Topic: United States

On Top Magazine | 3 days ago
Target's reputation plummeted immediately after gay rights activists called for a boycott of the chain over its support of an anti-gay candidate

Target's reputation plummeted immediately after gay rights activists called for a boycott of the chain over its support of an anti-gay candidate, and has yet to fully recover.

According to Brandweek, Target lost one-third of its ...

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On Top Magazine | 4 days ago
Melvin Nimer, the president of gay GOP group Utah Log Cabin Republicans, is vying for a seat in the Utah Senate

Melvin Nimer, the president of gay GOP group Utah Log Cabin Republicans, is vying for a seat in the Utah Senate, The Salt Lake Tribune reported.

Republicans recruited Nimer after Nancie Lee Davis was disqualified from the race for ...

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On Top Magazine | 5 days ago
Jarrett Barrios, president of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, announced Thursday that he's divorcing from Douglas Hattaway

Jarrett Barrios, president of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), announced Thursday that he's divorcing from Douglas Hattaway.

The two men were among the first gay couples to marry in Massachusetts when its state Supreme Court legalized the institution ...

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On Top Magazine | 12 days ago
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin spoke Friday to an anti-gay group in Pennsylvania

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin spoke Friday to an anti-gay group in Pennsylvania, NBC affiliate WGAL reported.

Palin, a Republican, spoke to a crowd of 1,100 at the Pennsylvania Family Institute's Friends of the Family banquet in Hershey.

“You're not afraid to cling to ...

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On Top Magazine | 15 days ago
Openly gay congressional hopeful Scott Galvin lost his bid Tuesday to represent South Florida's District 17

Openly gay congressional hopeful Scott Galvin lost his bid Tuesday to represent South Florida's District 17.

Galvin, a North Miami city councilman for more than a decade, received less than six percent of the vote, ranking eighth in a crowded field of ...

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AFP Global Edition | 16 days ago

African Anglican bishops voiced their strong disapproval of homosexuality at a meeting Tuesday attended by Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, as the issue continues to divide Anglicans. "Homosexuality is incompatible with the word of God," said conference host and Ugandan Archbishop Uganda Henry Luke Orombi. "It is good Archbishop Rowan is here. We are going to express to him where ...

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On Top Magazine | 19 days ago
Institutional shareholders are demanding Target overhaul its campaign donation policies as a boycott over an anti-gay donation gains steam

Institutional shareholders are demanding Target overhaul its campaign donation policies as a boycott over an anti-gay donation gains steam, the Los Angeles Times reported.

On Thursday, three management firms announced they have sponsored a resolution demanding the retail giant rethink its ...

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On Top Magazine | 22 days ago
MoveOn.org is wading deeper into the effort to boycott Target for supporting an anti-gay marriage gubernatorial candidate in Minnesota

MoveOn.org is wading deeper into the effort to boycott Target for supporting an anti-gay marriage gubernatorial candidate in Minnesota. The progressive group Tuesday unveiled a new ad urging shoppers to boycott the retail giant.

“Target and other big corporations ...

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AFP Global Edition | 23 days ago

A US court on Monday blocked same-sex marriages in California while an appeal of a landmark decision to overturn a state ban is considered, putting on hold ceremonies that would have resumed this week. The decision by the federal court of appeals came hours after gay marriage opponents urged the ban on the unions to be maintained in the West ...

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AP News | 28 days ago
Gay rights group sues to block 'Don't ask, don't tell' discharge of Idaho aviator

A gay rights group wants a federal court in Idaho to block the U.S. Air Force from discharging an aviator under the "Don't ask, don't tell" policy that bars openly gay and lesbian military members from service. Servicemembers Legal Defense Network ...

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Daily Kos Granny: We Deserve Many More 9/11s for Our Shabby Imperialism

NewsBusters | 4 hours ago

Taking in the current furor over the tiny-church-of-Koran-bonfires story, The Washington Post front page today strangely suggested "Debate may...

Jeff Mathis is hero in 16, Carl Crawford a halo in '11. Halolinks

Halos Heaven | 4 hours ago

More photos Chris Carlson - AP I'm not so sure he wasn't safe on this play. Browse more photos Sweet 16: Long day ends with victory for Angels...

Rim to Rim: Setting Out

Intelligent Travel | 4 hours ago

Margaret Krauss, who works in the National Geographic Kids division, recently completed a five day back-country hike into the Grand Canyon. For the...

Health Care Mystery in Iowa

TIME: Real Clear Politics | 4 hours ago

Most people have probably come across stories this morning detailing how health care costs are projected to keep rising, despite the passage of the...

Arctic ice melt threatens iconic narwhal, scientists warn

The Province, Canada | 4 hours ago

The ongoing disintegration of Arctic sea ice cover is posing a particular hazard for the narwhal -- one of Canada's iconic polar species -- ...

Appeals court blocks Pennsylvania city's immigration law

ABC 9 Syracuse (WSYR) | 4 hours ago

A federal appeals court has largely upheld a ruling that Hazleton, Pa., may not enforce its crackdown on illegal immigrants.. . The decision ...

BoC urged to hold rate after GDP disappoints

Montreal Gazette, Canada | 4 hours ago

The Canadian economy grew at a slower-than-expected 2% annualized rate in the second quarter, Statistics Canada reported Tuesday, as a cooler ...

U.S. data 'tipped the scale heavily'

Montreal Gazette, Canada | 4 hours ago

What a difference a week makes in gauging the state of the Canadian economy. . . At the start of last week, few market players believed the Bank of ...

Most U.S. kids see fewer food ads on television: Study

Saskatoon StarPhoenix, Canada | 5 hours ago

Most U.S. kids saw fewer TV food ads between 2003 and 2007, but black kids were bombarded with more calorie-rich advertising than whites, a study ...

Fla. race drops Che Guevara image after outcry

Miami Herald | 6 hours ago

Organizers of an irreverent Florida auto race that used Che Guevara's image in its logo have dropped the Cuban revolutionary from promotional ...

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