| Jan 2, 2012 | Rights / DemocracyMariela Obregon Chavarria hoped to return to her native country of Nicaragua one day, but arriving in handcuffs and escorted by security officers wasn’t what she had in mind. After seven years living and working in the United States, Mariela was arrested and...
| | Rights / DemocracyOnce upon a time, America professed to believe in a strong public education system. While we still talk about public education as the great equalizer that can offer a pathway out of poverty, the nation is falling far short in assuring millions of poor children,...
| | Rights / DemocracyAsk anyone. I pride myself on being seldom surprised, shocked almost never. 2011, however, called my cool into question. I was nothing but shockingly surprised all year. Take Barack Obama, particularly since the 2010 Congressional election or, as I like to call it,...
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| | Rights / DemocracyLove my voting, Makes me grin; But these new rules, Won’t let me in. You may not realize just what depths the Republican Party has been plumbing to regain the presidency next year. By now it should be plain that its contingent in Congress has steadily voted to...
| Dec 26, 2011 | Rights / DemocracyThe 2008 election was a hopeful one for African Americans in our democracy — not because of who was elected, but because of who turned out to vote. We voted at a nearly identical rate to our white neighbors for the first time in U.S. history. In fact,...
