Ben & Jerry's introduced "Schweddy Balls" ice cream, named for the SNL sketch featuring Alec Baldwin, Ana Gasteyer, and Molly Shannon: The legendary actor, comedian, and perennial favorite SNL host appreciates keeping the laughs going. “For a long...

Minnesota State Fair goers had an opportunity to share their views on marriage equality and other upcoming ballot measures during this year’s State Fair. According to the Minnesota House of Representatives, “Minnesotans do not appear willing to change...

NYTimes - With more than 14 million people out of work and all Americans fearing a double-dip recession, President Obama stood face to face Thursday night with a Congress that has perversely resisted lifting a finger to help. Some Republicans refused to...

The recent unprecedented onslaught of natural disasters has left already cash-strapped states with a record $36 billion in damages. Ten different natural disasters have struck in 2011. According to FEMA, damages from Hurricane Irene alone will cost at...

NYTimes - Some of the world’s wealthiest people are calling for higher taxes on the rich. They seem to recognize that the burden of the economic downturn cannot be borne entirely by the poor and middle class. After the American billionaire investor...

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Andrew Harmon - Some $2.2 million in federal funds paid to the Iowa Family Policy Center for counseling services over a five-year period also aided anti-marriage equality efforts in the state. According to an investigation by the Associated Press, the...

(AP) – 1 day ago WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder took the rare step Thursday of asking an immigration judicial panel to reconsider the case of a gay man they've cleared for deportation. Holder set aside the Board of Immigration...

By Advocate.com Editors - Minnesota state representative Steve Simon, who voted against the proposed constitutional amendment to ban marriage equality, met religious critics on their own turf by saying the sheer number of gay people makes it obvious that...

TEMPE, AZ - As many print magazines have ceased publication due to rising costs and a slow economy, Arizona-based Compete Sports Media announced today that Compete Magazine has just brokered a deal with Source Interlink International, Inc. to distribute...

By Advocate.com Editors Newt Gingrich was confronted about money he directed to help American Family Association Action oust three Iowa judges who ruled for marriage equality, and he rejected the classification of AFA Action as a hate group....