Artists from across the country are creating works of art using stocks, barrels, bullets and chambers from guns pulled off the streets for an exhibit, “Guns in the Hands of Artists,” which opens October 4 in New Orleans. The show, presented by the Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, is “a reprise of a similar show that took […]
Teen activist Madison Kimrey gave a powerful speech at the We Are Woman Constitution Day Rally on Saturday. She was one of many speakers including Feminist Majority president Eleanor Smeal and the National Organization for Women President, Terry O’Neill. Other notable speakers included Maryland Congressman Chris Van Hollen and Madison’s good friend – author Kimberley […]
A new craze is hitting the internet identified by the hashtag #BurnWhiteJesus. Otherwise known as the “White Jesus Picture Challenge,” it calls upon people to post online videos of themselves burning pictures depicting Jesus Christ as a white man. The religious education website Patheos writes, the challenge “seems to be a recognition that the common […]
How Police Became Soldiers With the Pentagons 1033 Programs, “Protect and Serve” Became “Search and Destroy” You can fight back. SIGN ONE OF THE PETITIONS: Daily Kos Campaign: Stop militarizing our police CARE2 Petitions: Stop the Militarization of Police in America Immediately ForceChange.com: Stop the Militarization of U.S. Police Quick facts on Police Militarization: • […]
A few months ago, progressive talk show host Thom Hartmann posed a question to heartless, vomit-inducing “gender traitor,” Phyllis Schlafly about whether or not a person who didn’t make enough money to support themselves, was really free. Good question, Thom. Although beside the point, it’s worth mentioning his inquiry was met with about six seconds […]