ACT UP’s New Urgency ACT UP’s New Urgency
Twenty years after its founding, the AIDS activist group is expanding its mission to universal healthcare.
Apr 3, 2007 / Feature / Emily Douglas
ACT UP at 20 ACT UP at 20
The audacious and visionary organization has been a beacon for gay/lesbian rights and healthcare reform.
Mar 22, 2007 / Editorial / The Editors
Out of the Closet and Onto the Court Out of the Closet and Onto the Court
Former NBA player John Amaechi's admission that he is gay exposed the league's compassion and bigotry.
Feb 15, 2007 / Column / Dave Zirin
Beyond Marriage: Love and the Law Beyond Marriage: Love and the Law
Pressure is building to expand the legal definition of family beyond the boundaries of gay or straight marriage.
Jan 30, 2007 / Feature / Beccah Golubock Watson
A Win for Women A Win for Women
Thanks to a thoughtful grassroots campaign, voters in South Dakota rejected a draconian abortion ban.
Nov 9, 2006 / Editorial / Liza Featherstone
Haggard Values Haggard Values
The homophobic values vote took a body blow in the midterm elections, helped along by hypocrisy in high places.
Nov 9, 2006 / Editorial / Richard Kim
Democracy Worked for SD Abortion Vote Democracy Worked for SD Abortion Vote
The electoral process worked for pro-choice advocates in South Dakota, overturning an abortion ban with a grassroots appeal to keep the government out of citizens' personal lives....
Nov 8, 2006 / Feature / Liza Featherstone
Driving Planned Parenthood Driving Planned Parenthood
Cecile Richards, Planned Parenthood's new president, leads an organization searching for new national strategies, as a crucial vote in South Dakota tests its grassroots clout.
Nov 2, 2006 / Feature / Jennifer Baumgardner
Reproductive Rights on the Line in South Dakota Reproductive Rights on the Line in South Dakota
An initiative that seeks to overturn South Dakota's draconian ban on abortion will have implications in states across the country.
Oct 22, 2006 / Editorial / Kate Michelman
The Coming Gay Republican Purge The Coming Gay Republican Purge
How will the GOP woo back values voters after the Foley scandal? How about a purge of gay Republicans in Congress? That's the Rev. Don Wildmon's idea.
Oct 12, 2006 / Feature / Max Blumenthal