Maybe we turned a corner in empowering women
The #MeToo movement isn’t over yet, not by a long shot. Everywhere, including in high schools, women and men are just starting to get it.
Civics
1 in 5 prisoners foreign-born, most illegal aliens
Federal statistics show that many of the foreign-born prisoners in US custody entered the country illegally. Keep perspective.
On protesting the national anthem & Pledge
2 Houston-area students sue their school district because teachers ostracized them after they refused to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.
Gunman opens fire inside a rural Texas church
A gunman is dead after he killed possibly more than 20 people at a Baptist church in rural Texas this Sunday morning. Children included.
Some US hate may have been made in Russia
Russian-backed hackers and actors infiltrated social media and ran content that was intended to make Americans hate other Americans.
John McCain receives Liberty Medal
US Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) delivered remarks Monday at the National Constitution Center as he received the center’s Liberty Medal.
George W Bush delivers remarks on Trump-era bigotry
Former Pres Geo W Bush spoke at his institute in NY today, talking about the value of civics education, white supremacy, and democracy.
The president has a great deal for Dreamers
A solution is needed on DACA, but Trump and a mostly bipartisan effort in Congress seem miles apart from each other as the program winds down.
Nonsense from both ends of the political spectrum
Should white supremacists be allowed to spew hate in the name of free speech? Should illegal aliens be allowed to vote?
A Jewish student in Chicago considers Charlottesville
When Jewish students (and black students) consider the white supremacy movement that seemed to surge in Charlottesville, they’re angry.