Category: Race and Ethnicity in America
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Too many kids are faced with draconian punishment under zero-tolerance laws.
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In honor of the holiday honoring the memory of Martin Luther King, Jr., an excerpt from his final book, Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?
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In honor of Don Belton, whose death on December 27th was a great loss, Beacon Broadside shares this essay from Speak My Name: Black Men on Masculinity and the American Dream.
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The lack of damage control for harm already done to these children along with the damage the juvenile justice system inflicts on them can only make things worse for our society as time goes on.
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Second-parent adoption has proved a powerful legal device for gay and lesbian families, but is it really fair to make a parent adopt their own child?
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While Maine’s marriage equality supporters regroup after last Tuesday’s defeat, the staff at Connecticut’s marriage equality advocacy group Love Makes a Family prepares to douse their lights forever.
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How do we define family relationships in regard to giving caregivers leave from work? Nancy Polikoff looks at what she thinks is the fairest option.
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Thomas N. DeWolf is the author of Inheriting the Trade: A Northern Family Confronts Its Legacy as the Largest Slave-Trading Dynasty in U.S. History. Tom speaks regularly at schools, conferences, and other events around the country. For further information go to: www.inheritingthetrade.com, where you can also find his Inheriting the Trade blog, where this post…
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The author of Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage looks at recent advances in family law that can help all gay and lesbian parents.
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Kai Wright explores the current conservative backlash and the self-defeating fear at the root of racial anxieties.
