Editorial: Reading, ’Riting, ’Rithmetic… and Religion
The other day I was talking to a neighbor whose daughter, a rising high-school junior, was beginning to plan her college visits. Suddenly, it’s become very complicated, she told me. […]
Re Dobbs vs. Jackson, Beware the Originalists
With all their emphasis on the importance of the founders’ intentions in creating the U.S. Constitution as the foundation of federal law, the Constitutional “Originalists” and their enthusiastic cheerleaders might […]
Pro-Choice Protesters Stage Sit-In at White House (photos)
Persistent rain did not deter more than a thousand abortion rights activists from marching to the White House on July 9 to stage a mass sit-in. “We call for this […]
Maz & Bricks
Maz and Bricks is a passionate, angry, funny and touching play which tells the story of two young people who meet over the course of a day in Dublin. Maz […]
Profs & Pints DC: Reproductive Justice after Roe
Profs and Pints DC presents: “Reproductive Justice after Roe,” with Sara Matthiesen, professor of history and women’s, gender, and sexuality studies at George Washington University and author of Reproduction Reconceived: […]
On the Scene: May 14 Rally for Abortion Rights in D.C. (photos)
Thousands demonstrated around the country in support of abortion rights on Saturday, May 14, following a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating that Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark law […]
SCOTUS Springs a Leak
Leaks are pernicious things. You often don’t know you have one until water starts to drip down your wall or a stain creeps across the ceiling. It’s not a good […]
‘Scary Time to be a Woman’: Demonstrators at Supreme Court (photos)
A large gathering of pro-choice activists descended upon the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., from dawn to dusk on Tuesday, May 3, following a prior day’s leaked memo revealing […]
Washington, D.C.: Memorable Images from 2021 (photos by Jeff Malet)
2021 saw a partial resumption of activities in the District suggesting better times ahead. It was also a year marked by political turmoil. Click on the photo icons below for […]
All About Eve: The Message of Dobbs. v. Jackson Women’s Health Org.
The story of Genesis is eons old and you would think by this time that the statute of limitations had run out on Eve’s theft of the apple and […]