I attended the 1st of the 3 rallies happening in Houston today. It was large considering the lead time. I have high hopes for tomorrow afternoon's rally at TSU; I wish I believed that we could start a movement that wiped prejudice away, but I do think we can change society's norms ( Read more... )

Racist Swiss People's Party triumphs over freedom.

Check out one of their 2007 election materials:


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He pleaded guilty and received life for the 2 killings, which he proudly proclaimed to be a hate crime in his suicide note/manifesto ( Read more... )

West Tennessee Chancellor George Ellis, without a request from the ex-husband, has invoked a paramour clause which prevents the divorced mother’s partner of nine years from staying overnight with the child. This has forced the couple to get 2 different apartments but thankfully the ACLU is on the job.

"Republican presidential hopeful George W. Bush and his wife sold their Dallas home in 1995 with a "restrictive covenant" in the deed designed to restrict ownership to white residents, records of the sale indicate ( Read more... )

Propositions H8. We shall overcome.

Oops, McCain campaign solicits illegally large campaign donation from Russia's U.N. Ambassador due to "mailing list error"- too bad that doesn't address why they were asking for over the $2300 limit in the first place.

Lots of depressing racism but here's a clip from a McCain rally that was reassuring in a "good for the republic" way.

Our right-off-of-Wall-Street Secretary of the Treasury once oversaw exactly the financial instruments that he's now decrying and responsible for cleaning up after? What a shock!

Also, this study about the impact of outlooks on gender roles on an individual's pay is interesting & I'd enjoy perusing it in detail ( Read more... )

The Haredim riot in Jerusalem in protest over their morality squad members being arrested. They also informed me that MP4 players are evil ( Read more... )

Principal outs gay high school student, insults her, then goes on a witch-hunt of students who might be supporting her