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Stacey Abrams Starts a Conversation About One of the 2020 Primary’s Most Pressing Issues: The Supreme Court Op-Ed 02/13/2019 by Drew Courtney This piece originally appeared on Medium . Last week, Stacey Abrams’ response to the president’s State of the …

What Blackface Makes Clear About the Path to Racial Justice Op-Ed 02/11/2019 by Diallo Brooks This piece was originally published on Medium. The recent revelations about Virginia Governor Ralph Northam’s and Attorney General Mark Herring’s history of …

We're Learning the Truth About 'Voter Fraud' Op-Ed 01/02/2019 by Leslie Watson Wilson There’s no moral difference between suppressing the vote through the law and literally stealing ballots. Both may have happened in North Carolina. This post originally …

Elliot Mincberg: Conservative Supreme Court could reverse decades of First Amendment law Op-Ed 01/02/2019 by Tori Slatton Although separation of church and state is a well-established pillar of First Amendment law, with Justice Kavanagh confirmed and the …

It’s Our Time to Make America Great Op-Ed 10/18/2018 by Diallo Brooks This post originally appeared on Medium. In late August, progressive candidate Andrew Gillum made history when he won Florida’s Democratic primary in a shocking upset to become the …

Kavanaugh’s Testimony Further Demonstrates Why He Should Not Be Confirmed Op-Ed 10/02/2018 by Elliot Mincberg This post originally appeared on Medium. Both Republicans and Democrats deserve credit for insisting on an FBI investigation into allegation s of …

I Believe Her. Op-Ed 09/28/2018 by Paul Gordon I watched Dr. Christine Blasey Ford's moving testimony to the Judiciary Committee this morning, and I am still shaken up by it. Hearing her voice, watching her face ... She was telling the truth, and she was …

Norman Lear: The Religious Right Has Co-Opted the First Amendment Op-Ed 09/04/2018 by Norman Lear Peter Montgomery This piece originally appeared as a guest column in The Hollywood Reporter . It’s bad enough that the Religious Right has spent decades …

Kathleen Turner: “Raise Hell” on Brett Kavanaugh Op-Ed 08/21/2018 by Marie Lindberg The saying goes “If you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention.” Affiliated PFAW Foundation Board Member and Academy Award-nominated actor Kathleen Turner has boldly …

SCOTUS Nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s Record Depicts Dangerous Conservative Judicial Activism Op-Ed 08/06/2018 by Devon Schmidt Regardless of which court they occupy, the central quality of any judge should be impartiality. But Trump Supreme Court nominee …