| Aug 16, 2010 | Rights / DemocracyImagine that you’ve been raped. There’s only one police officer on duty, and even if he has time to investigate, federal law prevents him from charging the suspect in court. At the hospital, the nurses aren’t trained to use a forensic rape kit to...
| | Rights / DemocracyTea partiers get upset when you call them racists. “We’re not racists,” they yell. “We’re God-fearing Americans who don’t like Obama’s socialist, affirmative-action ways. We just want freedom from government interference in a...
| | Rights / DemocracyBlow that whistle, Sound alarm; You’ll get tagged, For endless harm. Iceland certainly needed a PR boost. It has never received proper credit for its strict and sustainable management of fisheries. Other nations would do well to follow suit. Instead, it’s...
| Aug 9, 2010 | Rights / DemocracyHere’s what you’ll find in the latest OtherWords editorial package, which features an op-ed by Dedrick Muhammad on Glenn Beck’s cynical plan for the upcoming anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a Dream” speech. Get...
| | Rights / DemocracyThis year’s anniversary of the historic 1963 March on Washington promises to be memorable.Though big commemorations aren’t typical for 47th anniversaries, thousands will be in the streets on August 28 commemorating the march, including many people...
| | Rights / DemocracyDo we really have to say nice things about George Steinbrenner just because he’s…you know…dead? Really? OK, here goes: About a dozen years ago or so, maybe more, Sen. Tom Harkin, an Iowa Democrat, was talking with Steinbrenner and happened to...
