Equality’s Ragged March
New York Times - Sat Nov 7, 9:39 pm ETRecent election results show how far the nation has traveled in the struggle for gay equality — and the distance still to go.
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NAACP will recognize Everett Dirksen
Peoria Journal Star - Sat Nov 7, 9:57 pm ETPresident Richard M. Nixon traveled to Pekin to unveil the cornerstone for the Dirksen Congressional Leadership Center in 1973. President Gerald R. Ford dedicated the Dirksen Center in 1975. Everett Dirksen's tenure, first, in the House of Representatives and, later, in the Senate spanned presidencies from Franklin Roosevelt to Nixon, issues from the New Deal to the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty ...
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The ABCs of Political Power
NBC Washington - Tue Nov 10, 12:26 am ETThe mayor's policies mirror those of take-charge mayors of bigger cities.
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WTOP: Fenty Using Police Escort for Cycling Team Rides
DCist - Mon Nov 9, 3:51 pm ETD.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty's obsession with physical fitness may be about to get him into trouble with his constituents. It seems that when he's out training with his cycling team, D.C. Velo, the mayor has been using a large motorcycle police escort that allow him to both flaunt traffic regulations and tie up traffic, WTOP's Mark Segraves is reporting . WTOP spotted Fenty and his team as they "rode ...
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Get Along to Keep Going Along: Loose Lips Daily - City Desk - Washington City Paper
Washington City Paper - Mon Nov 9, 11:09 am ETMorning all. Kathy Patterson , in a WaPo op-ed , begins her advice for Chancellor Michelle Rhee by invoking names like Arlene Ackerman and Julius Becton . The lesson from those failed DCPS chiefs: ‘You can’t fix schools from the top down, and working from the bottom up requires working with the duly elected legislature of the District.
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Washington State Voters Approve Gay Partnership Measure
Fox News - Fri Nov 6, 12:51 pm ETThe measure asked voters to approve or reject the latest expansion of the state's domestic partnership law, granting registered domestic partners additional state rights previously given only to married couples.
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More Questions on Fenty Parks Contracts: Loose Lips Daily - City Desk - Washington City Paper
Washington City Paper - Thu Nov 5, 11:24 am ETIN LL WEEKLY— Fast Company : Is speed an excuse for Fenty’s crony contracts? Morning all. The D.C. Council is again convened in the fifth-floor chambers to examine Mayor Adrian M. Fenty ’s parks contracting scheme. LL will be watching on Chennel 13 and Tweeting away.
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A Year of Obama & the District
DCist - Thu Nov 5, 10:21 am ETThen President-elect Barack Obama eats with D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty at Ben's Chili Bowl on Jan. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) It was a year ago today that District residents awoke -- likely groggy from the celebrations the night before -- to a new president-elect. Barack Obama not only became the nation's first African-American president, he also offered residents of the District of ...
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Gay partnership measure approved by voters
AP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 5, 8:39 pm ETWashington voters have approved the state's new "everything but marriage" law, expanding rights for domestic partners and marking the first time any state's voters have approved a gay equality measure at the ballot box.
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DNC Urges D.C. Residents To Ask For The Vote Of Their Non-Voting Congresswoman
The Huffington Post - Fri Nov 6, 5:37 pm ETWhat's Your Reaction? Far be it for me to criticize the campaign arm of the White House/DNC, Organizing For America, seeing as they have successfully gotten one more president elected to office than I have.
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Washington State Approves Gay Partnerships
CBS News - Thu Nov 5, 11:00 pm ETVoters OK ?Everything But Marriage? Law, First Time Equality Measure Gets Nod at Ballot Box
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NBC Washington - Tue Nov 10, 12:26 am ETGet Along to Keep Going Along: Loose Lips Daily - City Desk - Washington City Paper
Washington City Paper - Mon Nov 9, 11:09 am ETMore Questions on Fenty Parks Contracts: Loose Lips Daily - City Desk - Washington City Paper
Washington City Paper - Thu Nov 5, 11:24 am ETLocal Lessons From Other Elections: Loose Lips Daily - City Desk - Washington City Paper
Washington City Paper - Wed Nov 4, 11:24 am ETPeter Nickles
Washington City Paper - Thu Nov 5, 8:24 pm ETHarry Jaffe: My friend Phil Mendelson asks how Fenty's friends get DC contracts
The Washington DC Examiner - Tue Nov 3, 11:08 pm ETDoes Not Play Well With Others: Loose Lips Daily - City Desk - Washington City Paper
Washington City Paper - Mon Nov 2, 9:54 am ETTwo possible candidates eye Graham's D.C. Council seat
The Washington DC Examiner - Thu Nov 5, 11:08 pm ETDC Holds Second Gay Marriage Hearing
FOX 5 Washington D.C. - Mon Nov 2, 10:51 am ETDC Council Holds Second Gay Marriage Hearing
WUSA 9 Washington, D.C. - Mon Nov 2, 8:16 am ET