BBC Radio's Mark Forrest talks with EJS President Eva Paterson following reports this week that a staffer for a Republican state Senator in Tennessee sent an email with an image showing portraits of our presidents, except President Obama is depicted only with two eyeballs on a solid black background. As reported by numerous outlets, including … Continue reading Eva Paterson’s BBC Radio Interview on Racism and Obama
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By upholding Prop 8, the Court has diminished its legacy as a champion of equality
The California Supreme Court today in a 6-1 vote upheld Prop. 8, the ballot measure discriminating against marriage by same-sex couples. We are relieved the Court protected couples who married before November 5. The presence of thousands of married same-sex couples across California will show those who don't yet know us that marriage strengthens families … Continue reading By upholding Prop 8, the Court has diminished its legacy as a champion of equality
Ideas Matter: The Case for Regulation
In addition to our deep commitment to racial justice, we at the Equal Justice Society are committed to the realization of a broad progressive vision that goes beyond race. Inspired by Dr. King's strategist, Bayard Rustin, and his dream of the Grand Coalition, EJS is pursuing the creation of a Grand Alliance filled with individuals … Continue reading Ideas Matter: The Case for Regulation
Ideas Matter: The Case for Regulation
In addition to our deep commitment to racial justice, we at the Equal Justice Society are committed to the realization of a broad progressive vision that goes beyond race. Inspired by Dr. King's strategist, Bayard Rustin, and his dream of the Grand Coalition, EJS is pursuing the creation of a Grand Alliance filled with individuals … Continue reading Ideas Matter: The Case for Regulation
Eva Paterson, Other Leaders Join Lawyers for Press Conference on Prop 8 Legal Challenge
EJS President Eva Paterson will participate in a press conference with other leaders and attorneys to be held immediately prior to Thursday’s California Supreme Court oral arguments in the Prop 8 legal challenge. Attorneys will argue that by taking away a right only from one group, Proposition 8 violates the most basic principle of our … Continue reading Eva Paterson, Other Leaders Join Lawyers for Press Conference on Prop 8 Legal Challenge
Kate Kendell, Eva Paterson: ‘Standing Together and Continuing the Conversation’
Next Thursday, the California Supreme Court will hear arguments in our legal challenge to Proposition 8. As we seek to overturn Prop 8, we have the broadest array of support ever seen on an LGBT issue before any California Court. This support speaks directly to the relationships and coalition work that many in the LGBT, … Continue reading Kate Kendell, Eva Paterson: ‘Standing Together and Continuing the Conversation’
NY Post Editorial Cartoon: Simian Stereotypes and Cartoonist Excuses
If nothing else, the now-infamous New York Post cartoon by Sean Delonas published Wednesday showing a chimp shot to death by police officers should be a clear answer to the question of whether we're in a "post-racial" America. As EJS President Eva Paterson and others have argued, the answer to that question is a resounding … Continue reading NY Post Editorial Cartoon: Simian Stereotypes and Cartoonist Excuses
Video of Mike Lux Talk in San Francisco
UPDATE FEB. 18: The video is being revised so the embedded player doesn't work right now. I'll post the new one when it's done. Almost 75 folks braved the weather on Feb. 15 to meet Mike Lux, author of "The Progressive Revolution: How the Best in America Came To Be," at San Francisco's new political … Continue reading Video of Mike Lux Talk in San Francisco