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Vice President Mike Pence toured two detention facilities on the Texas border Friday on President Donald Trump’s orders in order to show the conditions weren’t as bad as media reports said. Not surprisingly, that’s not what happened. The McAllen Border Patrol stations had hundreds of men that were crowded in…
Ethics violations pushed Scott Pruit, former EPA Chief to resign last year, and President Trump replaced him with Andrew Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist, who likes racist social media posts about the Obamas. American Bridge 21st Century, a Democratic political action committee, found social media posts belonging to Wheeler that…
With four weeks left in the year, 2017 will be remembered by the LGBTQ community as the deadliest year for transgender people in the United States. According to the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), at least 25 transgender people have had their lives cut short due to transphobia against people who…
Tracee Ellis Ross is an award-winning actress with a successful career. Yet, as a single, 45-year-old woman without kids, Ross said she still must confrontpatriarchalconstructs of womanhood. At Glamour’s 2017 Women of the Year Summit on Monday, Ross gave a candid speech about her experiences. “It’s really interesting to be…
Harper Lee’s classic “To Kill a Mockingbird” has made its way on yet another list of banned books because it makes people “uncomfortable.” “To Kill a Mockingbird,” which won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction the year after it was published, ranks as No. 21 of the Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books…
Vice President Mike Pence walked out of an NFL game between the Indianapolis Colts and San Francisco 49ers on Sunday because some of the players chose to kneel during the national anthem. Pence tweeted in a statement that he stands with President Donald Trump and “everyone is entitled to their…
The Education Department has once again sent the message that it is not inclusive of the LGBT community. A quiet “Engaging Fathers and Families” event took place on Thursday and included speakers from Focus on the Family (FOTF) and Family Research Council (FRC). Politico was the first to report that…
President Donald Trump has apparently still not had time to recognize June as LGBT Pride Month. But last week he found time to say thank you to groups of his anti-LGBT supporters. Trump delivered remarks at the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s “Road to Majority” conference, at which he was labeled…
President Donald Trump has once again proven he’s no ally to the LGBT community as he refuses to proclaim June as LGBT Pride Month. He did, however, take the time to declare other proclamations for the month, dubbing June 2017 as Great Outdoors Month, National Caribbean-Heritage Month, African-American Music Appreciation…
In an interview with Rolling Stone, Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards addressed President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to defund the organization, which has largely been seen as an attack on women’s rights, and said the organization is not going down without a fight. “Some of our states have been under attack…
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