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We hurt our fellow citizens and our community when we deny gay people civil marriage and its protections and responsibilities. Rather than divide and discriminate, let us come together and create one nation. We are all one people. We all live in the American house. We are all the American family. Let us recognize that the gay people living in our house share the same hopes, troubles, and dreams. It’s time we treated them as equals, as family.

John Lewis as quoted in The Freedom Riders and same-sex marriage | Take As Directed

Join me and I’ll buy YOU A DRINK. As a member of the host committee, let us share this important political fight.

New Yorkers need more reach into THEIR local government and one more excuse to gather for drinks with their neighbors. This Thursday, May 19th, we can have both! I’m co-hosting a casual bar night with New Kings Democrats (@newkingsdems) to launch its #VoteLocal campaign,
which will register 2,500 new Democratic voters in Brooklyn before the next election and educate people on why voting local matters. Please join me and I’ll buy you a drink!

NEW KINGS DEMOCRATS “VOTE LOCAL” CAMPAIGN LAUNCH
Matt Torrey’s Bar, 46 Bushwick Ave, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
THIS Thursday, May 19th, 2011 – 7pm-10pm

I support @NewKingsDems because they promote progressive causes and candidates to root out the three Cs – complacency, corruption, and encroaching conservatism – at the local level of our party.

But that means forking over some heavy cash, right? No! Our politics are egalitarian, and so are our giving levels. Donate securely in advance or at the door. And let us know on Facebook that you’re coming!

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Ronen’s Adventure: Trapped in an iPhone (click to view on iPhone)

Weekly Video #4, written/choreographed with the amazing Vanya Polunin. (blog link)

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(Thanks to everyone who was a part of making this: Thierry Van Biesen, Celia Rowlson Hall, Jordan Hall, Lauren Sieczkowski, & Elie Bekhazi.)

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The pain and agony of his death must have paled in comparison to the daily struggle he endured, looking for a job only to be denied hundreds of times. Nobody wanted to hire a person whose work experience consists of arranging toxic assets which, combined with other financial disasters, ultimately took down the U.S. economy. I’ll never have closure or understand why he couldn’t reach out to one of us. We had no idea our close friend was suffering and hurting to the point where death seemed like the only escape. So many Miami alumni were at his funeral, looking at each other saying the same thing: I would have done anything for him. Didn’t he know that?

Opinion | A letter to Miami students: life is beautiful – The Miami Student – Opinion RIP Dan Hunter

“The combination of hip-hop and the Internet, and the ability to record it and put it up online immediately and bypass all these typical media outlets and typical industry outlets is what makes it so powerful,” explained Syrian-American rapper Omar Offendum over the phone from Los Angeles in an interview with New America Media.

Freemuse: Middle East: Hip-hop is a soundtrack to the North African revolt