At the same time as the wealthy face a “crisis” of record traffic jams for private jets, most people face problems of declining affordable housing, youth unemployment and declining real income. 46th Ward Aldermanic candidate Denice Davis not only has …
How Can We Take Our City Back From the 1%? Read more »
African countries passing harsh laws against LGBTs and our allies have been much in the gay press over the past year. But all too often African LGBTs have appeared as mute objects of repression, rather than people organizing to win …
LGBTI Solidarity in Africa Read more »
Closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba was the first promise of the newly-minted Obama administration back in January 2009. Like so many other promises that could have been delivered on during the first two years of his administration, when …
Guantanamo Prison: 12 Years Too Many! Read more »
Kim Hunt of Affinity Community Services joins Brent Holman-Gomez of the Gay Liberation Network to discuss the forthcoming October 22nd March on Springfield for Marriage Equality. Ms. Hunt explains the disappointment many felt over the failure to pass marriage equality …
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Edward Snowden’s revelations about U.S. government spying on virtually every American with a cell phone and an internet connection blew the lid off liberal pretensions that the Obama administration is in any respect better than the Bush administration on civil …
Edward Snowden: Blowing the Whistle on Government Criminality Read more »
On the night that Illinois’s equal marriage rights bill went down to ignominious defeat, the Gay Liberation Network’s Bob Schwartz interviews GLN co-founder Andy Thayer, who came direct from the statehouse to the CAN TV studio. They discuss the bill …
Marriage Equality in Illinois Finally? Read more »
Last year the United States deported more immigrants than in any other year of its entire history. If the current trend continues, President Obama come next January will become the biggest deporter of immigrants of any president in U.S. history. …
A Pivotal Time for Immigrant Rights Read more »
In March 2013, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on two anti-gay measures, California’s Proposition 8 and the so-called “Defense of Marriage Act,” which was signed by President Clinton in 1996. Both measures ultimately make same-sex couples second class citizens …
The Supreme Court & Gay Rights Read more »
Respecting each other’s self-identification on gender is about respecting other people’s dignity and humanity. Transgender people face much higher levels of violence and unemployment than the general population, and so the last thing they need is disrespect. Kate Sosin, Senior …
Speaking Trans: A Primer on Gender Language Read more »
The first promise of the newly-minted Obama administration back in 2008 was to shut down the Guantanamo Bay prison. Today, dozens have spent many years there without charges, let alone trial, and have been “cleared” for release, but haven’t been. …
11 Years of Guantanamo Prison – Shut it Down! Read more »