With the new presidential administration and a Republican majority in Congress, I think we can all expect a reinvigorated attack on abortion access, so let’s reassess where we are. We could discuss any number of... Read More

During his first weeks in office, President Trump signed several executive orders for an Environmental Protection Agency media blackout, a ban on funding global organizations that either perform or mention abortion, and the now-infamous “Muslim... Read More

The pictures shown here were taken when I was in Iraq during my first tour with the US Army Rangers. We operated out of a small town called Hawijah, and the countryside around it was... Read More

“In a real sense all life is interrelated. All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” – Martin Luther... Read More

Last week I attended Creating Change, an annual conference spearheaded by the National LGBTQ Taskforce that provides training in grassroots organizing that centers the experiences and expertise of LGBTQ activists. This five-day event was unlike... Read More

On Tuesday night the president tweeted this: “If Chicago doesn’t fix the horrible ‘carnage’ going on, I will send in the Feds!” A typical conservative jibe against gun control measures is to mention the high... Read More

This week marks the forty-fourth anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark US Supreme Court decision that gave all American women the right to legal abortions. Even though four and a half decades have passed,... Read More