Category: Politics and Current Events
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Jay Wexler wants to see his friends, not just their kids, on the holiday cards in his mailbox.
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Rita Nakashima Brock looks at Christmas from a multi-religious perspective.
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Lillian Rubin dissects the many factors that contributed to the passage of Proposition 8, a gay marriage ban, in California.
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Penny Coleman looks at the problem of sexual assault in the military, where just 8 percent of sexual assaults are referred to court martial and the victims have to pay for their own rape kits unless they are treated in military or VA facilities.
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"The Poet Goes to Indiana" by Mary Oliver was featured on the Writer's Almanac recently. Bill Ayers was interviewed by the Washington Post for this piece that ran that day after the election—the New Yorker's David Remnick was there, too. Last week, Garry Trudeau offered this commentary on the pre-election media. On Slate, one more…