Richard Zitrin: Being ‘Anti-Racist’ is Not Enough

Richard Zitrin I was talking with Eva Paterson about my recent renewed reflections about racism. After we talked, she asked me to write something from my perspective: a white guy who has considered himself an anti-racist for most all of my 73 years. Some of this perspective goes back as far my pre-teen years andContinueContinue reading “Richard Zitrin: Being ‘Anti-Racist’ is Not Enough”

ICYMI: How Christine Blasey Ford’s Testimony Changed America

By Haley Sweetland Edwards, TIME Magazine October 4, 2018 History often seems inexorable in hindsight, shaped by powerful figures operating beyond our control. But when Dr. Christine Blasey Ford walked in to face the Senate Judiciary Committee on Sept. 27, raised her right hand and swore to tell the truth, it was clear that anContinueContinue reading “ICYMI: How Christine Blasey Ford’s Testimony Changed America”

Opinion: In Exchange For Cheap Laughs Netflix Stigmatizes And Bullies The Disabled

Guest post by the Honorable Tony Coelho, retired U.S. Congressman from California and the principal author of the Americans with Disabilities Act. He is the founder of The Coelho Center for Disability Law, Policy and Innovation at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. As someone who has lived with seizures for more than sixty years,ContinueContinue reading “Opinion: In Exchange For Cheap Laughs Netflix Stigmatizes And Bullies The Disabled”