2015 was a hard year for poor children and children of color in a gridlocked and cantankerous Congress.

To win the war on HIV/AIDS; to achieve the three zeroes; we cannot approach the epidemic as a standalone public ...

Americans are fond of saying that our children are our nation’s most valuable resource. But if our actions are the ...

Learn why Judge Ortega simply loved "The Danish Girl."

At times of increased tension, both ISIL and racists in the west are taking a similar path to polarize the ...

Imagine where we’d be if the majority of Americans still thought Irish people were thugs, wife-beaters, or lazy drunkards. Imagine ...

Because of skyrocketing rents, lack of foresight and planning by public officials, and a mainstream media which sees housing as ...

Poverty is a constant struggle and heart-breaking burden for individuals, families and communities in our country and around the world. ...

As we usher greater numbers of high school graduates into the workforce, are we prepared to ensure that—for those who ...

Mayor Charlie Hales recently took a step no other mayor in our country — and perhaps the world — has ...

Our American University system has blood on its hands that it is just coming to terms with. How will the ...

Many of the new laws making it more difficult to vote appear to be cynical attempts to blunt the political ...

Together with other community leaders and concerned citizens, I sent a letter to Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, and other statewide- ...

Despite the efforts of our federal government and the Supreme Court to address and eliminate racial discrimination in the jury ...

While it is obvious to many of us that all lives matter, it is not so obvious that in our ...