Women in trades still waiting for fairness
By Susan Eisenberg, April 3, 2013 Thirty-five years ago on April 7, President Carter issued federal regulations that opened construction jobs and trade apprenticeships to women.read more
View Article5 steps to better eating on World Health Day
By Danielle Nierenberg, April 6, 2013 April 7 is World Health Day, and one crucial way to recognize it is to change the way we eat.read more
View ArticleMen are finally tackling domestic violence
By Starita Smith, April 10, 2013 On March 23, Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings held a rally with hundreds of men in front of City Hall who pledged to end domestic violence.read more
View ArticleImmigration reform can’t come soon enough
By Jose Miguel Leyva, April 11, 2013 We can’t allow ourselves to get stalled by evasive politicians, because right now is looking like the best bet for pushing real change past the partisan...
View ArticleStates should not curb health care for women
By Cecile Richards, April 11, 2013 It’s a shame that in the states where the need for health care is greatest, the efforts to further restrict it are the fiercest.read more
View ArticleSame sex marriage fight a civil-rights battle
By Darryl Lorenzo Wellington, April 12, 2013 On the issue of same sex marriage, the U.S. Supreme Court should follow the lead of the NAACP.read more
View ArticleObama’s proposal hurts people with disabilities
By Mike Ervin, April 12, 2013 By supporting the so-called chained CPI, Obama would increase the cost of living for people who rely on Social Security.read more
View ArticleThe sequester is affecting my sister’s life chances
By Karen N. Hall, April 15, 2013 If the government does not bring an end to the sequestration, my sister Sarah and other cancer patients like her may have little chance of survival.read more
View ArticleFor-profit colleges wrong solution
By Rodolfo F. Acuna, April 16, 2013 Working-class and middle-class students are being priced out of higher education. We must make it affordable to them.read more
View ArticleThis Earth Day, let’s be on Mother Earth’s side
By Winona LaDuke, April 22, 2013 This Earth Day, let’s quit being extremists.read more
View Article"The Color Purple" Continues to Inspire
By Emily Bernard, April 23, 2013 This month marks the 30th anniversary of Alice Walker’s winning of the Pulitzer Prize for “The Color Purple,” the first for a novel by a black woman.read more
View Article“42” shows us the path to follow
By Fred McKissack, April 30, 2013 Do we have the guts and faith of Robinson and Rickey to see hope and seek justice?read more
View ArticleMuslim-Americans and Islam should not be demonized
By Amitabh Pal, May 2, 2013 We need a sense of proportion and perspective in the aftermath of the Boston attacks.read more
View ArticleCongress, not states, should handle immigration reform
By Linton Joaquin, May 23, 2013 Congress should enact common-sense immigration reform to put an end to the frustration that has led to a patchwork of poorly conceived anti-immigrant laws at the state...
View ArticleMedia must do more to help find missing children
By Juleyka Lantigua-Williams, May 25, 2013 About 800,000 children younger than 18 are reported missing each year, according to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.read more
View ArticleChart a pathway to citizenship without border walls
By Scott Nicol, May 30, 2013 We need a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants instead of more environmentally destructive border walls and the waiving of laws to build them.read more
View ArticleLessons for Syria from Libya and Iraq
By Tamara Alrifai, May 30, 2013 Reconciliation based on justice should guide the transition in Syria, rather than exclusion and revenge.read more
View ArticlePuerto Rican prisoner should be freed
By Carmelo Ruiz-Marrero, June 2, 2013 It was out of proportion to keep incarcerating him 14 years ago. Today, it is simply a disgrace.read more
View ArticleTiger Woods comment unearths hurtful stereotype
By Fred McKissack Jr., June 3, 2013 It is sad in the 21st century that we’re still dealing with these ancient, ridiculous and – yes – hurtful stereotypes.read more
View ArticleOn World Environment Day, let’s not waste food
By Danielle Nierenberg, June 5, 2013 Food waste in the United States, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council, totals $165 billion per year.read more
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