Hold Fast

Obviously the assassination of Dr. George Tiller was the work of a lone terrorist.

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Ezra Klein, in addition to being one of the leading progressive healthcare journalists, has long been one of the leading male voices in the blogosphere in support of feminism. It’s no surprise that his response to the murder of Dr. George Tiller really drives home some of the lessons that I both think America should [...]

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This is fantastic news. The Iowa Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling that struck down as unconstitutional a law from 1998 that limited marriage to being between one man and one woman. This ruling ensures that there will be total civil marriage equality in the state of Iowa. Overruled Blog has a great, [...]

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A very powerful video from Courage Campaign in California as part of the fight against Proposition 8.

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Things look different when Democrats pass laws about women than when Republicans pass laws about women. The difference, it seems, is the presence of women.

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This is a day late, but my most sincere congratulations to Hu Jia, a Chinese dissident who advocates for human rights and democracy, for winning the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. Hu was up for the Nobel Peace Prize and I was very disappointed he didn’t win it this year, but this is still [...]

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I don’t have a lot to say about the final presidential debate, other than I’m glad we don’t have to sit through any more. Obama was great in all of his debates and while not every answer was what I wanted to hear as a progressive movementarian, he undoubtedly connected to voters by a far [...]

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 A few morning videos, just because I haven’t had the time to give each their own post. Obama PWND McCAin on foreign policy, Marty McFly-style. One of the most creative, effective ads I’ve seen this cycle, courtesy of the Courage Campaign and the NO on Prop 8 crowd in California (which would ban marriage equality). [...]

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Via David Dayen at Calitics, some good progressive folks out in California have responded to the anti-equality “Yes on Prop 8″ campaign’s ill-formed relay fast against gay marriage with their own relay fast in an effort to blow up the weak tactics coming from the religious right. Proposition 8 would ban marriage equality in California. [...]

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The bloggers and readers of Feministing have scored a victory and convinced a t-shirt company to pull a sexist shirt. Via Hear Me Roar, we find out that David & Goliath has pulled the oh-so-funny rape t-shirt (at least online, it seems). First Wal-Mart’s panties and now this – we’re on a roll, folks! Good [...]

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