After years of debate and months of preparations, the military can no longer prevent gays from serving openly in its ranks. The repeal of the 1993 law known as "Don't Ask Don't Tell" took effect Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011

Thank you Ray Chew and Vivian Chew for joining us for Shabbat last Friday and closing our service with these poignant words and music, helping us understand how our brothers and sisters from the African American community feel. May we all be a bridge over troubled waters.

Eric Fanning sworn in as Secretary of the U.S. Army, making him the first openly gay leader of a U.S. military branch. The United States Senate confirmed Fanning's nomination on May 17, 2016 after many months of Senate obstructionism, on a unanimous voice vote. Fanning became the 22nd Secretary of...

Singer-songwriter Lauv—best known for pop radio hit “I Like Me Better”—has come out as “gay but not gay but gay but not gay.” And if that sounds a little confusing to you, well, that’s how Lauv feels about it, too! And that’s okay. This past Pride Month, the 28-year old musician made headlines when

The White House Invites You to the signing of the Respect for Marriage Act:: The Respect for Marriage Act (RFMA; H.R. 8404) is a bill in the United States Congress to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), require the U.S. federal government to recognize the validity of same-sex and interracial...

Before voting on a resolution that would repeal Nevada's heterosexual definition of marriage, state Sen. Kelvin Atkinson came out to his fellow lawmakers, telling them, "I'm gay." The resolution, Senate Joint Resolution 13, passed 12-9 and now moves on to the state Assembly for a vote. Atkinson, a D...

President Obama's Supreme Court Nominee, Chief Judge Merrick Garland, shares his story and his thoughts on being nominated to sit on the nation's highest court. Merrick Brian Garland is the Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He was widely seen as...

The official music video for Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now
Taken from her second studio album 'Future Nostalgia' released in 2020, which featured the hit singles 'Don't Start Now', 'Physical', 'Break My Heart', 'Hallucinate' & 'Levitating'

Alicia Keys, Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, Michelle Obama and Jada Pinkett Smith open the 61st GRAMMY Awards. Recording Academy is the world's leading society of musical professionals, and is dedicated to celebrating, honoring, and sustaining music's past, present and future.

This is video footage of President William Jefferson Clinton speaking at the State Funeral Service for Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin at the Har Herzl Cemetary in Jerusalem, Israel. Rabin was assassinated on November 4th, 1995 at then-named Kings of Israel Square in front of Tel Aviv's City Hall. This...