The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a far-right organization known for its advocacy of “Stand Your Ground” laws and restrictions on voting rights, has a history of anti-gay propaganda, according to recently released documents. People for the American Way (PFAW) uncovered and released an ALEC memo from 1985, called “Homosexuals: Just Another Minority Group?” that…
Expanding their efforts to keep citizens safe on San Diego roadways, UC San Diego’s Training, Research and Education for Driving Safety (TREDS) program announced today that they are launching a new distracted driving education project called Just Drive – Take Action Against Distraction, a one hour class free of charge offered to businesses in San…
In a stinging rebuke, officials at Morgan State University, a historically black college in Baltimore, Md., have placed its Kappa Alpha Psi chapter on probation until fall of 2015 after a student complained that he was rejected because he is gay. Brian Stewart, 20, a former White House intern, filed the complaint in late October after…
WASHINGTON, — Annise Parker, mayor of Houston and member of President Barack Obama’s Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience, will speak at National Press Club luncheon Dec. 10. In a wide-ranging speech, she’ll talk about doing good in politics, making the energy capital of the U.S. clean and sustainable and fighting discrimination. Parker, a Democrat and one of the first openly…
NEW YORK, — The NFL has had more than its share of negative press this season. The league has been under fire for allegations of downplaying brain injury dangers for its players, and more recently has come under fire for at least one team allegedly tolerating bullying among its players. In addition to all this, a…
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Striding tall on a run of good press about Covered California’s high rate of youth-participation and the overall efficacy of its Web site, the executive director of this state’s Affordable Care Act (ACA) enrollment campaign laid out the reasons LGBTs should enroll and rejoice in the coming of “Obamacare” during a town hall this week….
Eddie Chow was sentenced Nov. 26 to four years in state prison for stealing a red handbag from Nordstrom at Horton Plaza. The judge noted Chow’s long criminal record including a manslaughter conviction in which Chow stabbed a man to death in 1983. Although the theft was minor, it is a felony because of…
I almost dropped the phone last week when I learned I had won several million dollars in a sweepstake. A very nice man congratulated me and then ran through the few simple details for me. I was ecstatic; I couldn’t even remember entering a contest. He assured me the money was mine as long as…
