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Actress Ruby Dee to speak at U of L

March 7, 2011 – 11:02 am

The University of Louisville’s “It’s Happening Here” speakers series is hosting legendary actress and human rights advocate, Lady Ruby Dee later this week. The forum is part of International Women’s Day with Dee’s lecture focusing the importance of “Social Justice Through The Arts” in an address to students. For several decades Dee has been a [...]

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Yarmuth, Grayson to discuss political tone

January 21, 2011 – 3:57 pm

In the aftermath of the deadly shooting rampage in Arizona, U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth, D-Ky., and outgoing Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson are scheduled to participate in a panel discussion about the necessity of returning civility to the country’s public discourse. The forum, entitled “Do Words Matter in Political Discourse? A Community Discussion,” will [...]

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U of L makes several restrooms gender neutral

March 25, 2010 – 1:07 pm

Hat tip to The Edit for pointing this out. University of Louisville Vice President for Business Affairs Larry Owsley told a group of students yesterday that he had converted six restrooms to gender neutral as part of an agreement he made with leaders from commonGround and the Office for LGBT Services last fall. From TransGriot: [...]

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Yarmuth, McConnell Bring Home Bacon

January 11, 2010 – 3:18 pm

Say what you will about earmarks — depending on your political persuasion they’re either the bane of our democracy’s existence, a necessary evil to be carefully reigned in, the difference between between having a job and being unemployed, or simply a political reality — the fact is they’re not going anywhere anytime soon. So instead [...]

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Study: Felon Voter Restoration Not a Political Threat

October 6, 2009 – 3:45 pm

In last week’s LEO, I wrote about grassroots efforts to end felon disenfranchisement in Kentucky. One of my sources for that story, the activist/organizer Kate Miller, mentioned a study critical of the following politically expedient notion: If Republicans restore voting rights for former felons, then those former felons will go out and vote Democrat, unleashing [...]

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