“Liberals, you were right. We shouldn’t have.”
Ansel Herz
Posted inNews
Hugs, Tears, Grief, and Sighs of Relief at Seattle Pacific University
Kelly O [Editor’s note: Here’s a report from our sister paper The Stranger regarding yesterday’s shooting at Seattle Pacific University. Follow them here or on Twitter for the latest updates.] For the students and staff of Seattle Pacific University, a balmy afternoon before the start of finals week veered suddenly and sharply off course yesterday […]
Posted inNews
Let’s Not Be Fatalistic About Prospects for Reparations
If you haven’t read Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Case for Reparations, do that. Or watch this: Facing the Truth: The Case for Reparations from BillMoyers.com on Vimeo. Here’s the question, though, for any supporter of reparations: How do we make it happen? As Coates points out in his article, a bill to establish a reparations commission by […]
Posted inCrime
Woody Allen’s Defenders and Rape Culture
Woody Allen’s friend Robert B. Weide rushes to his defense in The Daily Beast by—you guessed it—attacking the credibility of Dylan Farrow, who accused him of molesting her as a child in an open letter last week, and her mother, actress Mia Farrow. Aaron Brady in The New Inquiry responds: This is a basic principle: […]
Posted inLGBTQIA+
Federal Judge Strikes Down Utah’s Gay Marriage Ban
This just in from Salt Lake Tribune: A federal judge in Utah Friday struck down the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, saying the law violates the U.S. Constitution’s guarantees of equal protection and due process. “The state’s current laws deny its gay and lesbian citizens their fundamental right to marry and, in so doing, demean […]