by admin | Apr 24, 2019 | Featured, Politics
Running for president as a marginalized person takes guts—the kind of guts Obama had when he ran for president as the nation’s first black candidate. His courage to challenge the status quo has inspired other minorities, like Pete Buttigieg, to do the same. Earlier...
by admin | Mar 15, 2019 | Featured, Politics
On Thursday, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar introduced his same-sex partner, Matthew Barrett, to Vice President Mike Pence. The meeting took place at Pence’s private residence in Washington, D.C. Social media users were quick to point out the hilarity of the...
by admin | Nov 7, 2018 | Featured, Politics
Only eight Native Americans have been elected to the U.S. House of Representatives prior to 2018, from John Floyd (elected in 1817) to Markwayne Mullin (elected in 2013). There have been 300 women Representatives. There have been 18 LGBT Representatives. Out of...
by admin | Nov 6, 2018 | Featured, Politics
Jared Polis has never been a closeted politician, not in his nine years as a Democratic Representative. He has always been very progressive in Congress, from supporting federal legalization of cannabis to fighting for Medicare-for-all. He’s even pushed...
by admin | Oct 2, 2018 | Featured, Politics
In 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wrote a directive informing all diplomats assigned to the U.S. that same-sex domestic partners should be eligible to accompany diplomats as family members to the U.S. “The Chiefs of Mission are informed that, in...
by admin | Jun 27, 2018 | Featured, Politics
Jared Polis has served as a Colorado congressman for five terms, the equivalent of 10 years. Before that, he was a member of the state’s board of education. And before that, he was an entrepreneur with several strong businesses under his belt. Now, he...
