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. ...
As the Supreme Court considers Donald Trump’s immunity claims, many commentators are deeply concerned. Writing in Politico, for example, Ankush Khardori asserted that, “There is good reason to remain worried about the conservative justices’ handling of the case so far, about how they ...
A lot of attention is being given to support being picked up by Donald Trump among non-white voters. But the change taking place among young voters is even more dramatic. In the elections in 2016 and 2020, Donald Trump was soundly defeated among voters 18-29. In 2016, Hillary Clinton ...
