| Dec 6, 2010 | Environment / HealthWith the holidays upon us again, I think back with both pleasure and distress to the feast I was welcomed to a few seasons ago at the top of Alaska. The effects of climate change in polar regions are now starkly obvious–and they have consequences. Not so long...
| 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...
| Nov 23, 2009 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyThis Thanksgiving season, the nation should finally commit itself to bridging the socioeconomic divide between the descendents of those who came together during the first Thanksgiving: the Native Americans and the white newcomers. More than cranberry sauce and turkey,...