Another anti-LGBT vote in the GOP House

A box of cupcakes are seen topped with icons of same-sex couples at City Hall in San Francisco. Shouts of "Shame, shame, shame," erupted in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday as Republican lawmakers narrowly defeated legislation to protect the civil rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees of government contractors.

Donald Trump Plays The ‘Rape’ Card Against Bill Clinton

All of America has seen an credibly lowbrow GOP presidential primary this election cycle and Donald Trump is destined to make the general election even worse. Trump joined Sean Hannity on Fox News this Wednesday night, for another one of those "exclusive" interviews , and they both ripped into the NY Times story about Trump and his women.

Energy Milestone: Renewables Power Portugal for Four Days Straight

Electricity consumption in the country was fully covered by solar, wind and hydro power in an extraordinary 107-hour run that lasted from 6.45am on Saturday 7 May until 5.45pm the following Wednesday, the analysis says. News of the zero emissions landmark comes just days after Germany announced that clean energy had powered almost all its electricity needs on Sunday 15 May, with power prices turning negative at several times in the day - effectively paying consumers to use it.

Does Democratic Party Discord Portend Disaster at the National Convention?

Deep divisions and disarray within the Democratic Party, fully surfaced in the wake of the Nevada convention brouhaha , suggest that July's national convention in Philadelphia could serve as ground zero for a battle over the party's very soul. Beyond their calls for Bernie Sanders to exit the race before every state has had a chance to vote, establishment Dems this week expressed "fear," as CNN put it , "that if Sanders does not rein in his supporters, the same ugly scene that occurred in Las Vegas last weekend could replicate itself in the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia."

Just in Time for the July 4 Break, Congress Imposes ‘Colonialism at Its Worst’ on Puerto Rico

Shortly after the distribution of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Paine began writing the series of "American Crisis" essays that inspired Americans to maintain their arduous rebellion against colonialism. "We fight not to enslave, but to set a country free, and to make room upon the earth for honest men to live in," argued Paine in a series of pamphlets that concluded: "Our citizenship in the United States is our national character.