(Courtesy of Sen. Harry Reid‘s Office) Sen. Harry Reid returns gay-rights advocate Dan Choi‘s West Point ring, which Reid promised he would return after “don’t ask, don’t tell” was repealed. “Five months after I promised to repeal #DADT, I’m so happy to give back this West Point ring to @ltdanchoi,” he tweeted.
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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Sustaining Dalal.
A follow-up on Gershom Gorenberg‘s piece last month about the plight of a young girl in the West Bank in need of medical attention. At 10:03 on Monday morning, Osama Rusrus phoned from Beit Umar in the West Bank with wonderful news: His wife Sunya and daughter Dalal had crossed through the checkpoint into Jerusalem, […]
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Asking and Telling
The fight over DADT was always about the normalization of homosexuality.
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The Little Picture: Joseph’s Hospital.
(Flickr/cobalt123) St. Joseph’s Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona, which lost its affiliation with the Catholic Church after it performed an abortion to save a mother’s life.
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The Little Picture: A START Warning.
(Flickr/U.S. Mission Geneva) US and Russian Federation Presentation on New START Treaty in June. Today, Russia warned the U.S. not to amend the agreement. “I can only underscore that the strategic nuclear arms treaty, worked out on the strict basis of parity, in our view fully answers to the national interests of Russia and the […]
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The Little Picture: White House Concert.
(White House/Samantha Appleton) President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama pretend to sing with an a cappella group in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House during a holiday reception.
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TAP’s Take: Gay Soldiers Get Their Wings.
On this week’s podcast from The American Prospect: Tim Fernholz, Monica Potts, and Jamelle Bouie discuss Richard Holbrooke‘s untimely death, the war in Afghanistan, and the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell.” Listen Now: To download the mp3 directly, click here. Also, if you just want the RSS feed, it’s here. We’re on iTunes! Click […]
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Practice What You Speak.
TAPPED readers, please welcome Tova Wang as an occasional contributor to the blog. Tova is a nationally known expert on election reform and political participation and a senior democracy fellow at Demos. New Census data released yesterday shows more than ever that there is a need for English language education. Yet despite moves by states […]
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The Little Picture: Cuccinelli.
(Flickr/politicalactivitylaw) Ken Cuccinelli, the attorney general of Virginia, struck a major symbolic blow against the Affordable Care Act today when a judge ruled the individual mandate unconstitutional.
