Actor, author and gay rights activist George Takei spoke to the BBC’s Katty Kay late last year. Takei spoke about his Star Trek role, internment in a Japanese camp in the US during WWII, his internet popularity and his advocacy of gay marriage. You can watch the interview, courtesy of BBC, below: http://youtu.be/RWBHygSTpD8
A California group with ties to white nationalists released an anti-immigration ad invoking Martin Luther King, Jr. in an attempt to appeal to minorities. As reported by Raw Story the ad’s “sponsor, which has been designated a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, is funded by white nationalist John Tanton, a retired Michigan […]
Crossfire hosts Stephanie Cutter and S.E. Cupp debated solutions to unemployment with former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and Robert Reich on Wednesday. Cupp, a self-described Log Cabin Republican, ended up getting a lot more than she bargained for when she attempted to go toe-to-toe against Robert Reich’s belief that minimum wage levels should be increased. As […]
At a House subcommittee meeting last Thursday, Tea Party favorite Rep. Steve King “mocked an expert who testified, accurately, that paying out of pocket for an abortion could cost a low-income woman more than a month’s rent,” as reported by Right Wing Watch. Speaking before the all-male subcommittee, Professor Susan Wood of George Washington University […]
“Fifty years after the War on Poverty began, millions of women are still struggling to get by.” ~Maria Shriver Maria Shriver reported in a recent article in Atlantic that: Women are nearly two-thirds of minimum-wage workers in the country. More than 70 percent of low-wage workers get no paid sick days at all. Forty percent […]