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What lessons for advocates in Roe v. Wade?
Opposing sides from last year's commemorative march The U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in the Roe v. Wade case almost 38 years ago, on January 22, 1973. More because I finally got around to it...
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Even when we don’t like the outcome…
Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress Maybe you’re not like me, but some moments stick in my mind, serving as powerful lessons of critical truths, primarily because… I was so totally, abjectly,...
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The Legacy of Brown: We Must Not be Bought
Not long ago, I stood with my oldest son at the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site in front of a photo that contrasted a segregated school for African Americans in South Carolina...
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Supreme Stakes
It’s the first Monday in October. And here’s all I really want to say: It has been a really big year for the judicial system (Um, the ACA, anyone?), in policymaking, and (in the crystal ball that I...
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The What: We Still Need Voting Rights
More ‘whats’, in policy change. Or, in this case, policy not-change. Because, let’s be real: We still need The Voting Rights Act. We’re in the era of evidence-based policymaking, right? Has there ever...
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The What: Maintaining the balance of powers
OK, so, I’m cheating a little bit for this last post of “what week”, because, while this is about a policy itself, it’s one that would–in fundamental and actually quite frightening ways–affect the how...
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Frightening beyond words
I know, I know. I’ve heard all the arguments about how the Voting Rights Act isn’t dead, about how there are still lots of options for those alleging infringement of their civil rights, about how the...
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