Yesterday from 12:15 to about 2:15 in the afternoon, I marched with about a thousand other people from the spot where Mike Brown was
Category: Civil Rights
St. Louis mayor goes all in for marriage equality, bucking MO state constitution
File it under things you never thought you’d see happen: Despite a long-standing amendment to the Missouri Constitution that defines marriage as “between one
Cardinal Nation: the one you may not know
“Cardinal Nation” is the way that fans of the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team collectively describe themselves. The group seems to be so closely-knit
Missouri Republicans copy-cat Arizona’s anti-gay, “religious freedom” law
I am embarrassed, once again, to report that the Republican-dominated Missouri legislature is going down the rabbit hole with another piece of backwards-looking, extremist
Compared to other countries, U.S. restrictions on religion are moderate, says Pew report
Two hundred twenty-two years ago, our forefathers declared “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”
Voting news: Some 17-year-olds can vote in primaries and caucuses in 22 states
In a trend that adds a nice dose of fairness to election laws, 22 states now allow citizens who will be 18 years old
Lesser-known heroes of the civil rights movement
We’ve all heard the timeworn speeches eulogizing the 16th president of our great nation for his iconoclastic measures to end slavery and admired his
Rule of law? MO executes a man while his appeal is pending
The Bill of Rights may have been passed over 220 years ago, but it seems to still not have been fully enacted. “Missouri executed
Mass incarceration–the new Jim Crow
I think it’s time to talk about an issue that isn’t glamorous or infamous, but it is so subtle and so completely off the
How American is “American”?
Before we start, I have a little… activity. Close your eyes. Well, maybe not; I need you to keep reading. Anyway. In your mind’s