In 2002, President George W. Bush awarded Bill Cosby with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. Now, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand wants him to give it back. The New York Democrat is supporting a petition launched by nonprofit group PAVE: Promoting Awareness/Victim Empowerment. The…
Loretta Lynn, Patricia Wald, Oprah Winfrey, Sally Ride (posthumously) and Gloria Steinem are all receiving Presidential Medals of Freedom this year. Steinem's probably like, "Eh, whatever, I was already named Queen of Feminism by BUST magazine and received a Golden Bra. I'll put this one in the bathroom."
To coincide with the tribute to U.S. Astronaut Sally Ride's life that occured at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in D.C. last night, President Obama has awarded Ride — the first American woman to ever make the voyage into space — with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The honor was bestowed…
[Washington, D.C., August 12. Image via Getty]
