Tag: Marianne Mansfield
Our nation’s polarization just got personal
Dear Self,
May you never forget exact moment our nation's polarization got personal. You were floating in a friend’s pool in southwest Michigan on Monday,...
A Clinton-Warren Ticket: is our country ready for two women to...
The Clinton-Warren image was striking: two women, holding hands, arms raised, smiling and waving at a crowd in Cincinnati. One, Hillary Clinton, is the...
Can Sen. McCaskill force the VA to stop dragging its feet...
The way it has handled claims involving mustard gas has become the latest scandal to rock the VA. On Tuesday, May 3, Democratic Sen....
Why are Utah legislators playing doctor?
Because they apparently don't have to do, Utah legislators are playing doctor. Unfortunately, they've decided to do this at the expense of women's health...
Men file for equal pay with women’s soccer?
Have you heard the one about the men's soccer team filing suit for equal pay with women's soccer?
"What they are demanding is the same...
The Women Airforce Service Pilots, Arlington National Cemetery, and an onion
Fifinella was a female gremlin designed by Walt Disney for a proposed film from Roald Dahl's book, "The Gremlins." During World War II, the...
Is Donald Trump what America really wants?
Is Donald Trump what America really wants? Or needs, even? Are there so many people out there so pissed off they simply want to...
Charlene Albarran shouldn’t make me hopeful, should she?
I met Charlene Albarran on Wednesday at a local coffee house, and she made me more hopeful than I wanted to be. In fact,...
Environmental classism and the Flint water crisis
Let's begin by calling the Flint water crisis in Michigan what it is: environmental classism. Some might call it environmental racism. But since racism, classism,...
Pew Research Center’s end-of-year review: Attend to these trends or suffer...
Of the most interesting end-of-the-year summaries, there was one that caught my immediate attention --- even more than list of who died during 2015...