Tweet February 14, 2012 — The NYPD stopped and interrogated people 684,330 times in 2011, by far the highest total since the Police Department began collecting data on its troubling…
HIV Is Not a Crime. End HIV criminalization NOW!
Tweet HIV Is Not a Crime but in 34 states and two U.S. territories currently have varying statutes that can penalize HIV+ people for potentially exposing others to the disease.…
HASA clients to Commissioner Robert Doar: Take a drug test (PHOTOS)!
Tweet 2/17/2012. Manhattan, NYC – Activists marched today to the office of New York City HRA Commissioner Robert Doar to ask him to take a drug test. They are upset…
Homophobia at a NYC train station (PHOTOS).
Tweet Friday, February 17th, 2012. New York City – Last week I saw these ads at a train station, I thought they were great. Today I went to cover a…
Lincoln Hospital allows artists to barter talent for health care.
Tweet LINCOLN HOSPITAL ALLOWS ARTISTS TO BARTER TALENT FOR HEALTH CARE Tony and Grammy Awards winner Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hip Hop Pioneer Roxanne Shante, The Actors’ Fund, The Bronx Council on…
The New Jersey Assembly passed the marriage equality bill.
Tweet Thursday, February 16th, 2012 – The New Jersey Assembly passed the Marriage Equality and Religious Exemption Act on Thursday afternoon in a 42-33 vote. The historic passage, following Senate…
Monsanto’s GMO sweet corn and GMO salmon coming to a store near you.
Tweet Tell the FDA to require the mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods (genetically modified organism – GMO). Learn more about GMOs. Below is an email from Eric Schlosser, the…
Senator Chuck Schumer didn’t break America’s heart (PHOTOS).
Tweet Tuesday, February 14th, 2012 MANHATTAN, NYC – On Valentine’s Day, activists marched from Dag Hammarskjold Plaza (47th Street, between 1st and 2nd Ave) to Senator Chuck Schumer’s Manhattan office…
Support journalists arrested by the government of the United States of America.
Tweet Over the weekend a journalist was arrested in Washington, D.C., while trying to report on Occupy events. Thanks to citizen journalists on the ground we have footage of the…
The New Jersey state Senate approved the marriage equality bill.
Tweet Monday, February 13th, 2012 – The New Jersey state Senate approved the marriage equality bill, 24-16. The bill is expected to pass in the Assembly on Thursday, too. Governor…
Fans dan el último adiós a Whitney Houston (1963-2012).
Tweet Whitney Houston nació el 9 de Agosto, 1963 y murió el Sabado, 11 de Febrero, 2012 a las 3:55 p.m. en el hotel Beverly Hilton. Tenía 48 años. Estos…
Descanse en paz Whitney Houston (1963-2012).
Tweet La publicista de Whitney Houston confirmó que murió el Sabado, 11 de Febrero, 2012 a las 3:55 p.m. en el hotel Beverly Hilton. Tenía 48 años. No se ha…