This week, Ashley Broadway is paying close attention to the Supreme Court as it hears two cases on the politically charged issue of same-sex marriage. For her, it’s about family: her spouse, Army Lt. Col. Heather Mack, their son, two weeks’ shy of 3 years, and two-month-old daughter. “Regardless of how someone feels about same-sex […]
A ‘military spouse of the year’ closely watches the Supreme Court Read More »
Although Sheryl Sandberg’s book came out just weeks ago, it seems we’ve been talking “Lean In” forever. Is the manifesto about women not doing enough or trying to do too much? Will busy working women be able to spare the time to see its lessons as valuable rather than additions to already crowded to-do lists?
Do black women need lessons on ‘leaning in’? Read More »
Andy Griffith was more than an actor; he was an icon. That goes double in North Carolina, inspiration for the mythical Mayberry, where his Sheriff Andy ruled wisely and warmly. Griffith died last year at the age of 86, and now some friends and fans are objecting to his widow’s apparent plans to tear down
Tearing down Andy Griffith’s N.C. coastal home: should anyone care? Read More »
If you said Hillary Rodham Clinton owes the start of her independent political career to Rick Lazio, even Lazio might agree. The tipping point for the 2000 race for the U.S. Senate from New York between a former first lady and a U.S. Congressman? When Lazio, the Republican nominee, crossed over to Clinton’s side of
Clinton, Feinstein and standing up to bullies Read More »
It was a funny though welcome text message, congratulating me on “my” new pope. From 3,000 miles away, my friend knows how much my Catholic faith means to me and wanted to share the good news. Though she was raised Baptist and doesn’t really practice any religion now, she understood. What did I think of
Authentically black and Catholic – with something to say about Pope Francis Read More »
Elections have consequences. In North Carolina, which elected Republican Gov. Pat McCrory and a GOP super-majority in both the state House and Senate in 2012, legislation to institute photo identification as a prerequisite for voting is again on the table.
A voter ID battle in North Carolina Read More »
Do women separated by party, principle and vocation have more in common than not? When the conversation turns to the challenges faced and rewards gained when working toward leadership roles, it seems so. Or perhaps, as one of the high-powered women in a discussion on “CBS This Morning” offered, women strive for consensus. In Wednesday’s installment
Condi Rice, Valerie Jarrett and Lesley Stahl on, inevitably, ‘having it all’ Read More »
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – On the announcement, his picture was squeezed between images of Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan, former presidents the GOP can get behind. Artur Davis was in North Carolina, where Republicans rule in the state house and legislature. It’s a place where the party that is suffering setbacks elsewhere could relax for a
Artur Davis – Democrat turned GOP stalwart – has a plan for Republicans Read More »
Just the memory of Rosa Parks can still get the job done. In this case, 100 years after her birth, the late civil rights icon is bringing together the president and the Democratic and Republican leaders of both the House and the Senate. In the partisan atmosphere of Washington, D.C., that’s close to a miracle.
In her 100th year, is it time to take Rosa Parks off that pedestal? Read More »
Even as most of the headlines coming out of Washington these days contain the word sequester, another bill is moving along, making progress without quite so much drama. But the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), passed in the Senate and due for action in the House, is no less important. House Republicans
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