The posters extended an invitation: “Let’s Talk.” The next line hinted at a joke that could get uncomfortable… “A Christian, a Muslim and a Hindu Walk into a School.” At Liberty High School in Frisco, Texas, three students looked beyond that discomfort to step into the spotlight and answer
There’s no clearer sign about the character of this year’s presidential contest than the renewed interest in asking Google, “What is a demagogue?” Senator Joseph McCarthy (led the Communist witch hunt) and Governor George C. Wallace (defended segregation) have landed in the news again as everyone grapples with
Doing her part to keep the flag off the ground during a 4th of July Parade (photo by Julie Raccuglia) American founders worried about limiting our expectations if we only understood ourselves through lists. In the original case, the question revolved around the perils of listing fundamental rights. That list
How to Start Something: Looking for Buy-In on Criminal Justice Reform by Shellee O’Brien Five challenges a Texas activist encountered once a wrongful conviction happened in her own family. The State of Texas convicted Lucy’s niece and sentenced her to life in prison. Lucy had watched Hannah endure
There’s a chorus asking us to think about our civic health. A relatively quiet (i.e., hardly noticeable) effort in Arizona added the citizenship test to graduation requirements. Then there was San Bernardino. And, in President Obama’s State of the Union speech, he asked American citizens to join