Las Lopezistas (comprised of Erika and Kamala Lopez) are launching an underground campaign because guess what, we still don't have equal rights. Yes, we were given the right to vote under the nineteenth amendment but the Equal Rights Amendment, first proposed in 1923 and never ratified, would make us equal under the law. Two days ago, Congresswomen Carolyn Maloney of New York put the amendment back on the table. This is what Kamala ... Read More

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British director Kim Longinotto's documentary, 'Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go', is having its broadcast premiere on PBS's POV series. The documentary is about the Mulberry Bush School in Oxford, England, home to forty emotionally disturbed children. Forsaking drugs, restraints, or other measures of punishment, the staff at Mulberry instead use patience and embraces. The documentary follows five students between the ages of five through twelve ... Read More

                  Natalya Estemirova, courageous human rights worker for Chechnya, has passed. She was known for challenging the unethical Chechnyan government and was vocal about the kidnappings and killings going on in her notoriously violent country. She worked hard for the better cause at Memorial, a human rights organization in Chechnya's capital. She ... Read More

  The Christian Right in Texas, which has already partially been successful with interjecting biology with creationism, now has its eye set on social studies. They say that the curriculum does not fully represent the role religion and God have played in the development of the United States. A panel of experts appointed by the state's board of education has been appointed to reexamine the way history is taught to younger children. These ... Read More