Note: the full transcript of Oprah's speech is at the bottom of the article, so scroll down past all my fabulous rhetoric if you're looking for that.
Oprah Winfrey's stirring speech at Sunday's Golden Globe awards...
Later this month, the Supreme Court is due to hear oral arguments in several cases regarding bans on same-sex marriage at the state level. People for the American Way's Right Wing Watch managed to sample...
A Georgia police chief has turned in his resignation Sunday. With no sentiment of denial, Police Chief Doug Jordan assumed responsibility for his use of racial slurs by turning his resignation in.
Grantville Mayor Jim Sells:
?When...
Quick: what does "caucasian" mean? Almost everyone will answer "a white person." But that's weird, isn't it? We already have a name for white people-- "white people."
And, yes, before you start with the "white people...
We've all seen the same old pinup photos before for cars or motorcycles. ?Scantily clad women in ankle busting high heels making proverbial love to a high powered racing vehicle. ?Nothing to see here, right?...
Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren has just announced plans to run for reelection.
The outspoken progressive Senator has made a name for herself by speaking openly and candidly in favor of progressive causes such as Wall Street...
Texas has enacted a new law to attack women's rights. Women who abort or miscarry a pregnancy will be required to pay for funeral services for the fetus.
Alexa Ura of the Texas Tribune said:
“Despite intense outcry...
As the new Republican majority congress settles in, they are making quick work to push more reproductive rights regulation with five new bills that would do things like defund Planned Parenthood and further restrict abortion access.
The...
On Veterans Day, Google users in the United States saw a Google Doodle portraying several servicemen and veterans. It caused the racist--er, white nationalist--site Stormfront to go into full meltdown.
The title of the thread on...
A Marshall University football player has been arrested for attacking two gay men he saw kissing in public. He was also dismissed from the Marshall football team.
Steward Butler, a running back on the Thundering Herd...
After the disastrous Election 2014, Republican National Committee (RNC) deputy press secretary Raffi Williams slammed the NAACP for ignoring newly elected African American candidates Mia Love (R-Utah) and Tim Scott (R-S.C.).
Mia Love is the first...
Yesterday, I told you that in four states--including my state of North Carolina--church-affiliated day care centers are allowed to get away with things that would never be tolerated at their secular counterparts--such as heavy-handed corporal...
As if the Stanford rapist Brock Turner couldn't be less of a human, his family have announced they want him to do a speaking tour. This would earn Turner, and his family, money from his...
A bill that recently stalled in committee in Oklahoma has reared its ugly head again. On Feb. 8, HB1441, introduced by State Representative Justin Humphrey, received a 4-4 vote in committee, and people who value...
As of Saturday afternoon, Donald Trump's average approval rating, as computed by FiveThirtyEight, stands at 38.8 percent--the lowest on record for a president at this stage in his administration. But the only reason it's even...
Earlier this week, over 100 presidents and chancellors of historically black colleges and universities spent two days meeting with Donald Trump and congressional leaders. Trump made a big deal of the gathering, promising that he...
In case you missed it, Mississippi just passed one of the most--if not THE most--outrageously homophobic laws in the nation. It protects business owners' right to refuse to serve anyone if so doing would trample...
After a nationwide vote, the Presbyterian Church of the U.S. has redefined marriage to include the union of same sex couples. With this action, they have become the largest Protestant organization to accept gay marriage...
Speaking at the anti-gay World Congress of Families 2015 that recently took place at Salt Lake City, Rafael Cruz made some strange and awful claims about the LGBT community. Cruz, who is the father of...
