- Senate Invokes Cloture On LGBT Workplace Protections Bill—"The Senate voted Monday night to advance the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, granting workplace protections to LGBT people, by a margin of 61-30."
- Boehner Opposes ENDA, Quashing Hopes In The House
- Apple's Tim Cook Is Right, Anti-Gay Policies Hurt The Economy
- U.S. Bishops Urge Senate To Protect Religious Freedom To Discriminate Against Gays
- ENDA, explained WaPo
- 'Kids React To Gay Marriage' In New Video From The Fine Brothers
- Republicans need to pay attention to this poll on gay marriage in South Carolina WaPo
- Illinois: House could vote on gay marriage this week, with boost from Madigan—UPDATE: It passed!
- First 'gay divorce' attempted in Kentucky
- Southern National Guards tell Hagel to take a hike on gay troop spouse IDs
- Irish deputy PM pushes for gay marriage referendum date
- Australia: High Court challenge to gay marriage will be heard before ACT ceremonies
- Mike Michaud: Yes, I am gay. 'But why should it matter?'
- One of Idaho's Most Popular Republican Governors Comes Out in Support of LGBT Rights
- GOP Congressional Candidate Told Gay Citizens to Go "Back to California"—"…and he could win."
- Isaiah Smith, Gay Teen Who Ripped Out Bible Pages, Suspended By Texas School
- Eminem defends gay slurs: 'I think people know my personal stance on things'
- New Jersey Couple Suing for the Right to Turn Their Gay Son Straight
- Pasta maker Barilla tries to make amends after chairman's anti-gay remarks
- Latest GOP Myth: Obamacare Will Make Your Grandma Die of Cancer—"Call it the "throw anything at the wall to see what sticks" strategy."
- Obamacare "victim" now says loss of previous health plan may be "a blessing in disguise"—"Dianne Barrette was the media's go-to example of an Obamacare victim -- until she found out all of her options." Salon
- For consumers whose health premiums will go up under new law, sticker shock leads to anger WaPo
- Oklahoma Supreme Court Rules Abortion Law Unconstitutional—Which the Supreme Court has upheld.
- In Reversal, Court Allows Texas Law on Abortion NYT
- VA GOP's Attorney General Nominee Wanted Women To Report Miscarriages To Police Or Face Jail Time
- Trick-Or-Treaters In Albuquerque Got Anti-Abortion Propaganda Along With Their Candy
- Obamacare Birth Control Mandate Struck Down By Appeals Court
- J&J to pay $2.2B to settle marketing allegations—"Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay more than $2.2 billion to resolve criminal and civil allegations that the company promoted powerful psychiatric drugs for unapproved uses in children, seniors and disabled patients, the Department of Justice announced on Monday."
- Suicide Rate Climbs by 30 Percent in Kansas as Government Slashes Mental Health Budgets
- Castro Valley: Janitor steps up when center's license is revoked
- Don't let religious beliefs impede kids' care: doctors—"Pediatricians and child abuse agencies should step in when parents' religious beliefs keep kids from getting necessary medical care, doctors said Monday."
- NYC votes to raise cigarette buying age to 21
- Pakistan polio outbreak puts global eradication at risk
- At least 22 people suspected of having polio in Syria
- 'Virgin cure': Three women killed to 'cure' Aids
- Churchgoers possibly exposed to hepatitis A through communion
- Hunting the Nightmare Bacteria—"FRONTLINE investigates the rise of deadly drug-resistant bacteria."
- Herbal Supplements Are Often Not What They Seem—"A study using DNA testing offers perhaps the most credible evidence to date of adulteration, contamination and mislabeling in the herbal supplement industry." NYT
- Sugar is 'addictive and the most dangerous drug of the times'—"Soft drinks should carry tobacco-style warnings that sugar is highly addictive and dangerous, a senior Dutch health official has warned."
- Vets, pet owners demand to know: Why can't FDA solve jerky treat mystery?
- Food giants pour millions into defeating Washington GMO label measure
- Washington could be the first state to require labels on GMOs. Here are the stakes. WaPo
- Kauai GMO Bill Vetoed By Mayor
- Environmentalists lining retailers up against GMO salmon
- Mexico Bans GMO Corn
- Tester strips protection for genetically modified crops from debt-ceiling bill—The so-called "Monsanto Protection Act".
- Brazilian judge rules in favour of farmers against Monsanto
- India: Monsanto will face bio-piracy case
- 25 students in coma after inhaling industrial fumes
- Montana, feds to seek damages from Exxon spill
- Coal industry's go-to law firm withheld evidence of black lung, at expense of sick miners
- China smog emergency shuts city of 11 million people
- With Winter Ahead, Can China’s Smog Get Anything But Worse?—"As Chinese cities begin to fire up their central heating systems, which often rely on coal, residents worry about the impact on air quality." NYT
- One Artist Plans to Suck Pollution Out of Beijing's Skies
