25 Jun, 2020
Conservatives lose – and lose – and lose
“This month’s Supreme Court decree that gays cannot be fired from jobs simply because they’re gay is a solid blow...
26 Jul, 2019
Asylum as a human right
“In the past year the Trump administration has been applying increasingly restrictive policies to block asylum seekers…” Author: Andrew Moss...
7 Mar, 2019
Will ethnocide in western china become genocide?
“At this moment, China has as many as one million Uighurs, Kazakhs, and other Muslim minorities held in concentration camps...
16 Jul, 2018
Human Rights Trumped
“Who cares about human rights? Not Trump, not his team. Here’s some of what we see…” Mel Gurtov Published in:...
7 Jul, 2018
At Home and Abroad, Trump Abandons Human Rights
“In January 1941, with the prospect looming of US involvement in another European war, President Franklin Roosevelt spoke of America’s...
23 Oct, 2017
Democracy at Stake: Battle Lines over DACA and the Dream Act
“After ending President Obama’s DACA Program (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) in September, Donald Trump announced earlier this month that...
4 Oct, 2017
The violence comes home again
“In the wake of the Las Vegas massacre, as in the wake of all the high-profile mass shootings that preceded...
11 Jul, 2017
Promoting the General Welfare
“July 4 reminds me of our nation’s founding ideal that all of us are created equal. How does this “self-evident”...
31 Jan, 2017
Men’s Letter to the President: Support Gender Equality
“We marched in all 50 states. Several of the largest demonstrations were in the hundreds of thousands. In total, millions...
11 Dec, 2016
Scapegoating by the Political Right: A Mask for Privilege
“Recently, many commentators have expressed surprise at the romance between the incoming Trump administration and the hate-filled ranks of racial,...
27 Nov, 2016
Standing Rock: Determining President Obama’s Legacy to All Americans
“President Obama’s election was not only the remarkable once-in-a-lifetime event that many of us who remember the Civil Rights Movement…”...
13 Nov, 2016
No
“Is Donald Trump a Hitler nouveau? Probably not. Still, in this time of preparing a switch from mild, articulate…” Tom...
21 Oct, 2016
“13th”
“Netflix’s new 100-minute documentary, “13th,” conceived and directed by Ava DuVernay, should be required viewing not only for high school...
14 Sep, 2016
The Future Cries Out: ‘Water Is Life’
“The dogs growl, the pepper spray bites, the bulldozers tear up the soil. “Water is life!” they cry. “Water is...
6 Sep, 2016
Protest and Disrespect: America in Black and White
“This country was built on protest, or so we are told. Americans fight for what is right, to correct injustices...