Category: Press

Cosby’s books join ‘most challenged’ list

Graham Bowley reports at NYT: Bill Cosby’s “Little Bill” children’s book series was among the 10 “most challenged” books in 2016, according to a list compiled by the American Library [...]

FBI Obtained FISA Warrant to Monitor Carter Page

WaPo reports: The FBI and the Justice Department obtained the warrant targeting Carter Page’s communications after convincing a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court judge that there was probable cause to believe [...]

GLAA 46th Anniversary Invite

April 10, 2017 Celebrate with us as we launch a new generation of advocacy! Dear Friend of GLAA: Please join us at our 46th anniversary awards reception on April 20 [...]

Tom Cotton’s imperial delusion

@SenTomCotton tweets: READ my op-ed in the @nytimes “A Strike in Syria Restores Our Credibility in the World” @jfreewright replied: The overblown sense of self plus lack of imagination & [...]

NYT: the ball is in John Roberts’s court

NYT editorializes: On Thursday, in the Senate, neither party distinguished itself. In a cry of rage against the Republicans’ nihilistic refusal in 2016 to grant even a hearing to Barack [...]

Nebraska State Supreme Court Upholds Ruling That Struck Down Nation’s Last Ban On LGBT Adoption

Joe My God reports on the ACLU reaction: The Nebraska Supreme Court today upheld a lower court decision which strikes down a decades old ban on gay and lesbian foster [...]

LGBT advocates criticize nominee for Army secretary

(Photo of Mark E. Green by Erik Schelzig/Associated Press) Helene Cooper and Maggie Haberman report at NYT: A Tennessee state senator who has criticized federal attempts to bar discrimination against [...]

The next face of poverty could be yours

(Photo of William McPherson by Matt Roth/Chicago Tribune) Michelle Singletary Writes in The Washington Post: For this month’s Color of Money Book Club selection, I’ve chosen an essay that explains [...]