News + Politics
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Challenging Principals
Minors may not be allowed to vote, but that certainly doesn't allow them to live outside politics. According to a Dec. 9 press release issued...
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Equal Opportunity
Job change is in the air. I know this because I've just given notice at my current place of employment and am poised to start...
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SLDN's Full Court Press
When Monica Hill joined the Air Force in the 1990s, she and her partner thought it was an excellent way to both act on her...
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Shake-Up at HRC
Less than one year after taking the helm, Cheryl Jacques has resigned as the head of the Human Rights Campaign, the organization announced Tuesday evening,...
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Suit Your Shelf
There's something so clean and benign about a Skandia shelving unit that you hardly notice it's a tool of the devil until you assemble it...
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Making the Syphi-list
Recently released data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) tracking sexually transmitted diseases in 2003 does not offer much good news for...
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First Class
In the coldest stretch of Iowa winter during my last two years of high school, there was a bittersweet part of each day: walking outside...
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No Cherry on Top
Four gay and lesbian community groups that were the designated beneficiaries for last spring's Cherry 9 circuit party will not be receiving any Cherry donations...
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A Far Cry
Among the tears shed this Election Day were those of my friend Gerrit, who is five and who really hoped with all of his heart...
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Gay-N-C
With the city's heavily Democratic majority among registered voters, presidential races may not be much of a contest in the District of Columbia. Nonpartisan advisory...
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Pink People Feeling Blue
It's fair to say that America is polarized. The 2004 election helped quantify the division, with 51 percent on the right, 48 percent on the...
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Expo Absent
Since the spring of 2001, gay Washingtonians have been greeted by more than cherry blossoms. That's when the International Gay & Lesbian Travel Expo comes...
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Is It Over?
I sometimes fear that the Republican Party, like children who set fire to their toys rather than share with their siblings, might choose to destroy...
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Worst-Case Scenarios
As you strive to achieve financial goals, it's common to overlook the potential for major financial setbacks -- even though they can strike without warning...
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Truth-Mongering
Ever since John Kerry shocked the nation by declaring on live national television that Mary Cheney is a lesbian, I haven't been able to look...
