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Forget Janet Napolitano; Dismantle DHS
The appointment of Janet Napolitano to the top Homeland Security post has elicited a diverse number of reactions. In a New York Times article, some immigration hardliners are calling it a travesty, NumbersUSA thinks that President-elect Barack Obama could have Read More …
The Perversion of Tolerance – I Don't want to be 'Tolerated' and neither should you
Tolerance is intolerant and demands assimilation. —Herman Broch, cited in the Jewish Museum, Vienna, Austria Conversely, what is proclaimed and practiced as tolerance today, is in many of its most effective manifestations serving the cause of oppression. -Herbert Marcuse The Read More …
Prop. 8 and Straight White (Male) Politics
What is up with the Keith Olbermann video doing the rounds? You would think someone delivered a sermon or message from Jesus the way people are raving about it on Digg. Why does it take a straight, white male ally Read More …
Video Commentary: LGBT reactions to Barack Obama and Prop 8 in San Francisco
“I believe all communities need to be held accountable for their homophobia and transphobia. I want to acknowledge the suffering and hardship that the passage of Proposition 8 has caused for LGBT couples and families. But, while the media casts Read More …
In These Waiting Rooms of History – The DREAM of U
i wait for you in this caged room we’ve never met and yet [you feel familiar i feel like i’ve known you before] shadows mill past me moving slowly, drudging and digging futures ploughed within these timeless walls you see Read More …