For their mental health, and for our own
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 inMoney, Politics, and Power
Whether Scalia Likes It or Not
However the Supreme Court rules on the same-sex-marriage cases it’s agreed to hear this term, equality will ultimately prevail.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid: SCOTUS Takes on Same-Sex Marriage
With the broad questions being placed before it, the Court has the opportunity to do significant damage.
Posted inLaw and Justice
We Can’t All Be Royals
It’s Kate Middleton’s job to have a baby. For the rest of us, having a child makes it harder to do our jobs.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
What’s Next for Marriage Equality?
2012 saw many successes for same-sex marriage, but the fight is far from over.
Posted inArticle
Why I Love Thanksgiving
We’re a land of immigrants and old-timers who find a way to work together to make our shared world better—even if we will go to war with each other, politically speaking, the very next day.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Kevin Clash, Take Two
Returning to the allegations against the voice of Elmo after his resignation and a second lawsuit
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Dying for a Pro-Life Cause
Savita Halappanavar died because her fetus’s heartbeat was given priority over her own, a situation that still happens too frequently around the world.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Goodbye to Barney Frank
Why does he consider his LGBT record his top accomplishment? How did being closeted all those years affect his personality?
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Hell No, Elmo!
Are intergenerational relationships inherently problematic?
