Feminist objectives are possible and have been achieved all around the world.  Martha Burk, Ph.D., author of Your Voice, Your Vote, money editor for Ms Magazine, lists what is achievable: * “I wish to live in a country like Norway, Spain, Germany and 13… more »

As we prepare to begin a new year, how do you feel about your prospects and the state of our country?  As Senator Elizabeth Warren articulates where we have come from and where we are now, do you share her assessment?  Do you foresee our coming together… more »

Intelligent, clear-thinking people will recognize the logic of this sign.  However, no one would describe the radical right using either of these adjectives.  Wonder what half-a explanation they might come up with in rebuttal? more »

Thomas Paine was the conscience of the America Revolution. Through the Federalist Papers, he put on point the players and the framers as to what their brash actions of revolutionary thinking entailed. His clear thinking kept the fiery mobs moving in… more »

ANTONIA HERNANDEZ  (1948 - )  According to Antonia Hernández, she “went to law school for one reason: to use the law as a vehicle for social change.” Decades later, she can claim numerous legal victories for the Latinx community in the areas of voting… more »

The harassment can be particularly hard on Muslim girls who wear hijabs, whose head coverings are sometimes offensively touched. On social media, Salma Rashad routinely sees the same xenophobic and Islamophobic question: “Are your parents 9/11 brown or… more »

Attempts to keep books out of school libraries aren’t new, but there has been a recent increase in political challenges to literature.             “Gender Queer”.  “Sex Is a Funny Word”. “The Hate U Give”. These are just a few of the hundreds of books… more »

J. Scott Applewhite/APAn epic argument at the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday: At issue is whether to reverse the court's nearly half-century-old Roe v. Wade decision and subsequent decisions declaring that women have a constitutional right to terminate… more »