All posts tagged "Politics"
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The New Obama Factor: Why Michelle Obama Matters
By Keri Day There is a new Obama Factor. And it’s not the President. Michelle Obama’s recent trip to South Africa inspired me to...
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“We Don’t Just Litigate and Leave”: A Conversation with NAPW
I recently enjoyed a lively conversation with Lynn Paltrow, J.D., Founder and Executive Director of National Advocates for Pregnant Women (NAPW), and Board President Jeanne...
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Another Day at the Races
By now, we have grown accustomed to a US Supreme Court that rules in favor of the corporate interest, no matter what its costs might...
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Feminist Musings on the Republican Presidential Debate: A “Democratic” Makeover?
By Keri Day The Republican Party is in desperate need of a “democratic” makeover. Growing up in Springfield, Illinois, I was socialized to embrace the...
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The Global Imagination of James Baldwin
This interview between Sean Jacobs, professor and founder of the blog africasacountry.com, and Rich Blint, was first published at the interviewer’s site and appears here...
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London Diary
It’s a chilly spring weekend in London, although the cold this time of year is not unprecedented, and tourists by the busload descend on Piccadilly...
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“Say What?!” N.J. Governor Christie’s Proposed Cuts to Medicaid Changes Eligibility from $24,645 to $5,317 for a Family of Three!
By Joy Schulman MEDICAID/MEDICARE—it’s all so confusing! What are we talking about?? Recently, Medicare and Medicaid have often been used interchangeably; though they are quite...
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Bad Boys, Bad Boys, Whatcha Gonna Do?
By Monica J. Casper and William Paul Simmons On May 14th, a troubling incident occurred in an expensive hotel room in Manhattan. International Monetary Fund...
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Playing Games with Race
by Omar Ricks NOTE: This article expands on a comment on Prof. Hortense Spillers’ article Mama’s Baby, Papa’s, Too published on The Feminist Wire on...
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Compassionate Feminism
A practice in compassion is, particularly for myself as a woman, an act of feminism. If I turn my practice inward, if I look to...
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Gender-Neutral or Wishful Thinking?
Can we raise gender-neutral children? A Toronto couple is attempting to do just that. Kathy Witterick and David Stocker have decided to allow their third...
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The Mildred Patricia Baena Story
By Allison McCarthy A sketch from Monday night’s episode of Lopez Tonight is grabbing entertainment headlines. Comedian George Lopez claimed to have a world exclusive...
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Flexing (Neo)Liberal Muscles
The British Deputy Prime Minister and coalition minority leader Nick Clegg has had a tough year. Like many advocates of his party, the Liberal Democrats,...
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Gay and Transgender Prophets—Telling the Truth
By T.J. Williams In recent years I have committed myself to the work of justice that speaks loudly and boldly to proclaim that God is...
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Cornel West and the Crisis in Black Leadership
By Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou The recent controversy ignited by Cornel West’s critique of President Barack Obama and subsequent critiques of Dr. West reveal a...
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Transfiguring Masculinities in Black Women’s Studies
By C. Riley Snorton Although there continues to be controversy regarding whether men can create black feminist scholarship, numerous black feminist theorists have argued for...
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Sluts on Parade
By Ulli K. Ryder, Ph.D., Visiting Scholar, Brown University The Slutwalk is sweeping the world – women and men, march and shout chants, carrying banners...
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Views on the West Wing (I)
It is fair to say that the Obama Presidency has set my mind awash in currents of confusion: I confess—I don’t know what the man...