What is the Tea Party? Who are they? Who funds them? What are their goals? The Tea Party Movement first began on January 24, 2009. It was launched by Trevor Leach, chairman of the organization “Young Americans for Liberty” in… Read More ›
Discrimination
Report on the Protest against HB 87, Georgia’s SB1070
On a glorious day in July, thousands upon thousands of immigrants and their supporters took a stand against the new racist bill passed in Georgia. Starting around ten in the morning, the march continued until the afternoon, a fitting testament… Read More ›
Truth Wins Out Infiltrates Marcus Bachmann’s “Ex-Gay” Clinic
“I Received ‘Ex-Gay’ Therapy at Marcus Bachmann’s Clinic” Truth Wins Out (TWO) Exclusive Investigative Report by John M. Becker The date was Thursday, June 30, 2011. I turned on the television and listened half-heartedly to the commercials as I busied… Read More ›
Report: Bachmann Clinic Performs Ex-Gay Therapy
I wrote on Wednesday about one potential spoiler in Rep. Michele Bachmann’s presidential campaign: her husband, Marcus. Marcus is a non-certified Christian therapist who operates a clinic called Bachmann & Associates, which has been accused of practicing “reparative” therapy to… Read More ›
US Women Who Have Stillbirths Face Murder Charges
Women’s rights campaigners see the creeping criminalisation of pregnant women as a new front in the culture wars over abortion. Rennie Gibbs is accused of murder, but the crime she is alleged to have committed does not sound like an… Read More ›
On the Day of American Independence
Today is the 4th of July, a holiday celebrated all over the nation as the date of American Independence from the British crown. I was considering burning an American flag to protest US foreign policy, imperial aggression, indigenous holocaust, sponsorship… Read More ›
Supreme Court blocks massive sex-discrimination suit against Wal-Mart
The Supreme Court on Monday blocked the nation’s largest-ever sex discrimination case, ruling in favor of Wal-Mart in a decision that raises significant hurdles for other class-action suits brought against big corporations. As many as 1.5 million current and former… Read More ›
Neal Boortz calls for Mass Murder of Black People
From the June 14 edition of Cox Radio Syndication’s Neal Boortz Show: BOORTZ: You know what? I, for one, am tired of putting up with this crap. And you want to know why I moved out of Atlanta and only… Read More ›
Three Arrested for Feeding the Homeless
Orlando police say they violated a city ordinance restricting the feedings Members of Orlando Food Not Bombs were arrested Wednesday when police said they violated a city ordinance by feeding the homeless in Lake Eola Park. Jessica Cross, 24, Benjamin… Read More ›
Arpaio “Fires” 2 Deputies for Corruption; New Accusations Made of Racism in his Office
Sheriff Joe Arpaio fired two of his top deputies for alleged corruption, just as reports broke of racist jokes against Mexicans within his department. Arpaio, already a lightning rod for his tough immigration laws in Maricopa County, is simultaneously dealing… Read More ›
Right-Wing Terror on the Rise
In March of 2011, Republican Congressman Peter King initiated hearings at the House Homeland Security panel on the “radicalization of American Muslims.” What followed from this first hearing was a largely hyperbolic expression of fear and loathing for “radical muslims”… Read More ›
Tennessee Bans Teaching that Homosexuality Exists
Tenn. Senate OK’s bill on gay lessons NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A bill passed yesterday by the Tennessee Senate would forbid public school teachers and students in grades kindergarten through eight from discussing the fact that some people are gay. Opponents… Read More ›
Majority of Americans Support Gay Marriage
(Reuters) – Fifty-three percent of Americans support making gay marriage legal, a Gallup poll showed on Friday, a marked reversal from just a year ago when an equal majority opposed same-sex matrimony. The latest Gallup findings are in line with… Read More ›
GOP Sneak Attack: Republicans Try to Redefine Rape … Again
House Republicans are attempting a backdoor maneuver to ensure that solely victims of “forcible rape” are eligible for federal funding if they seek abortions. They’re doing it again: After jettisoning controversial legislative language narrowing the definition of rape for the… Read More ›
Poverty & Violent Crime
Poverty is the main cause of most violent crime in the United States today. Some cite violence in media as creating a mentality of willingness to harm others that would not otherwise exist; others see it as a problem of… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix 