This just in from the Democratic Party of Georgia: Due to overwhelming demand for tickets, the location for today's "America is Back" rally with Jim Martin and President Bill Clinton has been changed to the Quad at Clark Atlanta University, located at James P. Brawley Drive and Fair Street.  [map] Because ... ...

Barack Obama and Joe Biden have unveiled their plan to strengthen civil rights, including support for the LGBT community. According to the Office of the President-elect, Obama plans to expand hate crimes statutes, and though there's no specific details about what the new administration will do on that front moving forward, Obama's record as an Illinois State senator is clear: He helped expand hate-crime legislation in the state. He also supports the Employment Non-Discrimination Act and believes that there should be a federal legal remedy to discrimination based on sexual orientation in the workplace. While both Obama and Vice President-elect ...

WASHINGTON D.C. — The American Civil Liberties Union commends the Obama-Biden Transition team for including sexual orientation and gender identity in its non-discrimination policy as it prepares to assume power in January. Although President Bill Clinton signed Executive Order 11478, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, there are no explicit federal protections [...] ...

The importance of today’s meeting between Barack Obama and George W. Bush cannot be understated.  Let’s think back eight years to the White House meeting between President Bill Clinton and President-elect George W. Bush.  According to James Moore’s book, Bush’s War for Reelection, Bill Clinton gave George W. Bush the five priorities for his administration.  First was bin Laden; second was the Palestinian-Israeli conflict; the third was North Korea; the fourth was Pakistan-India and finally Saddam Hussein.  Remember, this was back in 2000.  Bush said, “I think you’ve got your priorities wrong.  I’m putting Saddam at the top of ...

Guest blogger Jen Obenhaus writes about a local reporter done good in Le Fou. “The Big Sort” is a big hit. The book, authored by Austin’s own Bill Bishop, received critical plaudits when it was published in spring 2008. Bishop has made appearances on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart”and was praised by former president Bill Clinton. It’s a landmark tale of how America came to be a country of swelling cultural division, economic separation and political polarization. Going far beyond the simplistic “red state versus blue state” divide, Bishop — in collaboration with retired University of Texas sociologist and ...