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Gabriel Arana

Gabriel Arana is a senior editor at The American Prospect. His articles on gay rights, immigration, and media have appeared in publications including The Nation, Salon, The Advocate, and The Daily Beast. To contact him, visit his website.

 

 

 

Recent Articles

From Disgust to Mike Huckabee.

Gabriel AranaJun 23, 2010

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is under fire for comments he made to The New Yorker magazine about same-sex marriage:

Male and female are biologically compatible to have a relationship. We can get into the “ick factor,” but the fact is two men in a relationship, two women in a relationship, biologically, that doesn’t work the same.

Faced with criticism from gay-rights groups, Huckabee clarified.

Tuesday Twitter Talk: Obama Appointments.

Gabriel AranaJun 22, 2010

Gays Needn't Depend on the Kindness of Presidents.

Gabriel AranaJun 22, 2010

The Washington Post has a story today about the incremental changes the Obama administration has made on gay rights, including:

  • extending health-care and day-care benefits to gay couples;
  • barring discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in applying for federal housing;
  • including information about same-sex couples in the census;
  • and requiring hospitals to allow gays to visit their partners.

The piece praises the administration's piecemeal approach.

Hillary Lets the Cat out of the Bag.

Gabriel AranaJun 18, 2010

After Hillary Clinton said on Ecuadorian television that the Justice Department "will bring a lawsuit" against Arizona over its new immigration-enforcement bill, a senior official in the Obama administration confirmed her remarks and said the department was finishing building its case. Earlier today the Justice Department said it was "continuing to review the law." Quick change of heart, huh?

Tuesday Twitter Talk: The Karate Kid.

Gabriel AranaJun 15, 2010

Our weekly feature showing you how incisive and funny we can be in 140 characters. This week, Adam Serwer and the National Review Online's Dan Foster have a back-and-forth about the upcoming movie, The Karate Kid.

@AdamSerwer

So, anyone else bothered by the new "Karate Kid" movie taking place in China and utilizing Kung Fu? #nerdcomplaints

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