As an Iranian American woman who immigrated to the United States in search of freedom over my body, rights, and voice, I am deeply troubled by the current state of reproductive rights in both Iran and the United States. In November 2021, Iran's government passed the "Population Rejuvenation and ...
I would like to challenge Chris Null’s assertion in his column of June 13 that the caucus and convention system is more representative of Utah’s Republicans than the signature-gathering process. There is a reason that the Utah legislature passed the signature bill. It is because the caucus ...
In order to help my 94 year old mother become better informed about the current candidates, I phoned those that sent her their glossy campaign literature so I could give her my best recommendations. The highlight of my many calls was to Holly Sweeten. I asked her questions that required more ...
Four weeks after former President Donald Trump's conviction in a much-criticized Manhattan prosecution and a week before the first and earliest-ever scheduled post-primary presidential debate, it's a good time to look at how these two unusually elderly and oft-reviled candidates stand in the ...
In 1947, legendary baseball star and Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier, becoming the first Black athlete to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers. Before that, he and his fellow Black athletes were relegated to the Negro leagues, ...
Even though I’ve spent years being a women’s leadership scholar, advocate and activist, I’ve always struggled using the term “feminist” or “feminism.” I know others in my field have been frustrated with me because I don’t actively use it, but the term is so misunderstood. ...
