From: Nuclear Information and Resource Service
Dear Friends,
Today is National Grassroots Call-In Day to stop taxpayer subsidies for nuclear power and coal! Please take a moment to call your Senators and Representative and let them know billions of dollars of your money in subsidies for new nuclear reactors and coal plants are simply an unacceptable choice [...]

From: The Stranger | Slog
Posted by Dan Savage

Rudy Giulliani intends to campaign against same-sex marriage if he jumps into the NY governor’s race next year. Rudy’s gay BFFs—the male couple he lived [...]

Myths:

Same-sex couples in New York can get the protections they need for their families without marriage.

Civil unions and domestic partnerships are the same as marriage.

If the state allows same-sex couples to marry, religious institutions’ freedom will be threatened.

Marriage as an institution has remained the same for millennia.

New York does not have same-sex couples who are [...]

via LifeHacker
By Kevin Purdy
Photo by Flirty Kitty.
It’s easy to find recipes for homemade yogurt, granola, and other common groceries, but far harder to know, cent for cent, if making them really saves money. One Slate writer did the math for us.
Jennifer Reese is a dedicated home cook, but was suspicious that there were some home [...]

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From: On the Wilder Side
“Here in Long Island, there have been LNG projects proposed for Eastern Suffolk/The Long Island Sound and for Nassau County/Long Beach area. The Eastern Suffolk project, called Broadwater, had a recent setback in court. In Nassau County, environmentalists and activists are still having to get the [...]

The Empire State Pride Agenda just released the following statement by Executive Director Alan Van Capelle regarding the latest Siena poll:
April 20, 2009–“Siena’s latest poll numbers on where New Yorkers stand on the issue of marriage for same-sex couples make me proud to call the Empire State my home.

Not only are a majority in favor [...]

Pro-Gay Sites Filtered From Tennessee Students

By David KravetsApril 15, 2009

Public schools in Tennessee are filtering access to online websites discussing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues, but are not blocking sites advocating “reparative” therapy to change their lifestyle.
Nobody is disputing the existence of the filters in the Knox County Schools and Metro Nashville Public [...]

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Background: In 1958 Richard Loving and Mildred Jeter decided to get married. But because Mr. Loving was White and Ms. Jeter was Black, their marriage was considered illegal in their home state of Virginia. The couple went to Washington, D.C. and got married there. Shortly after returning to Virginia, they were arrested. The [...]

Charity:Water

If you’re looking for a worthy cause to support, let me recommend Charity:Water. Their mission is to bring clean and safe drinking water to the 1 billion people on our planet that do not have access to it (that’s 1 in 6 of us).
A $20 monthly gift can provide one person with clean, safe drinking [...]

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