Crappy Michigan weather aside, last Thursday I was given another reason to want to move to California.  California legalized same sex marriage.  While this is a nationwide victory for lesbian and gay rights activists and proponents, there is still a long way to go and an increased risk of a nationwide backlash.   
My heightened spirits […]

Washington University in St. Louis plans to grant antifeminist Phyllis Schlafly an honorary doctorate at commencement on May 16. The decision to honor Schlafly has ignited much disapproval and protest. Why are people so worked up about this? The reasons are numerous, here are a few:

Schlafly describes her greatest accomplishment as having […]

Sunday is Mother’s Day! If you have forgotten, yes, you should be racked with guilt. Not to panic though, there’s still some time. Mother’s Day is the perfect opportunity for all to pay homage to the valuable—yet too often underappreciated— women in our lives.
The problem is- I never know what to get my […]

Yesterday the state Supreme Court, in a 5-2 decision, moved to prohibit public employers from providing health care benefits to the partners of lesbian and gay employees. The court ruled that the amendment to the state constitution approved by voters in 2004 , which defines marriage as the union between one man and one woman, […]

The Ann Arbor News printed an op-ed by Nerieda Guillian, member of the Washtenaw Interfaith Coalition for Immigrants Rights (WIRIC) and Master’s student in the School of Social Work. Guillian explains why the local Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) raids constitute as unlawful and violations of human rights.
Guillian closes with this: It’s […]