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TodaysDrum posted a blog entry
Gloria Reuben: Using Her Platform to Fight Environmental Injustice
It was while playing the role of Jeanie Boulet, one of the first recurring characters with HIV/AIDS in U.S. television history...
It was while playing the role of Jeanie Boulet, one of the first recurring characters with HIV/AIDS in U.S. television history...
TodaysDrum posted a blog entry
Transcript: Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize speech
The remarks drew immediate praise from a host of conservatives, including former GOP House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former...
The remarks drew immediate praise from a host of conservatives, including former GOP House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former...
TodaysDrum posted a blog entry
William Henry Smith is named House librarian, Dec. 9, 1881
The Republican-controlled House named Smith, an African-American Washingtonian, as its librarian.Although some Southern...
The Republican-controlled House named Smith, an African-American Washingtonian, as its librarian.Although some Southern...
TodaysDrum posted a blog entry
Tourists Flock To The Site Of Amadou Diallo’s Death
The Bronx street where police fired 41 shots at an unarmed black man in 1999 has become an unlikely tourist attraction,...
The Bronx street where police fired 41 shots at an unarmed black man in 1999 has become an unlikely tourist attraction,...
sexinthepublicsquare posted a blog entry
Share Your Thoughts On The State of Sexual Freedom In The US Today
Several months ago I tweeted about things being very busy and very exciting and about some new projects in the works. Now...
Several months ago I tweeted about things being very busy and very exciting and about some new projects in the works. Now...
J posted a blog entry
St. Nicholas: Patron Saint of Brewers
While St. Nicholas is best known — in America, at least — for wearing red and white and giving presents to Children each...
While St. Nicholas is best known — in America, at least — for wearing red and white and giving presents to Children each...
TodaysDrum posted a blog entry
ATL: Slim win for mayor shows battered black electorate
Unofficial results in this week’s mayoral runoff show voters elected former state Sen. Kasim Reed over white councilwoman...
Unofficial results in this week’s mayoral runoff show voters elected former state Sen. Kasim Reed over white councilwoman...
TodaysDrum posted a blog entry
First African-American lesbian state legislator elected in Georgia
In a runoff election on Dec. 1, Simone Bell was elected to the Georgia State House.The Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund reported...
In a runoff election on Dec. 1, Simone Bell was elected to the Georgia State House.The Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund reported...
TodaysDrum posted a blog entry
African-American Group Fights Anti-Black Racism In Cuba
The Cuban government must confront a legacy of discrimination against black Cubans on the island, a group of prominent African...
The Cuban government must confront a legacy of discrimination against black Cubans on the island, a group of prominent African...
TodaysDrum posted a blog entry
Stevie Wonder named UN ‘Messenger of Peace’
Wonder — blind since birth — will promote U.N. ideals and activities with an emphasis on championing for people...
Wonder — blind since birth — will promote U.N. ideals and activities with an emphasis on championing for people...
J posted a blog entry
Tactical Penguin Goes Nuclear
Unless you’ve been ducking and covering under a rock, you no doubt saw that, while we were sitting down to eat turkey on...
Unless you’ve been ducking and covering under a rock, you no doubt saw that, while we were sitting down to eat turkey on...
sexinthepublicsquare posted a blog entry
Thinking Local on World AIDS Day
Condoms should not be introducable as evidence in cases about prostitution. Period. People should be able to carry condoms...
Condoms should not be introducable as evidence in cases about prostitution. Period. People should be able to carry condoms...
J posted a blog entry
Inventing Binge Drinking
I’ve long railed against the various governmental health department definitions of “binge drinking” as being...
I’ve long railed against the various governmental health department definitions of “binge drinking” as being...
sexinthepublicsquare posted a blog entry
Giving Thanks to the National Center for Reason & Justice
The list of things for which I'm grateful this year probably deserves a post of it's own, but one of those things also...
The list of things for which I'm grateful this year probably deserves a post of it's own, but one of those things also...
J posted a blog entry
A Clockwork Orange Approach To Alcoholism
This is a strange one, and I’m not entirely sure what to make of it, though my natural skeptical tendencies run toward...
This is a strange one, and I’m not entirely sure what to make of it, though my natural skeptical tendencies run toward...
sexinthepublicsquare posted a blog entry
Pawtucket-area readers: Sex education in RI needs your help
You may recall that Megan Andelloux's Center for Sexual Pleasure and Health was denied its opening at the Grant building in...
You may recall that Megan Andelloux's Center for Sexual Pleasure and Health was denied its opening at the Grant building in...
J posted a blog entry
Want A Healthier Heart? Drink More Beer!
This has got to drive the anti-alcohol lobby nuts, and especially their medical co-conspirators who continue to insist that a...
This has got to drive the anti-alcohol lobby nuts, and especially their medical co-conspirators who continue to insist that a...
sexinthepublicsquare posted a blog entry
Lessons Learned at Harvard Law School
Last night's panel discussion of sex work and civil liberties at Harvard Law School, hosted by the HLS ACLU, the American...
Last night's panel discussion of sex work and civil liberties at Harvard Law School, hosted by the HLS ACLU, the American...
J posted a blog entry
Update On FDA Caffeine/Alcohol Ultimatum
As reported last Friday, the FDA announced that they’d sent letters to almost 30 manufacturers of alcohol drinks that...
As reported last Friday, the FDA announced that they’d sent letters to almost 30 manufacturers of alcohol drinks that...
sexinthepublicsquare posted a blog entry
Sex Work and Civil Liberties: A Panel Discussion at Harvard Law School
I just got back from a New York State United Teachers conference and tomorrow I'm heading up to Cambridge to participate in a...
I just got back from a New York State United Teachers conference and tomorrow I'm heading up to Cambridge to participate in a...
J posted a blog entry
Pinhead Drinking Statistics By Media Ignore Reality
The e-mail newsletter sent out Tuesday by Join Together, the anti-alcohol center at Columbia University, included a summary of...
The e-mail newsletter sent out Tuesday by Join Together, the anti-alcohol center at Columbia University, included a summary of...
J posted a blog entry
FDA Gives Alcohol/Caffeine Drinks 30 Days To Prove It’s Safe
The FDA announced today that they’ve sent a letter to almost 30 manufacturers of alcohol drinks that also contain...
The FDA announced today that they’ve sent a letter to almost 30 manufacturers of alcohol drinks that also contain...
sexinthepublicsquare posted a blog entry
From SWOP Tuscon - Events for Dec. 17 2009International Day To End Violence Against Sex Workers
Sex Worker’s Outreach Project - Tucson www.swop-tucson.org Please Join Us December 17, 2009 for the International Day to...
Sex Worker’s Outreach Project - Tucson www.swop-tucson.org Please Join Us December 17, 2009 for the International Day to...
J posted a blog entry
Session #33: Don’t Think Of A Pink Elephant
I’ll Have a Beer, a.k.a. Andrew Couch, our host for the 33rd monthly Session, begins his explanation of this...
I’ll Have a Beer, a.k.a. Andrew Couch, our host for the 33rd monthly Session, begins his explanation of this...
J posted a blog entry
White House Logs Reveal Neo-Prohibitionist Visits
In response to several requests under the Freedom of Information Act, the White House late Friday released a partial list of...
In response to several requests under the Freedom of Information Act, the White House late Friday released a partial list of...
J posted a blog entry
Seconding A Plea for Peaceful Coexistence
I’d like to second New York Times beverage writer Eric Asimov’s plea for the peaceful coexistence of wine and beer....
I’d like to second New York Times beverage writer Eric Asimov’s plea for the peaceful coexistence of wine and beer....
sexinthepublicsquare posted a blog entry
No. More. Silence.
A good friend shared a link to this post and I asked Wendi Deetz (the author) if I could repost here, she...
A good friend shared a link to this post and I asked Wendi Deetz (the author) if I could repost here, she...
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Miss. Gov. Barbour appoints his 1st black judge Malcolm O. Harrison
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour named a black lawyer to a judicial post, choosing an attorney who previously criticized the lack of diversity in the governor’s appointments.Click on image to read full article. Barbour appointed Malcolm O. Harrison...
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour named a black lawyer to a judicial post, choosing an attorney who previously criticized the lack of diversity in the governor’s appointments.Click on image to read full article. Barbour appointed Malcolm O. Harrison...
sexinthepublicsquare posted a blog entry
Marriage Isn't The Only Valid Relationship
BACKGROUNDA hearing begins in Washington, DC this coming Monday (and continues the following week) on a piece of legislation...
BACKGROUNDA hearing begins in Washington, DC this coming Monday (and continues the following week) on a piece of legislation...
J posted a blog entry
Marin Institute’s Latest Anti-Alcohol Report
The day after I left on vacation (I just spent 10 days in Asheville, NC) I received a frightening press release with the latest...
The day after I left on vacation (I just spent 10 days in Asheville, NC) I received a frightening press release with the latest...
sexinthepublicsquare posted a blog entry
Progress NEVER comes fast enough. But it comes.
Winning rights isn't about patience. It is about persistence and perseverance and the recognition of progress that it happens....
Winning rights isn't about patience. It is about persistence and perseverance and the recognition of progress that it happens....
J posted a blog entry
New Study Reveals RWJF Behind Neo-Prohibitionist Movement
Dan Mindus at the Center for Consumer Freedom recently published a report entitled Behind the Neo-Prohibition Campaign...
Dan Mindus at the Center for Consumer Freedom recently published a report entitled Behind the Neo-Prohibition Campaign...
J posted a blog entry
New Study Reveals RJWF Behind Neo-Prohibitionist Movement
Dan Mindus at the Center for Consumer Freedom recently published a report entitled Behind the Neo-Prohibition Campaign...
Dan Mindus at the Center for Consumer Freedom recently published a report entitled Behind the Neo-Prohibition Campaign...
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