| Oct 14, 2015 | Rights / DemocracyEarlier this year, the Newseum Institute asked 1,000 Americans to name their rights under the First Amendment. A clear majority listed freedom of speech first — before freedom of religion, assembly, and other core civil liberties. And that makes sense. Protecting free...
| Mar 27, 2014 | Rights / DemocracyHobby Lobby’s position is really quite dubious: Using God to get into your uterus. It’s needling its way into women’s health. It’s crafting strategies religiously stealth. The company’s lawyers tell SCOTUS this amounts to abortion, And...
| Nov 28, 2012 | Rights / DemocracySome scrappy citizens in the burg of Brecksville, Ohio produced one of the proudest progressive victories on Election Day. Organized under the banner of Brecksville Citizens for Transparent Politics, they decided they needed to speak out about the U.S. Supreme...
| Jan 9, 2012 | Rights / DemocracyIt’s a new year, at last. I say “at last” because 2011 was a rough ride, politically. Here’s a summary of the bigger bumps: non-stop Congressional gridlock, Donnie Trump’s short-lived presidential candidacy, the working-class depression,...
