When the president of the United States recounts his own experiences as a Black boy in America: suspected, feared,vulnerable to violence, just  like 17 year old Trayvon Martin–it is a […]

I am just emerging from a months-long journey through diapers and burping and kissing babies, courtesy of my daughter’s new twins, Sophie and Sam. They joined now 4 year old […]

“The family must release him so that God may have his own way,”  Andrew Mlangeni, told the local newspaper, the Sunday Times. “They must release him spiritually and put their […]

Monday morning, February 04, 2013 will be the beginning of the next life of Hillary Rodham Clinton. Famous for her staggering work ethic, she has been on the job, she […]

Like many in these United States–and around the world–I am tuned into the second inauguration of Barack Obama: a time of assessment, a time of re-set of goals and hopes. […]

I’m a long time admirer of the work Marianne Schnall does. Her feminist.com website preceded the proliferation of women’s/feminist sites and she  does some of the best interviews on women […]

A great piece in the NYTimes, Monday, October 29th, about Sally Kohn, the progressive analyst on Fox News. Sally is one of ours: a graduate of the Progressive Women’s Voices […]

So pleased to announce this year’s Carol Jenkins Emerging Journalist award winner–Sarah Hoye of CNN. Based in Philadelphia, she’s one of the hardest working journalists in the country. The Women’s […]

This piece looking at the challenges women face these days is up now on On The Issues magazine’s website. (www.ontheissuesmagazine.com) In it I talk about the writer Marilyn French, novelist […]

The above photograph comes from the website of http://www.feedingamerica.org–engaged in running food banks and school pantries across the country. It is a reminder that while we fixate on certain numbers–96,000 […]