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'Till' Film Reinforces Importance of Living With Faith, Not Fear Nov. 18, 2022
The Emmett Till story was told multiple times this year through two ABC television docuseries, "Let ... Read More
The Slaughter of Babies Should Be Unfathomable May. 12, 2022
Last week, when the pilfered draft of a Supreme Court opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito was le... Read More
Current Docuseries on Emmett Till Show How the Heart of the Nation Must Still Change Jan. 21, 2022
Every time I've driven through Mississippi, I've always thought about the harrowing story of Emmett ... Read More
Can We Talk About Abortion Without Tearing Each Other Apart? Dec. 10, 2021
Those of us who have long criticized Roe v. Wade for usurping the power of legislatures to make seri... Read More
Abortion and the Constitution Dec. 09, 2021
"The fetus has an interest in having a life." —Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., Dec.... Read More
Is This the Answer to Abortion for Some Women? Dec. 09, 2021
Washington — One of my favorite findings about liberals — now called progressives —... Read More
Abortion Bans Don't Protect the Rights of 'the People' Dec. 03, 2021
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard arguments over a Mississippi law banning abortions after the 1... Read More
Reversing Roe Dec. 03, 2021
This past Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women'... Read More
Forcing Teens to Have Babies Would Not Be Good for Republicans Dec. 02, 2021
For nearly 50 years, the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade ruling has protected a woman's right to an abor... Read More
Abortion Is About Our Core National Values Dec. 01, 2021
The Supreme Court will hear this week Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. At issue is the... Read More
Can SCOTUS Draw a New Line on Abortion? The 'Viability' Rule Is Arbitrary. So Are the Alternatives. Dec. 01, 2021
For nearly half a century, the Supreme Court has said the Constitution prohibits states from banning... Read More
Abortion Rights Are Now at the Mercy of the Most Conservative Court in Modern Times May. 25, 2021
Almost five decades ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that abortion is a constitutionally protected ... Read More
Legal Conservatism's Moment of Truth: Abortion Returns to the Supreme Court May. 21, 2021
In agreeing to hear the Mississippi abortion case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, t... Read More
The Beginning of the End for Abortion Rights May. 20, 2021
In one of his 19th-century novels, Anthony Trollope depicts a protagonist who learns that his belove... Read More
Brett Kavanaugh Shows His Class Jun. 27, 2019
Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh just wrote the majority opinion in a landmark civil rights cas... Read More
There's No Laugh Line in a Lynching Nov. 14, 2018
Earlier this year, on April 26, a new museum dedicated to the victims of American white supremacy op... Read More
Our Memories Are Long, Our Resolve Unshakable Oct. 03, 2018
It was only a matter of time. So many of us women, so many men who love us — we knew this was ... Read More
Elvis' Cousin Worries That Other Pro-Life Democrats Have Left the Building Sep. 04, 2018
NETTLETON, Miss. — "When you got the last name Presley everybody's gonna get the question, are... Read More
Roe v. Wade Is Yesterday's Fight Jul. 10, 2018
If the Supreme Court were to overturn Roe v. Wade, the right to an abortion might no longer be law o... Read More
Underestimating the Voters' Intelligence -- and Paying for It Feb. 24, 2018
Politics can be both cruel and unsentimental. Consider the case of Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., known... Read More
