Yesterday’s shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin shows the need to redefine patriotism as respect for religious and ethnic minorities.
E.J. Graff
E.J. Graff writes on social-justice and human-rights issues, particularly discrimination and violence against women and children; marriage and family policy; and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender lives. She is a resident scholar at the Brandeis Women’s Studies Research Center and the author of What Is Marriage For? The Strange Social History of Our Most Intimate Institution (Beacon Press, 1999, 2004).
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Sally Ride’s Right to Remain Silent
Respecting diversity means being okay with the astronaut’s decision not to out herself earlier.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
RIP, Sally Ride
In her obituary, the pioneering astronaut smashes yet another barrier.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
This American Darkness
When it comes to the strange disease of mass killings, our normal analyses are of limited use.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
More on the Boy Scouts
A round-up of commentary on the decision to exclude the gay folks … and another reminder that the Girl Scouts win a merit badge for openness.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Parenting without a Net
Let’s give Marissa Mayer a break—and other parents some help.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
What Poor Women Need Is … Marriage?
The New York Times reports on the new marriage divide, but misses the solutions.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
The Boy Scouts Get It Wrong, Wrong, Wrong
Despite the hopes of reformers, the organization chooses to continue excluding gays.
