| Feb 8, 2017 | Rights / DemocracyFor a South Jersey girl, my upbringing was markedly ordinary. I played soccer. I joined student council. I walked to my Sicilian grandmother’s house every day after school. And just like everyone else in my small town of Hammonton, my summer revolved around...
| | Rights / DemocracyThere’s a lot of misdirection going on these days. Anybody whose head hasn’t been spinning over the last couple of weeks has probably been in a nice news blackout somewhere. We’ll all need some strategies if we’re going to stay sane. One is making sure...
| | Economy / BusinessCandidate Donald Trump promised to renegotiate free trade agreements that hurt American workers. In his first week in office, he made good on that promise by withdrawing from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a trade pact negotiated by the Obama administration. Yet...
| | 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...
| Feb 1, 2017 | Rights / DemocracyI’m a Muslim woman and a social justice advocate. I’m terrified, heartbroken, and outraged by Donald Trump’s “Muslim ban.” As I watched administrative chaos and rapidly organized protests unfold at airports all over America, I was...
