On this day:
2004 – The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ruled that it was unconstitu tional to allow only heterosexual couples to marry. Massachusetts became the first state to legalize same-sex marriage.
Daily Words to Stew On: ‘Democracy is no easy form of government…’
On this day:
1918 – The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government an imprisonable offense.
Daily Words to Stew On: ‘There is nothing wrong in America…’
On this day: 2012 – GOP presidential primary debate scheduled on PBS.
Daily Words to Stew On: ‘This radical change…’
On this day: 1991 – Congress empowers George H. W. Bush to order attacks on Iraq.
Daily Words to Stew On: ‘The moral test of a society…’
On this day:
2012 – New Hampshire Republican Primary
1967 – PBS launches as a 70-station network (National Educational Broadcasting).
Daily Words to Stew On: ‘We hold these truths…’
On this day:
1979 – U.S. Supreme Court strikes down (6-3) a Pennsylvania law requiring doctors performing an abortion to try to preserve lives of potentially viable fetuses.
Daily Words to Stew On: “I disapprove of what you say…”
“I disapprove of what you say, but I will…”
Daily Words to Stew On: “The whole problem with the world…”
On this day:
2012 – New Hampshire Republican Primary Candidate Debate scheduled on ABC.
1817 – Second Bank of U.S. opens
Daily Words to Stew On: “America should have a foundation free from…”
On this day:
1999 – The 106th Congress opens with their first legislative agenda item: the impeachment proceedings of President Bill Clinton.
Daily Words to Stew On: “A man’s ethical behavior…”
On this day:
1961 – U.S. breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba
The Stew Releases First eBook, ‘A Progressive’s Daily Devotional’
The fight to improve the health and well-being of our citizens…must be renewed in each generation with equal vigor, or will suffer setbacks from conservative forces that resist change. If we want to remain competitive, just, and successful in 2012 and beyond, we must embrace change, must believe in a better society, and must continue caring against overwhelmingly pervasive apathy and disillusionment. Start your day in the right frame of mind with our daily devotional…
Daily Words to Stew On: “The test of our progress…”
On this day:
1944 – Ralph Bunche appointed the first Negro official in the U.S. State Department
Daily Words to Stew On: ‘The highest forms of understanding…’
‘The highest forms of understanding we can achieve are laughter and human compassion.’
~ Richard Feynman, physicist (1918-1988)
Little Boy Defends His Gay Mom to Michele Bachmann (VIDEO)
The old Biblical idiom “out of the mouths of babes” couldn’t be more apt than for this brave young man. Eight-year-old Elijah confronted crass, homophobic Michele Bachmann at a book signing and gave her a piece of his mind on her hateful rhetoric against people like his mom, a gay parent.
OccupyNOLA: New Orleans Joins in Solidarity with Anti-Wall Street Movement (You Should Too)
10/06/2011 · 5:00 pm By
When you finally, truly internalize the injustice of your country, you can’t go back to sleep. Instead, you start re-evaluating how you’ve been distracting yourself, and who is profiting from your trance. When you see that it’s the one percent profiting—that the one percent is standing atop the ninety-nine—you realize if we all shift, the one percent will fall.
Recent Comments