19 in July.Tightening like that was expected due to financial crisis looming over California state government.What are...

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