Rev. Peter Morales: Handcuffs, Hangman and Jesus: Reflections on My Arrest at the SB 1070 Protests in Phoenix
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on August 8th, 2010 4:45 am by HL
Rev. Peter Morales: Handcuffs, Hangman and Jesus: Reflections on My Arrest at the SB 1070 Protests in Phoenix
I have lived in Peru and in Spain under Fascism. Yet I found the situation in Arizona appalling and deeply disturbing in ways I did not anticipate.
Arianna Huffington: Sunday Roundup
This week’s news spotlight was captured by the judiciary, with the Senate’s confirmation of Elena Kagan as the Supreme Court’s 112th justice (and fourth woman), and federal judge Vaughn Walker’s decision overturning California’s ban on same-sex marriage. His 136-page ruling landed with the force of history being made. It felt less like a legal finding than another milestone on the road to a more perfect union — another step in the long journey that has included the Emancipation Proclamation, the 19th amendment, Brown v. Board of Education, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Those who continue to oppose same-sex marriage are not just standing against the right of gays and lesbians to marry — they are standing against the inevitable. When the case makes its way to the Supreme Court, will John Roberts’ court want to position itself as a roadblock in the way of historic inevitability?
Taylor Marsh: Mort Zuckerman’s Hit Piece on First Lady Michelle Obama
Implying that First Lady Michelle Obama should have her head cut off in a blaring headline? Well, that at least tells the reader they’re in…
Phillip Martin: Hiroshima: The Big Payback or A Lesson Forward?
It was sixty-five years ago this month when a U.S. bomber dropped its top-secret payload on Hiroshima. This week, for the first time, the U.S….