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 […]
Protesters who want the Missouri state legislature to adopt the use of federal tax dollars to expand eligibility for Medicaid in the state disrupted debate in the state Senate, shutting it down temporarily on Tuesday. Missouri is among more than 20 states who have opted not to expand assistance to low-income persons under the Medicaid […]
Grammy Award winning singer Lorde is taking to social media to stand up for her privacy, turning the tables on an aggressive paparazzo, she says is stalking her. As ABC reports in the video, below, the 17-year-old New Zealand pop sensation is “fighting back against what she calls paparazzi harassment and stalking,” by complaining about […]
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice cancelled a planned speech at Rutgers University on Saturday in the wake of student protests. Rice had been scheduled to speak at Rutgers’ commencement ceremony for $35,000 on May 18th and was to receive an honorary doctoral degree at that that time Rice announced the cancellation on her Facebook […]
IMAGINE A WORLD without hate This amazing video was created by the Anti-Defamation League for their 100th anniversary that considers a world without martyrs set to John Lennon’s ‘Imagine.’ The ADL Centennial site asks you to “Take just 80 seconds of your time to watch this powerful video, which imagines a world without racism, […]