Women’s Equality Day

Ninety years ago today the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, giving women the right to vote.  Back then, our grandmothers dreamed this would finally give equality to their daughters, but instead, the gains have been largely illusionary.  Newsweek runs down how very far we still have to go. I’m ashamed to say that [...]

Is this Ohio 2009 or Mississippi 1963?

Ohio teen sentenced in parking lot noose attack MOUNT VERNON, Ohio – A central Ohio teenager accused of putting a noose around a Hispanic boy’s neck and dragging him in a parking lot has been sentenced to 10 days in jail. The 18-year-old was sentenced Wednesday in juvenile court in Mount Vernon, a city of [...]