E.J. Graff

Not another gay teen suicide.

Dahlia Lithwick explains that “Blaming Congress for the corporate takeover of American democracy is only half the fun; blaming the Supreme Court is almost better.” But Occupy Wall Street is lacking in ambition, she suggests, if it only focuses on Citizens United, she explains: Of course, if you want to focus the blame somewhere for […]

The New York Times has posted a riveting graphic representation showing where Americans are moving to and from, by race. I noodled around this spot for awhile, finding out some surprising things, but you could find more. Manhattan has become 22 percent more white–okay, housing prices have pushed out most people, and whites are richer […]

Since “don’t ask, don’t tell” has been repealed, all’s peachy for lesbians and gay men in the military, yes? Umm, no. Serving openly has made it much clearer all the more subtle ways that lesbians and gay men are excluded from full participation — particularly, the fact that the military does not support its gay […]

What happens to you when you sneak into the U.S. without papers, hoping for a better life? You might make a living working at jobs that the native-born wouldn’t take, supporting your family back home. Or you might end up in indefinite detention. On Tuesday at 9 p.m., PBS’s Frontline airs Maria Hinojosa’s in-depth, year-long […]

Jane Austen lives — in India. Once upon a time, the course of your life was determined by the status you were born into. As cheeky as Jane Austen could be, she knew perfectly well that each character’s income and background determined their marital fates. The young lady of the manor better not run off […]

Here in the People’s Republic of Cambridge, you occasionally see street signs declaring that the city is a “domestic violence-free zone.” Those always make me feel a little snarky: Does my city really believe that we’ve ended coercion, control, and violence between intimate partners and family members? But while I might roll my eyes at […]