On Jan. 21, 2010, in a 5-4 decision, the nation’s highest court ruled that the First Amendment was intended by the Founding Fathers to allow corporations to exercise free speech — limitless and without regulation.read more

It’s about bringing economic fairness to America so that we can live up to our claim of being the land of opportunity.read more

Voting is supposed to be a right in this country, but many states are sabotaging that right.read more

Americans will rise and fall together based on whether all of our children are learning. Right now, they are not. And we can’t tolerate this any longer.read more

Summer used to signal that it was time for your two-week family trip. But those days are just about gone. We Americans are working more than anyone else, which leaves little time for the old-fashioned vacation.read more

Our diversity strengthens the nation. We are facing increased global competition, and we’re lucky to have so many children who are fluent in other languages and well versed in other cultures.read more

We are living in dangerous times. The economy is not doing well. The public discourse is rancid and rancorous. And a segment of our population is drifting ever further out into a kind of racist paranoia.read more

Perversely, some gun rights supporters suggest that there should be more guns, not fewer, in schools, in public places, in houses of worship. This approach is reckless and irresponsible, and will only lead to more innocent lives lost.read more

When even our friends question our human rights record, we’ve got to clean up our act.read more

Unemployment is a mental health issue, and we must address it.read more

The anti-immigrant sentiment sweeping through America has resulted in an increase in hate group activity and hate crimes against Latinos, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.read more

The call by some conservative lawmakers to repeal the 14th Amendment represents the worst of America.read more

When Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., was laid to rest in an Arlington cemetery on Tuesday, July 6, his bigoted past was interred with him. In the long span of his life, he demonstrated that people have the power to change and move beyond their hate.read more

On the 140th anniversary of the 15th Amendment, Tancredo and others would have us turn back the clock, and return to a time when people of color were denied the right to vote.read more

As the country’s middle class vanishes before our very eyes, now is the time to deal with the student loan crisis. It’s wrong to let more people needlessly suffer under the weight of oppressive debt simply because they tried to get an education.read more