What We Missed

Christopher Columbus is being more accurately described in many classrooms as the criminal he was – but the struggle to recognize the day for what is really represents still continues. Sign the petition.
CA governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed two bills; one declaring May 22nd as a day of recognition honoring Harvey Milk, and the other recognizing same-sex marriages performed in other states. But of course, he had to veto a trans rights bill as well as legislation establishing protections for LGBT prisoners.
Tell Congress that being a woman does not make you a pre-existing condition.
Amidst the Obama “Did he deserve it?” Nobel Peace Prize hoo-hah, we missed that Elinor Ostrom has become the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in economics. In fact, it was a Nobel record year for women.

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