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1 in 3 Native American women will be raped in her lifetime. "It is a staggering legacy for women to 'fully expect to be raped,' as one elder stated in the report, because they are Indian."

Gwendolyn is one of thousands of children coping with SMA, a devastating disease that is the #1 genetic killer of children under age 2. Six hundred babies will be born in the United States with SMA this year alone. Please watch and act today.

Tell Dunkin Donuts you don't believe Rachel Ray's scarf is a terrorist symbol and that you're disappointed in their decision to pull their ad and capitulate to the hysterical fringe of the right-wing blogosphere. Read more and sign the petition >>

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The Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender civil rights organization, has pledged an initial contribution of $500,000 to Equality for All to protect marriage equality in California

BREAKING NEWS: A judge ruled that California's ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional - a legal milestone that, if upheld on appeal, would open the way for the most populous state to follow MA in allowing same-sex couples to wed.