According to the far right, Barack Obama is a total radical.  Ummm……I WISH!  Actual radicals (and progressives who fear the term) find this assertion both laughable and ignorant. From financial reform to health care—from same-sex marriage to global warming, President Obama is a middle-of-the-road, moderate Democrat, straddling the center of the political line: his weight [...]

Recently, NPR asked hundreds of women who work as musicians to fill out a questionnaire about aspects of being women in the music business today.  They’ve published their complete answers online and will be airing a series of pieces on women in music in the coming months.  You can check out everyone’s answers here.
They are [...]

Have any of you ever thought what it would take to completely end sexual violence? If someone asked you what it would take or what the world would look like after, how would you respond? Asking these questions and working towards the answers is exactly the work of the three neighborhood based coalitions that comprise [...]

[ August 14, 2010; 11:00 am to 10:00 pm. ] We have finally confirmed a date and a place for this year’s 5th Annual Big She-Bang!

THE BIG SHE-BANG V
SATURDAY, AUGUST 14TH, 2010
11AM-10PM

@ CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH
129 RUSSELL STREET, LOWER LEVEL
GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN 11222

Please join us as we anticipate a bunch of really great participants this year, as always.

If you have yet to [...]