Policy
Use My Broken Heart - Trayvon Martin's Mom
"My message to you is please use my story, please use my tragedy, please use my broken heart to say to yourself we cannot let this happen to anybody else's child."
Sybrina Fulton, Trayvon Martin's mom
'Use My Broken Heart' to Change Gun Laws - Trayvon Martin's Mom - NYTimes
President Obama's Powerful Speech on Race
I love this quote, in particular:
"On the other hand, in families and churches and workplaces, there’s a possibility that people are a little bit more honest, and at least you ask yourself your own questions about, am I wringing as much bias out of myself as I can; am I judging people, as much as I can, based on not the color of their skin but the content of their character? That would, I think, be an appropriate exercise in the wake of this tragedy." -- President Obama
President Obama's Remarks on Trayvon Martin - full transcript - The Washington Post
President Obama's Anguish - The New York Times
Malala Day - UN Speech of Malala Yousafzai
#Demand a Plan
in Policy
On Silence and the Value of Dissent
in Policy, Politics, Inspiration
Chris Hedges writes: The Treason of the Intellectuals
Equality = Strike Down DOMA
in Policy
Proposition 8 - Marriage Equality - Supreme Court
Gay Rights are Human Rights - Hillary Clinton
Gabby Giffords is My Hero
in Inspiration, Policy
"Too many children are dying...too many children. We must do something." - Gabby Giffords
Now is the time to do something about gun violence. - White House
President Obama Introduces a Plan to Reduce Gun Violence
in Policy
Yes.
“We’re going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics.” - President Barack Obama
WE - The Rachel Maddow Show - words by Rachel Maddow and poster by Peter Ziomek
in Policy
Pass it on! Here are the links to Maddow's video and the wonderful poster her words inspired, shaped into the word WE by one of Rachel's fans, Peter Ziomek:
Rachel Maddow on Obama's Re-election
The words that inspired the poster
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Downdload a copy of the poster here - WE - Maddow on Flickr
Rachel Maddow: What we aren't going to do -- I love this clip!
in Policy
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Peter Ziomek, a friend of The Rachel Maddow Show, made a poster out of Maddow's post election commentary. I love it. Check it out:
Draw the Line - Bill of Reproductive Rights
United States of ALEC - Bill Moyers - Moyers & Company
Ending Gun Violence
in Policy
We should be able to have a discussion about this matter. I fully support Mayors Against Illegal Guns. I live in Chicago and illegal guns put everyone here at risk. It's the same in many cities in America. We need to do something to restore order. I was heartened to hear Justice Scalia say that there are limits to the right to bear arms:
Supreme Court Justice Scalia Addresses Nation's Gun Laws - Washington Wire - WSJ
This morning a gunman entered a Sikh temple in Wisconsin and seven are dead. Aurora, Colorado is still reeling from the shootout there, and Gabby Gifford's gunman will plead guilty soon. Mayhem shouldn't be the law of the land, but that's what we've invited with this current approach to gun ownership.