Ever since Chelsea Manning was revealed as the whistleblower responsible for one of the most important journalistic archives in history, her heroism has been manifest. She was the classic leaker of conscience, someone who went at the age of 20 to fight in the Iraq War believing it was noble, only to discover the dark reality not only of that war ( Read more... )

EDITED TO ADD: I hope the lack of response to this was due to people fleeing LJ in a panic and therefore not being around to read it. Otherwise, I'll be forced to believe that people here don't care that 7 men may be tortured to death later this month in Arkansas. :-((((N APRIL 17, the state of Arkansas plans to kill Don Davis and Bruce Earl Ward, ( Read more... )

Trump’s proverb, Paul Ryan’s ‘despicable’ pint and other St. Patrick’s Day mishapsThe day began with a cringe-worthy, mildly offensive Irish cliche in front of a roomful of Irish people, and it all went downhill from there ( Read more... )

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Vice President Joe Biden penned an open letter to the Stanford sexual assault survivor who read a powerful message to her assailant in court detailing the effects of his actions on her.

Her letter has since been read by millions of people and has drawn attention to the judge’s six-month sentence for Brock Turner - the champion swimmer who was ( Read more... )

In a stunning upset, a retired schoolteacher who believes President Barack Obama once worked as a gay prostitute lost her bid to become a member of Texas' State Board of Education (SBOE) on Tuesday ( Read more... )

A federal judge ruled Thursday that Mississippi’s ban on same-sex couples adopting children is unconstitutional, making gay adoption legal in all 50 states.

U.S. District Judge Daniel Jordan issued a preliminary injunction against the ban, citing the Supreme Court’s decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide last summer. The injunction ( Read more... )

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