| May 14, 2014 | Rights / DemocracyI believe that landmark Supreme Court rulings like Brown v. Board of Education gave me a better chance to get a great education and to reach my potential. And I am very thankful for everything Civil Rights leaders accomplished — big and small. Their struggle made it...
| | Economy / BusinessPharrell Williams should be happy. The singer has had the world’s hottest pop single over the past six months. His Happy has been topping the charts everywhere, from the United States to Bulgaria. If this bouncy ditty keeps selling, Williams might even end 2014...
| | Environment / HealthHow did your state mark the 40th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s ruling that gave women the right to keep Big Government out of their uteruses? If you live in North Dakota, your lawmakers banned abortion at six weeks — earlier than many pregnancies are...
| May 7, 2014 | Roundup|UncategorizedThis week in OtherWords, Steve Cobble explains why the GOP’s prospects aren’t as bright as they may appear and Alex Xourias discusses the growing resegregation of America’s public schools. Do you want to make sure you don’t miss the latest from...
| | Rights / DemocracyRepublican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus is forecasting a “tsunami” victory for his party in the 2014 midterm elections. Democrats are despairing over election-forecasting whiz kid Nate Silver’s projections, which indicate that the GOP...