Politics Archive
Archives for June 2015
It was one of the most powerful speeches of Obama’s presidency.
“A means of control. A way to terrorize and oppress.”
Marriage has been in flux since the 18th century, when it became socially acceptable to marry for love rather than for economic advantage.
Generations of fighting for same-sex rights, access to health insurance, fair housing, and the end of racist symbols yielded big victories for progressives all at once.
The group also cited Supreme Court cases involving slavery and abortion.
It concluded a moving speech about racial justice at the Emanuel AME pastor’s funeral.
And now they’re disbanding.
The state senator and pastor of Emanuel AME Church was among the nine killed.
The Sanders surge is real, if a bit exaggerated.
Donald Trump just wrote a hilariously inappropriate letter to the CEO of Univision, Randy Falco.
For real.
“Never underestimate that a group of determined individuals can change the world,” one judge says as she began to marry couple No. 10.
“Because it fulfills yearnings for security, safe haven, and connection that express our common humanity, civil marriage is an esteemed institution, and the decision whether and whom to marry is among life’s momentous acts of self-definition.”
The Supreme Court punted on whether it’s okay to discriminate against LGBTQ people on religious grounds.
The parts of the South with the most slaves were most enthusiastic about seceding from the union.