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Dr. Omi Osun Joni L. Jones gave 6 rules for allies (cross race/ gender/ sexuality/ nationality/  religion etc) in her keynote speech giv...

Photo from Reinke/AP Thanks to a tip from DCap , I just read Mike Lupica's column reacting to Sarah Palin's speech at the National...

Rick Perlstein absolutely nailed it last month: "In America, crazy is a pre-existing condition." I want to take this extremely use...

("I Remember Mama" by Xavier Viramontes ) The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) are fighting back against the Right Wing racist,...

(Venus of Hohle Fels; photo by H. Jensen, University of Tübingen) The finds at Hohle Fels Cave in Germany keep arriving. The latest, announ...

(U.S. athletes Tommie Smith, center, and John Carlos, extend gloved hands skyward and stare downward in racial protest during the playing o...

Back in July I wrote about Bush's attempt to redefine contraception as "abortion" and allow any health care worker in a busin...

I received an e-mail today from Democracy For America inviting me to participate in a "for fun" game of choosing who I would appoi...

Maybe. I don't know. Can you repeat the question? You're not the boss of me now, you're not the boss of me now, you're not t...

Of pressing importance to those of us who identify as feminist and are planning to attend the Netroots Nation event this week here in Austin...

Matt Harding has a new "dancing all over the world" video. I am crying uncontrollably every time I see it. Too many thoughts to ...

( Aurora Levins Morales ) Last night I was avoiding reading some of my heretofore favorite political blogs, especially Daily Kos which has,...

(Image by Sol Steinberg) Here's the short version: Judgment errors on the part of Democratic candidates, which are inevitable and frequ...

(Dingo Dreaming, 1994, by Mick Namerari Japaltjari) Adrienne Rich wrote "Truthfulness anywhere means a heightened complexity. But it...