At 56, Jennifer Figge became the first woman on record to swim across the Atlantic Ocean, swimming from Cape Verde Islands off Africa's western coast and touching dry land in Trinidad. Figge, who resides in Aspen, Colorado, left Africa on Jan. 12 with the intention of swimming to the Bahamas, but landed in Trinidad when inclement weather forced her to change direction.
The Human Rights Campaign recognizes National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (February 7) and today called for renewed efforts to address the disproportionate spread of the disease among black households. “National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is a wake-up call for the...
HRC's Regional Field Director Tony Wagner has a new update from Hawaii: Yesterday (February 5), the Hawai’i House Judiciary Committee voted 12-0 to move a civil unions bill to the floor of the state House for final approval by that...
Jeremy Kennedy, one of our regional field organizers, wrote in this morning with this update from Maine: I bundled up and hit the ground in Portland, Maine a week ago. The daunting task of braving the cold and snow of...
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