By: Wipeout Homophobia on Facebook (WHOF) I am the boy who never finished high school, because I got called a fag everyday. I am the girl kicked out of her home because I confided in my mother that I am a lesbian. I am the prostitute working the streets…
Ghetto - A section of a city to which an entire ethnic or economically depressed group is is restricted; as by poverty or social pressure. Life for Blacks who reside in the inner-city has never been easy, but in the years since crack cocaine hit things have most definitely…
By Jim Hoover OK, we probably won’t default. Is it time for rejoicing? Not so much. We supposedly are close to a debt ceiling/budget-cut agreement. Republicans cocked the default gun and held it to Obama’s head. He blinked… again. Don’t worry. The agreement assures that he will blink again….and…
By Jim Hoover I wonder if Barack Obama has the backbone to utilize the 14th Amendment and independently raise the debt ceiling. This should be done – I would say – by Saturday (7/30/2011) at the latest. It is becoming increasingly clear that the Republican caucus in the House…
Shared By: JohnShore.com (In my book about LGBT Christians I’ll be including this letter, which I got in last week. If you can come away from reading this still believing that it’s impossible for a person to be both fully gay and fully Christian, then all I can say…
By: Brian Whelter Immigration laws geared towards the prevention of illegal immigration in the United States have failed. Why? Well, because there are still illegal immigrants. It's a simple concept. America has been on a virtual war path to locate, detain, and deport all illegal immigrants, and yet there…
By: Ms. Henry Human capital or human capitalism has become the explanation of the labor market and earnings inequality put forth by economists. While not a theory of racial and gender inequality in the labor market, this line of reasoning has major implications for minority and gender disadvantages in…
by Jim Hoover Conservative America would like to keep the bulk of Americans fat, dumb and happy. That is the outgrowth of the conservative building of a proto-fascist country, dominated by large corporations. Activity in Republican-controlled states and the House of Representatives, show the ideas of right-wing corporations like…
by Jim Hoover We made a mistake. We elected Barack Obama in 2008. I want Bernie Sanders of Vermont to run as an independent. His choice and their single-payer health care system choice shows there are smart people in Vermont. We should have supported Hillary over Obama. Can you…
by Jim Hoover The ignorance of too many radical Republicans in the at-one-time esteemed House of Representatives is positively staggering. A growing number of Republicans believe that defaulting on our debt is no big deal. Plausible explanations for this folly include the deliberate polarization of the electorate, the run-amuck…