Tag: LGBTQ+
The GOP’s attack on LGBTQ Americans, revealed
The tragic truth is that Don’t Say Gay Laws and health care bans will cause more young lives to be needlessly lost.
GOP anti-trans agenda is a shiny object to distract from war...
Despite their anti-trans arguments being repeatedly debunked by scientists, Republicans are winning the culture war and are poised to win further electoral victories by spreading vitriol against the transgender community.
What’s really behind Republicans’ mounting transphobia?
And why all of us must speak out against it.
Biden signs law to federally protect same-sex and interracial marriages
The bipartisan bill will offer federal protections for same-sex and interracial marriages.
Right-wing SCOTUS majority signals support for anti-LGBTQ+ reactionaries
"It does not bode well for the future of civil rights law that Gorsuch believes a state imposes 'reeducation training' on employers when it reminds them how to comply with nondiscrimination rules," said one court observer.
LGBTQ+ nightclub shooting in Colorado Springs probed as possible hate crime
"We know the toxic combination of hate and access to guns in this country leads to deadly results," said Rep. David Cicilline.
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Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool
The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.
Alaska governor vetoes single-use polystyrene foam foodware ban
For now, polystyrene products will remain legal for use by commercial food vendors statewide.