Folks, we are deeply honored to have been the recipient of a gracious, generous gesture from the Frank family.  In honor of Freeman T. Frank, who passed away in October, the Frank family asked people to send donations to...

More than 5 long years into President Bush's short-sighted, cruel policy restricting stem cell research, America once again has the chance to reverse it -- and strike a blow for hope.

 

On January 11, 2007, the House of...

Check it out, folks -- a great list of key races, and where the candidates stand.  Kudos to our friends at SCAN for all the great work they've done on this:

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Just days after Michael J. Fox -- visibly fighting the effects of Parkinson's Disease -- bravely released an calling out Senator Jim Talent for opposing...

350,000 embryos, thrown out every year.   And along with them, maybe the cures for Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, diabetes, etc.?

Watch the video -- see what it's really all about. 

This is the kind of leadership we need -- officials who are not just passively in favor of stem cell research, but actively talking the talk and walking the walk. 

Kudos to Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Congressional cadidate Patrick Murphy (PA) for this:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 25, 2006
CONTACTS: Carrie James (Murphy) (215) 292-1269 & Stacy Kerr (Pelosi) (202) 374-6468

PATRICK MURPHY AND HOUSE DEMOCRATIC LEADER NANCY PELOSI: DEMOCRATS BELIEVE IN STEM CELL RESEARCH

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Patrick Murphy discuss how a Democratic Congress would fully fund stem cell research

Folks, I just got this brilliant email from my friend Martin Kace, and wanted to pass it on.    I urge you to read this and watch the video.    When it comes to branding, Martin has one hell of a track record (formerly the head of Joe Boxer and Phat Farm).     And he's certainly got passion -- this is an issue that impacts him personally. 

Experience + passion = one hell of an ally in this fight. 

WHAT TOOK SO LONG?

Six years in a wheelchair. Thought I might walk again if the government put stem cells on the national agenda you know, the type of thing governments used to do.

Want to learn more about the stem cell fight?  Well, there's a great book coming out from Eve Herold -- a woman who has been right in the center of it for...

Big kudos to Evan Bayh for a great post on this issue.   It's on "Political Wire" and also on his own blog.

Hopefully, the other '08 potential presidential candidates will follow his lead, and take a much more...