| Aug 9, 2017 | Rights / DemocracyOne October morning in Richmond, Virginia, 32-year old Joseph Cox watched his friends and neighbors go to the polls for the first time. The fight to get to that moment had been long, bloody, and vicious. But as a black man newly eligible to vote after a lifetime of...
| Jun 14, 2017 | Rights / DemocracyHarassment, intimidation, and physical violence against religious and ethnic minorities is on the rise. And some experts worry the Trump administration is making things worse. The attack on a Portland commuter train by a knife-wielding white nationalist who was...
| Apr 26, 2017 | Rights / DemocracyMy nieces, who range in age from 17 to 25, grew up in a very different world from the one I knew coming of age in the 1970s. For their entire lives, abortion has been legal. And Planned Parenthood and other women’s clinics have served as a steadfast source of health...
| Feb 8, 2017 | Rights / DemocracyOne of the primary purposes of the U.S. Constitution is to establish justice. It’s right there in the opening words: “We the people, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice…” It’s our Supreme Court that has the responsibility of...
| Dec 14, 2016 | Rights / DemocracyPresident-elect Donald Trump recently picked Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions as his nominee for U.S. attorney general, a position that leads the Department of Justice and serves as the top law enforcement officer for the country. But even a cursory look at Sessions’...
