Despite the Supreme Court’s resounding decision this week, full equality will still have to be fought for in courts and in Congress.
Gabriel Arana
Gabriel Arana is a contributing editor at The American Prospect. His articles on gay rights, immigration, and media have appeared in publications including The New Republic, The Nation, Salon, The Advocate, and The Daily Beast.
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Does the Civil Rights Act Protect Gay Employees? The Court Will Decide.
And the conservative justices will have to choose between their self-proclaimed allegiance to what a law says and their social biases.
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Faces of the Democratic Future
Young leaders on the future of their party.
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Sorry, Right-Wing Media, Unionization Is Good for Liberal Publications
Conservative outlets are saying organizing workers “destroys diversity,” but that’s simply not true.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
The Unbearable Whiteness of Liberal Media
If left-leaning publications value diversity, why don’t they have any?
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Ezra Klein’s Queer New Hire
Vox Media’s decision to bring Brandon Ambrosino on board is click-bait contrarianism at its worst.
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CPAC’s Second-Class Gays
Gay Republican group GOProud gets to attend this year’s conference—but that’s hardly a victory.
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The Citizens United of the Culture Wars
Anti-gay discrimination laws like the one vetoed in Arizona this week now seem dead on arrival, but gay-rights supporters could be blindsided by the courts.
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There’s No Place Like Homophobic Kansas
The state’s anti-gay discrimination bill is doomed, but this is just the first we’ve seen of stand-alone “religious liberty” bills.
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The Devil’s Immigration Glossary
Political language is always twisted and obscurantist—but never more so than when it comes to the immigration debate.