On AlterNet: equality

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "equality"

4 Worst Media Misrepresentations of North Carolina's Anti-Gay Amendment One

Kristin Rawls, AlterNet. May 13, 2012.

North Carolina's anti-same-sex-marriage Amendment One passed last week amid a lot of wild media speculation, especially about black voters. We set the record straight.

Glenn Greenwald: Why It's Epically Important That Obama Endorsed Gay Marriage

Glenn Greenwald, The Guardian. May 11, 2012.

One can quibble with Obama's rationale. But one cannot reasonably question the importance of his act.

Joe Biden Endorses Same-Sex Marriage

Igor Volsky, ThinkProgress. May 6, 2012.

Biden is the highest ranking American official to back marriage for gay and lesbian people.

Why Conservatives Believe in Anti-Gay Pseudo-Science

Chris Mooney, AlterNet. May 3, 2012.

The anti-gay-rights movement's claims about homosexuality are based on the worst kind of junk "science."

How Organized Labor Helped Win Marriage Equality in Maryland and Washington--And What We Can Learn

James Cersonsky, AlterNet. April 15, 2012.

The labor and LGBT rights movements are natural allies, and have won some key victories working together.

5 Right-Wing Violations Against Women That We Must Crush

Sarah Seltzer, AlterNet. March 15, 2012.

Rush may look like a buffoon in the PR war, and women may be fighting back, but the war on women continues, and we're losing rights by the minute.

3 Ways Sex-Based Discrimination Harms the Economy

Julie Ajinkya, Center for American Progress. March 8, 2012.

Challenges to women’s economic participation in the economy exist not only in countries around the world, but also in the United States.

Anarchism Is Not What You Think It Is -- And There's a Whole Lot We Can Learn from It

David Morris, On the Commons. February 13, 2012.

The word anarchism has been so stripped of substance that it has come to be equated with chaos and nihilism. That's not what it means.

Apple Driving Workers to Threaten Mass Suicide? The Pathologies of the Modern Corporation

Robert Cruickshank, AlterNet. January 24, 2012.

Better technology is not sufficient to build a better society. To really change lives, corporations must use their work force to improve democracy and equality.

Is This Land Made for You and Me--or The Super-Rich?

Bill Moyers, Michael Winship, TruthOut.org. January 15, 2012.

Bill Moyers and Michael Winship ponder the question at the heart of Woody Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land"--what kind of America do we want?

Wal-Mart's Women Workers Still Face Unfair Treatment, Low Wages, Struggle For Better Conditions

Candice Bernd, In These Times. July 15, 2011.

Despite a loss at the Supreme Court, Wal-Mart workers continue to fight for better treatment and equality for women in the workplace.

Conservatives Have Defiled "Freedom" Long Enough -- It's Time for Liberals to Reclaim the Word

Corey Robin, The Nation. May 16, 2011.

We must push the argument that the market is a source of constraint and the government an instrument of freedom.

Lady Gaga, Superstar: Her Valiant Efforts to Help Repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, AlterNet. November 8, 2010.

The outrageous pop star has emerged as one of the most outspoken critics of DADT.

What Makes the Healthiest and Happiest Societies? Hint: It's Not Wealth

Brooke Jarvis, YES! Magazine. March 9, 2010.

Epidemiologist Richard Wilkinson explains why it's equality, and not high income, that makes a society thrive.

Gay Obama Administration Official Says He Can't Give a Lesbian Wife Health Benefits

Daniela Perdomo, AlterNet. December 8, 2009.

Is an administration that's branded itself as change really forcing a gay man to deny a lesbian couple equal benefits? Yep.

How a Racist Judge Inadvertently Made the Case for Gay Marriage

Madison Shockley, Truthdig. October 30, 2009.

A bigoted justice of the peace in the backwoods of Louisiana accidentally got to the heart of the issue around a key argument in California's gay marriage debate.

6 Down, 44 to Go: New Hampshire Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage

Petulant, Shakesville. June 3, 2009.

Feel The Homomentum!

Is Obama Failing in His Promise to Be a "Fierce Advocate" for All LGBT People?

Petulant, Shakesville. May 28, 2009.

Obama seems to have a new found silence about LGBT issues.

The California Supreme Court Upheld Prop. 8, So Now What Do We Do?

Isaac Fitzgerald, AlterNet. May 27, 2009.

Yesterday's Supreme Court ruling was a big disappointment, but there's no time to mourn: We must turn this anger into momentum.

Shameful: California Supreme Court Upholds Same Sex-Marriage Ban

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. May 26, 2009.

The CA Supreme Court has upheld the notorious Proposition 8 from last year's election, but also validated all gay marriages held before Nov. 4.

Parties/Protests Planned: The California Supreme Court to Deliver Its Prop. 8 Verdict on Tuesday

dday, Hullabaloo. May 23, 2009.

Those battling for equality have devised new outlets for activism which have amped up the pressure for action at every level.

Congratulations to Iowan Newly Weds

Cara, Feministe. April 27, 2009.

A big congratulations to all. May much happiness follow for you. And may similar rulings/laws be shortly enacted all over this country.

The Commons: Achieving a Just and Equal Society

Laura Hanna, Gavin Browning, The Nation. February 9, 2009.

In a perfect world, wealth -- be it money, ideas or access to natural resources -- belongs to all of us.

In the Office, Nice Girls Finish Last

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. December 13, 2008.

So do mean girls. Studies show that women's contributions at work are less likely to be recognized than men's, and it's not for lack of ambition.

Barack Obama, Feminist in Chief?

Katha Pollitt, The Nation. December 8, 2008.

Obama has an opportunity to make gender equality a keystone of his administration.