| Feb 7, 2011 | Rights / DemocracyElections keep Our land afloat; But all’s not equal When we vote. You may believe that on Election Day all of officialdom momentarily unites in urging us to vote. Leaders–rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, business and labor–want us to do our...
| Feb 2, 2011 | Rights / DemocracyA chilling trial is underway in Tucson for the murder of 9-year-old Brisenia Flores and her father. According to eyewitness testimony from her mother (the attackers thought she was dead), Brisenia pleaded with anti-immigration vigilantes who had invaded her own home,...
| Jan 31, 2011 | Rights / DemocracyThe New York Times recently named Trish Hall its next op-ed editor. She’s going to call the shots regarding who gets a guest spot in the nation’s premiere opinion pages, which typically feature brilliantly written, sharply argued, and perfectly edited...
| | Rights / DemocracyThere’s a feast raging on the Internet. Websites and bloggers are helping themselves to huge servings of whatever newspapers offer online. People who run content-starved outlets steal articles from newspapers’ websites and post them on their own sites,...
| | Rights / DemocracyNext year will mark the 40th anniversary of Title IX, the law prohibiting discrimination in educational programs receiving federal tax dollars, including sports. Every year, the Secretary of Education and countless women’s organizations commemorate the...
| Jan 26, 2011 | Rights / DemocracyThe good news for President Barack Obama is that his one joke in an otherwise dead-serious 2011 State of the Union address elicited a chuckle from the assembled lawmakers in the chamber and sent ripples of humorous asides through the blogosphere. In case you missed...
