Dustin Lance Black on the Orlando Massacre: ‘It Is Time to Disarm Hate’
Jun 22, 2016 The "Milk" screenwriter offered his reasons to pause and consider the ongoing stories behind the LGBT nightclub tragedy.
Choosing Life
Apr 20, 2015 As long as we exploit animals and kill them for food, we will exploit and kill each other. The willful numbness of our life as carnivores feeds our lack of empathy for the poor, our lust for war and ecocide.
Science Says It May Finally Be Time to Kick Your Milk Habit
Nov 18, 2014 The claim that milk “does the body good” may have more to do with politics than science.
Got Almond Milk? This Is Why a Mother Jones Correspondent Thinks You’re an ‘Ignorant Hipster’
Jul 22, 2014
Politics
Dustin Lance Black Speaks: Pasadena City College Officials Created ‘Toxic and Dishonest’ Atmosphere
Apr 30, 2014 The president and board of trustees at Pasadena City College thrust their school into the spotlight for all the wrong reasons recently with a political and public relations debacle involving PCC alumnus and Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black.2014 National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Award: Online News
‘American Milk Will Make You Sick’
Mar 12, 2014 There's a reason why so many Americans have become lactose intolerant and the proof may be in the milky pudding.
A Few ‘Unhealthy’ Foods That Are Actually Good for You
Feb 25, 2014 It seems like every time experts claim something is detrimental to your well-being, they have to retract themselves the following day. Here are a few things you'll be delighted to reincorporate into your diet.
Sean Penn Charged in Scuffle With Photographer
Feb 20, 2010 Sean Penn isn't known for being a shrinking violet, and he's drawn criticism and applause for taking public political stances on a wide range of topics. However, when Penn registered his displeasure with a photographer in L.A.'s tony Brentwood neighborhood last October, the actor allegedly took things to a physical level -- and now he's facing charges that may land him in jail.
Gay Athlete Says ‘Milk’ Saved His Life
Feb 17, 2010 How did Andrew McIntosh go from having thoughts like "How will people remember me after I take this bottle of pills so I can just die and no one will ever know I'm gay?" to being a cheerful, out-of-the-closet lacrosse captain? Things started to turn around for the college athlete, he says, after he saw the movie "Milk."
Schwarzenegger Gives Harvey Milk His Day
Oct 12, 2009 California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has changed his tune about Harvey Milk Day, signing a bill on Monday to make May 22, Milk's birthday, a day of official commemoration for the slain San Francisco supervisor and gay rights activist.