McCain’s bilingual blues

Let’s hope McCain’s new website means he understands that the use of Spanish, and many other non-English languages in America, is here to stay, and the idea of declaring an official language is offici

Obama vows to fend off dirty campaign from Republicans

Barack Obama announced Tuesday night that he’s ready take on a dirty campaign from Republicans.

Mental Health Month--Kids

May is Mental Health Month, and we are facing a major crisis: a national shortage of child mental health professionals.

This shortage couldn’t come at a more serious time.

President should sign bill outlawing genetic discrimination

On May 1, Congress did something admirable. It passed the first civil rights law of the 21st century: the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act.

Supreme Court's voter ID decision is a blow to democracy

In its 6-3 decision in Crawford v. Marion County Election Board, the court ruled that the law, which requires Indiana voters to show photo identification at the polls, is constitutional.

On 10th anniversary of nuclear blasts, U.S. and India are entering into devil’s pact

Ten years after India crashed the nuclear weapons club, the Bush administration is planning on rewarding it for its bad behavior.

I detest Cinco de Mayo

This year, let’s stop celebrating in the way that we have become accustomed. Let’s put the beer bottle down, say no to wearing a sombrero and take history back.