Change the Currency to Reflect All of Us in America
Every day I wear a pair of medallions around my neck with portraits of two of my role models: Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth. As [...]
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Standing Up Against the Death Penalty
California Governor Gavin Newsom recently took the strong step of declaring a moratorium on the death penalty in California, saying: “Our death penalty system [...]
Read MoreAmerican Exceptionalism at Its Worst
On March 15, a terrorist carrying two semi-automatic weapons and three rifles attacked worshipers at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, killing 50 men, women, [...]
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Continued Cruel Threats to Hungry Families and Children
Once again children and families are under attack. After failing in past efforts to slash funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, also [...]
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We Are Still Turning Our Backs on Puerto Rico’s Hungry Children
In 2017 Hurricanes Irma and Maria caused widespread devastation across Puerto Rico, leaving children especially vulnerable—but the sad reality is Puerto Rican children were [...]
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Jean Fairfax Raised the Bar
“Someone had to break the pattern, and very often the civil rights revolution was initiated by the most vulnerable Black persons. Many of them [...]
Read MoreHonoring the Trailblazing Judge Patricia Wald
When President Barack Obama awarded Judge Patricia Wald the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013, he summed up her career this way: “Patricia McGowan [...]
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“I Will Never Forget That Day”
“I was in my 4th period Holocaust history class. We were presenting our projects on hate groups found on college campuses…As we sat at [...]
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“Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Mo”
“If the justice system does not change incarceration will continue to be as arbitrary as a game of eeny, meeny, miny, mo, with black [...]
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Dangerous Steps Backwards on Discriminatory School Discipline
In January 2014, the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice jointly released a ‘guidance package’ on school discipline to help schools and districts meet [...]
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