In the 1980s, as California redrew its Congressional district boundaries after the census, one Congressman called his draft of a district map his “contribution
Category: Civil Rights
How states’ rights affected the assassination of JFK
I thought that I had gotten over it; the connection between the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and where it happened – Dallas,
OccupySTL: Living the revolution
Hopefully by now you’ve seen pictures from some of the Occupy movement rallies. They show average citizens energized, angry, and marching. But what about
Evil and the garden
The other day I took a bike ride along the Riverfront Trail in St. Louis. The trail runs north from Laclede’s Landing, following the
Obama is increasing the number of female and minority judges
Looking for some good news about the Obama presidency? Here’s one: President Obama is moving at a historic pace to try to diversity the
Celebrating the freedom to read: Banned Book Week
Every year since 1982, book stores, book lovers, and libraries across the country have spent the last days of September raising awareness and protesting censorship.
My kids’ school doesn’t ban books. I checked. And yours?
Students in Missouri’s Republic school district won’t find Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five or Sarah Ockler’s Twenty Boy Summer in their school libraries. Classics like
Having kids rocked my political world
I was pretty content in my younger conservative days. I don’t know if that was a reflection of political apathy, ignorance, or naivete on
Social issues trump social media
It hasn’t been a banner century for progressives. Not too long I re-read a book that my grandmother, Lucille Milner, wrote in 1954, The Education
Visit to Griot Museum prompts reflection
The temperature was stifling when members of Women’s Voices Raised for Social Justice visited the Griot Museum on St. Louis Ave. in July. Thieves