A Transgender Malpractice Verdict — and the Politics That Ignored It
A young woman named Fox Varian recently won a landmark medical-malpractice case in Westchester County Supreme Court, where a jury awarded her $2 million after concluding that she was...
From “Black Lives Matter” to “Black Lives Must Matter To Black People First”
Public debate over the last decade has revolved around a phrase powerful enough to move millions of people into the streets. The phrase expressed...
A Police Badge, A Deportation Order, and the Questions No One Is Asking Yet: How Did it Happen?
A week before graduation from the New Orleans Police Department academy, 46-year-old recruit Larry Temah was arrested by federal immigration authorities.Within hours, the story...
The 80/20 Problem: Why Fighting Voter ID Is Political Self-Sabotage
One of the strangest habits in modern American politics is watching parties choose to fight the public on issues where the public already agrees...
We Celebrate Black History Month — But Ignore the Man Who Created It
Carter G. Woodson, the founder of what began as Negro History Week and later became Black History Month, did not intend for it to...
