Yance Ford: The first transgender director nominated for an Oscar
"If my nomination can help in any way to advance the issues of trans-equality and protection for LGBTQ people under the law, then I am as humbled by that as I am by the nomination."
The social impact of the Second Amendment
The state should be permitted to disarm its citizens to the extent it judges necessary to protect its own strength to protect its society.
Public libraries continue to thrive despite defunding and privatization attacks
Efforts by governments and cities across the nation to defund the public library indicate a misunderstanding of the essential role that libraries play.
Your favorite charity has most of its money in Wall Street
About 93 percent of charitable foundation money is parked in Wall Street investments. But foundations are starting to make better choices.
The Media’s Gift to Trump: Low Expectations
When a candidate starts in the cellar in terms of behavior and temperament, there's nowhere to go but up.
The case against WikiLeaks is a crisis for the First Amendment
The Trump administration once celebrated WikiLeaks. Now it wants to prosecute Julian Assange simply for publishing things it doesn't like. That's a threat to all journalists.
As Blasey Ford alleges Kavanaugh assaulted her, will Senate repeat mistakes made with Anita...
She at first expected her story to be kept confidential, but changed her mind after it leaked. She now says she is willing to testify about her experience.
Banning what matters
What could be more wonderful than a place that allows people to read books, magazines, and newspapers for free?
Making sure the Census counts Indian Country
On top of the citizenship question, Indian Country faces the hurdles of being one of the hard-to-count populations and not trusting the government at all.
AT&T, Time Warner and the Death of Privacy
All your internet searches and preferences, all gathered and “vertically integrated,” sold to police and perhaps, in the future, to any number of AT&T’s corporate customers.