Obama finally draws attention to prison reform
President Barack Obama will not only be the first president to visit a federal prison when he visits Oklahoma today, but has also commuted more...
Recognizing microaggression doesn’t police free speech
Hearing someone say America is the land of opportunity or America is a melting pot, attributions the country is prided for, usually doesn’t spark a...
EDITORIAL: Environment should be the real priority in Florida’s BP settlement
After the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that unleashed about 134 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, the...
Progressive Pope’s climate concerns go beyond faith
Using the summer heat of June, Pope Francis delivered an encyclical, a letter distributed to the Roman Catholic Church’s bishops, concerning global warming and the...
Trump needs to put comments on immigrants to rest
Donald Trump wants to “Make America great again!” in 2016, and he decided early on who does and doesn’t fit into that plan of greatness....