Gabriel Arana

New York State Sen. Diane Savino first made a name for herself as a labor activist for the SSEU. She’s been a staunch defender of workers’ rights, helping raise the state’s minimum wage for the first time in a decade and passing the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights. But since the failed gay marriage vote […]

In a story that’s provoked justified outrage, the Army has threatened single military mom Spc. Alexis Hutchinson with a military court marshal for refusing leave her 10-month-old and ship off to Afghanistan when none of her family members could care for the child. In a compassionate display of flexibility, her superiors offered her the alternative […]

Window Media, the nation’s largest owner of gay newspapers, shut its doors today bringing D.C.’s local gay newspaper The Washington Blade as well as four others down with it. The Washington Blade, you could say, was the New York Times of LGBT news. It was the second-largest gay newspaper by circulation (beside Gay City News) […]

Lou Dobbs‘ abrupt departure from CNN seems to be the product of ongoing wrangling between the anchor and network executives, who gave him the choice of either making his show more “objective” or resigning. CNN had been under increasing pressure from immigrants’ rights groups to fire the news anchor: His histrionics in the last few […]

Today, the Senate joined the House in passing the Matthew Shepard Act, which provides for stricter sentences if a crime appears to be motivated by anti-gay bias. It’s near certain that Obama will sign it, giving the Human Rights Campaign a public relations boost and likely a fundraising bump. But in reality, the lobbying crusade […]

Today, Judge Vaughn Walker denied a motion by various gay-rights organizations — including Lambda Legal and the ACLU — to intervene in the federal challenge to Prop. 8. He did, however, allow the city of San Francisco to join, saying its interests were not already represented by other parties. This decision leaves former Bush v. […]