Pro-choice, LGBTQ, and immigrant rights advocates all have their eyes set on Congress for today’s vote on S. 3455, the Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011. It turns out that they all have something on the agenda, Read More …

While veteran and once-maverick GOP senators such as John McCain have lost their grip on reality, military veterans such as Colin Powell are declaring their support for the DREAM Act. On NBC’s Meet the Press, Colin Powell stressed that the Read More …

After years of immigrant youth organizing, the DREAM Act is closer to passing than anytime in recent history. But we still do not have the 60 votes needed to proceed on a motion to adopt the amendment to the defense Read More …

GOP Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says that the DREAM Act is extraneous to the Department of Defense bill, but maybe he ought to read the legislation. Besides the college route, the DREAM Act also allows young undocumented immigrants who Read More …

Two conservative Alabama juries made history by making a decision in a racial discrimination case in favor of African-American plaintiffs and rewarding them damages, only to see their efforts squashed by a U.S. Court of Appeals decision. Apparently, calling an Read More …