This short documentary follows the lawyer Steven Wise’s effort to break down the legal wall that separates animals from humans. As the New York Times reports, “In December 2013, the lawyer Steven Wise showed the world how, with a little legal jujitsu, an animal can transition from a thing without rights to a person with […]
My voting rights activist friend, 12-year-old Madison Kimrey recently penned an article titled Son Of GOP Senator Pushing Strict Voter ID Laws Arrested With Fake ID. After Madison’s article was published, a right-wing talk radio host, Pete Kaliner, tried to discount her in his blog by referring to her as an “abortion advocate.” Kaliner also said that Madison “demanded” a […]
Extra‘s Mario Lopez interviewed the former Alaska half-term governor and failed vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin and she said that she believed Hillary Clinton becoming a grandmother might “open her eyes” on the issue of abortion. You betcha! “I think that it will kind of broaden her world view. You know, I think anyone who’s a grandparent […]
When Oprah heard there was a morning show in Chicago that needed a new host, she stayed up all night long with an editor to prepare her audition tape. Watch her original audition tape, circa 1983! Oprah’s Original Audition Tape – The Oprah Winfrey Show – OWN See more memorable clips from The Oprah Winfrey […]
Attorney General Eric Holder said Monday that no company that breaks the law should be considered too large or too profitable to be immune from criminal prosecution. In the years after the financial collapse of 2008, some individuals used the phrase “too big to jail” to describe the theory that certain financial institutions – even […]