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Brownworth: Girls for Sale
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Last June, the Senate formally apologized for never having passed anti-lynching legislation. Nearly 150 years after the end of the Civil War and 41 years after the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, 85 members of the Senate finally — after being pressured by the survivors of lynching victims — apologized. Fifteen — all Republicans, including former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss. — did not.
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Finding Peace
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The holidays are a time for reflection and nostalgia. Yet in the midst of all the shopping and planning, parties and festivities, we often forget that the holidays are about the spiritual part of ourselves. They are about our hearts and souls, about the part we share with others and the part we share with the spiritual being we believe in. The holidays are about finding peace. |
Making Ends Meet
Money. Career. These are among the most loaded words in American society. The first determines everything that we can and cannot have in life. The second firmly delineates class status: One has to be middle- or upper-class to have a career; everyone else has “jobs.”
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Meditation on a New Year
I’ve been thinking about the new year for months. The need for that clean slate, fresh-start impetus of a new year was really bearing down on me by the end of 2004. The new year holds such promise — 2004 was fraught with such turmoil that I am very glad to see it pass. |
Our History Is Now
Women’s history month brings out the activist in me. It’s in my genes — my maternal grandmother was a suffragist. In this era of red and blue states and the great cultural divide that has riven America, the simplicity of women’s suffrage may seem precious, even arcane. “One woman, one vote” doesn’t resonate for us as it did for my grandmother’s peers. It should. |
Referendum on Humanity
The election draws nearer, and voters of all genders must consider what is important to them as they go to the polls come November.
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