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Marvin Gaye sings the National Anthem How To Celebrate the Fourth of July: Read Frederick Douglass by Kai Wright “I’m content to let most holidays be just that—a time when you come off your daily grind and act up with the friends and family. July 4th—or, Independence Day—is a bit more complicated for me. It’s [...]
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BREAKING: Rhode Island legislature passes civil union bill By David Ariosto, CNNJune 29, 2011 9:35 p.m. EDT (CNN) — Less than a week after New York became the nation’s sixth state to legalize same-sex marriage, Rhode Island state lawmakers on Wednesday voted in favor of a bill that permits civil unions between gay and lesbian [...]
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Saudi women defy ban to take driver’s seat Several women drive around in kingdom in open defiance of rule that prohibits them from driving. A number of Saudi women have defied a ban on driving by getting behind the wheel in the conservative kingdom. Friday’s show of defiance came in response to calls on social [...]
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You can watch the live feed from Times Square from a variety of locations in the vicinity here. Below the livecam screen there are icons for watching the countdown and festivities in other countries. For last year’s words belong to last year’s language and next year’s words await another voice. And to make an end [...]
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• There cannot be true democracy unless women’s voices are heard. There cannot be true democracy unless women are given the opportunity to take responsibility for their own lives. There cannot be true democracy unless all citizens are able to participate fully in the lives of their country. –HRC, July 11, 1997 “The challenges of [...]
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It’s been a hell of a week here at Chez Murphy and today feels like a good day to start fresh. The sun is shining and warm, the daffodils and forsythia are blooming everywhere, and little kids are racing around the paths in town on scooters and bikes with an excited puppy bounding ahead and [...]
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He’s lost his legislative agenda, probably for good. One time supporters are saying he’s doing everything wrong. His minions on the blogs have turned like worms and are ready to eat him alive. He can’t get his Fed Chair appointed to a new term. And now he’s talking to old ladies in Ohio about diapers?! [...]
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Here are 10 Good Things to think about as we ring in the New Year. May they warm your heart, inspire you, and be harbingers of better things to come in 2010. 10. Sonia Sotomayor becomes the the third woman to serve on the Supreme Court. 9. Half the Sky is published — in its 16th printing [...]
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