Eliminate Filibuster and the Need to Debate Republicans
From the pains Democrats take to out-argue and/or to compromise with the fringe minority party called the Republicans you'd think no other course of action was available, specifically you'd have to assume that the filibuster – the power of senators representing 11 percent of us to block all work by the House and Senate – is written in stone.
Obama, Race and the Future of US Politics
Barack Obama's victory is indeed an historic breakthrough for US politics. In a country that enforced a system of legalized racism until just 40 years ago, and that was founded on white supremacy, Black slavery and Native genocide, the election of the first Black president is cause for jubilation.
Veils and Justice
Here they go again. Muslims just don’t give up trying to change our values and roll back hard fought rights of equality and justice. Though this time, we may have nipped it in the bud early – but should we?
Albertine, Martin and Dex
Don't look to Martin and Coretta's children for revolution humble reader, cast your lots with the Cosby kids instead. The late Martin Luther King Jr. once said that one of his dreams was that his four little children would be judged by the content of their character instead of the color of their skin.
