Opinion & Essay
America is really going to the dogs — and who can blame us?
As we grow further apart, forming factions within our nation, as technology weakens our social skills, as more of us live alone, pets can be a source of unconditional love.
8 years ago
Resisting the myth of ‘post-racial’ America and sharing responsibility for injustice
In observation of the life and death and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., NewCORE and Gwynedd Mercy University presente ...
8 years ago
John Bolton and the unlearned lesson of Iraq
Bolton was part of the mendacious crew that gave us the "Mission Accomplished" banner.
8 years ago
The success of March for Our Lives will show up on November ballots
The March for Our Lives takes place on Saturday, but the lessons from this latest American movement are taking place right now.
8 years ago
Letter: Pennridge School District should be ashamed for giving walkout students detention
When I heard that students from my alma mater received Saturday detention for their participation in the National Student Walkout, I had one reaction: shame.
8 years ago
The Austin bomber was a white Christian. Ban them all!
I hold this truth to be self-evident: If the dead Austin bomber had turned out to be a Muslim, Trump would be interrupting his current pr ...
8 years ago
The triple weight of being Black, American, and a woman
While we have always shared many of the concerns championed by the mainstream women’s movement, we have never had the luxury of fighting a singular fight.
8 years ago
Girard Academic Music student: Do not ignore the youngest of us in gun law debate
Adults are constantly telling our youth that ... not only does our opinion not matter, but we don’t have the capabilities to imprint a change.
8 years ago
Mastery Charter student: ‘Proud to stand’ with strong youth to push for better gun laws
17 minutes is not enough to voice our concerns and highlight the fear that we hold within ourselves every day.
8 years ago
5 new accelerants for the raging Trumpster fire
What's fueling the Trumpster fire this week? Cambridge Analytica, the Kremlin, the extramarital ladies, Fox News, and Millennial women.
8 years ago
Penn Law prof’s comments prove need for racial justice in legal profession
America can never have just laws and policies, or a system that brings equality to everyone, if the caretakers and decision makers of our legal institutions are mostly white.
8 years ago
Crystal ball alert: My fearless prediction about Paul Ryan
Today I will make a prediction. If it turns out to be right, hail me as a sage. If it turns out to be wrong, forget I ever said it.
8 years ago
Remembering ongoing work of women in the civil rights movement
"During the civil rights movement, or any other movement in this country, there are women of color pushing the moral conscience of our country to do better."
8 years ago
Trump is dragging us to democracy’s moment of reckoning
It's hard to recognize history in the making when you're living in the moment...
8 years ago
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