Yesterday we reached an amazing milestone with the petition calling for The UFC to enact a code of conduct! The 500th person signed on to join this campaign (thanks Nick!) to get The UFC to join the big leagues with other major sports organizations and create a clear rule book that outlines what is unacceptable…
Wanted to share this from my friends at the ACLU of Nevada: ACLU Calls on Nevada Equal Rights Commission to Protect Public School Students FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 15, 2012 CONTACT: Katrina Rogers, Legal Fellow: 702.366.1536×208 rogers@aclunv.org Staci Pratt, Legal Director: 702.366.1536×207 pratt@aclunv.org Las Vegas, NV – The American Civil Liberties Union…
Dear Readers, I *heart* you. I really appreciate that you come to my humble little blog day after day (or weekly, or monthly) and find something here that makes your heart go pitter-pat. I love that you are a feminist! I love how we agree that love is love, no matter a person’s sexuality! I…
Once again, a move to ensure access to affordable health care for all people is getting reduced to another gambit in the War on Women. Following the news that the Obama administration has enacted a rule requiring that most insurance plans cover birth control, conservatives and the US Conference of Catholic Bishops — who no…
What’s that old Ice Cube song, “It Was a Good Day”? I think we progressives need an anthem for today because it was a good day! A federal appeals court has ruled that the Prop 8 ban on same-sex marriage in California is unconstitutional! This is awesome news and a big win in the fight…
I would like to write about the inglorious clusterf*$k of GOP caucus(es) that Nevada held on the national stage over the weekend, but I still can’t quite wrap my head around what happened. Perhaps the first wrong turn was scheduling it the same weekend as the Superbowl? Or maybe it was acting like Nevada could…
From our good friends at Planned Parenthood of Southern Nevada: Constituents to pick up supplies for the Republican Caucus WHAT: Planned Parenthood of Southern Nevada and its parent organization Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains is hosting a pre-caucus breakfast before the Nevada Republican Caucus this Saturday. WHY: PPSN is hosting this breakfast to thank…
Passing this on from The Center:
In honor of the 40th anniversary of Title IX, today is National Women and Girls in Sports Day. Wow… 40 years. And what a legacy! While it’s true that Title IX is best known for the legal requirement that academic spending benefit girls and boys equally — which has most notably opened the door to…
When news broke earlier today that Susan G. Komen for the Cure was breaking with their long-standing partnership with Planned Parenthood and not renewing funding for breast cancer screenings, it is not over-stating it to say a bomb went off in the pro-choice community. Several hours later, I still don’t think my twitter feed has…
The Sin City Siren 