Who’s Spying on You? Might Depend on Your Race.
Yesterday, two important news stories demonstrated how new unchecked surveillance programs we've highlighted in our Spyfiles campaign are violating the constitutional rights of innocent Americans. The first, a New York Times article revealed that from ...
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Safety in Numbers?
In the last decade, New York drastically reduced its prison population and at the same time experienced a huge drop in crime. Indiana, on the other hand, drastically increased its prison population — and consequently the burden to taxpayers ...
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Bloomberg Gives With One Hand; Takes With the Other
This week, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that he would invest $30 million from his own pocket to uplift the young black and Latino men who are most excluded from New York’s civic, educational and economic life. While this pr...
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The Happiest Day of My Life
It had been five years since Seongman had proposed to me. It's been a long time since we bought and exchanged beautiful rings and registered as domestic partners to publicly show our love and devotion to one another. Since then we've l...
At Rikers, Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Every cartographer has to leave something out. Street names, landmarks, tiny inlets — a two-dimensional rendering of our world can’t possibly include everything. This kind of selective exclusion reminds me of a specific khaki-colored mas...
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Landmark Hearing on DOMA Set
It’s official! Next week, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a landmark congressional hearing on the discriminatory so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and how it harms tens of thousands of married gay and lesbian couples and thei...
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Landmark Hearing on DOMA Set
It’s official! Next week, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a landmark congressional hearing on the discriminatory so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and how it harms tens of thousands of married gay and lesbian couples and thei...
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Wedding Planning: New York-Style
Weddings raise a lot of questions: Who should we invite? Do we want an outdoorindoor ceremony? Do we hire a DJa band for the reception? With New York State's new law giving lesbian and gay couples the freedom to marry set to take effect on July 24,...
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Wedding Planning: New York-Style
Weddings raise a lot of questions: Who should we invite? Do we want an outdoorindoor ceremony? Do we hire a DJa band for the reception? With New York State's new law giving lesbian and gay couples the freedom to marry set to take effect on July 24...
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We Did It! Same-Sex Marriage in New York
"When it comes to fighting for what's right, New Yorkers wrote the book. And marriage equality is the next chapter of our civil rights story." With those powerful words, Gov. Andrew Cuomo defined the importance of the fight for same-sex coup...
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