Toni Morrison is an American novelist, essayist, editor, teacher and professor emeritus at Princeton University. Morrison won the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award in 1988 for Beloved. The novel was adapted into a film of the same name in 1998. Morrison was awarded the Nobel Prize in Litera...

As the Federal Court of Appeals declarers Prop 8 unconstitutional, major advances in Washington, New Jersey, and Maryland are going on. And yet another court has slapped down the National Organization on Marriage's attempts to evade financial disclosure laws.

By Video Journalist Waldo Cabrera For over 35 years on the 4th of July, the Fire Island Pines has been invaded by residents of Cherry Grove. Meet the participants of this fun annual tradition. Featured Interviews: Panzi Thom Hansen & Cobra, Invaders; Andrew Seracino & Jean Veras, Spectators; Frankli...

Wow. No wonder this moving video is taking the world by storm. It's a tear jerker with an amazing message. The hope is that videos like this one continue to make people aware of transplantation. Kudos for Argentina's Foundation of Organ Transplants (FUNDACION ARGENTINA DE TRASPLANTE HEPATICO).

In May, 2015 Ireland became the first country in the world to vote on same-sex marriage in a national referendum. But as Ireland moves towards greater equality, many other countries are moving in the opposite direction. Here is a snapshot of gay rights around the globe.

Today’s video Google Doodle, illustrated by Los Angeles-based guest artist Loveis Wise and narrated by actor and activist LeVar Burton, honors the 155th anniversary of Juneteenth. Short for “June Nineteenth,” Juneteenth marks the true end of chattel slavery across the United States— which didn’t act

"GMA" helped Jose Solivan propose to his boyfriend Matthew Buckingham in a scavenger hunt with clues from the Genie from Broadway's "Aladdin" and "RuPaul's Drag Race" favorite Alyssa Edwards.

Scientists say there's a place in our solar system outside of Earth that has the chemical make-up to potentially support life. Researchers found that Saturn's sixth largest moon -- Enceladus -- has an ocean that contains phosphorus, which is found in human teeth, bones and DNA. CBS News space consu...

A present day social drama spanning multiple characters about the human insecurity in a "new country" which gradually unwinds to a mythological scale concerning the human condition on earth entirely.

This week my marriage equality road trip takes me to Fargo, North Dakota this week, then on to Minneapolis. We have big news from four states in the Sixth Ci...