splaneToday’s Supreme Court Decision Opens up Path to DiscriminationToday, June 8, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Beru that the ministerial exemption to employment…Jul 8, 2020Jul 8, 2020
splaneUnmasking Flawed Antimasking ArgumentsDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, antimaskers loudly proclaim their opposition to some states’ mandatory mask wearing. They cite a small range…Jul 5, 2020Jul 5, 2020
splaneFor White BLM Supporters, Good Intentions Are Not EnoughWhite BLM allies need to step up their game. Here are solid strategies to help you turn your good intentions into action and lasting…Jun 17, 2020Jun 17, 2020
splaneDuring Coronavirus, 15 Strategies to Change Your LifeCOVID-19 is turning a lot of our routines upside down. But that doesn’t mean that life for most people has ground to a halt. Instead, as…Mar 19, 2020Mar 19, 2020
splaneIn America We Don’t Really Care About KidsOne of the lies we tell in the United States is that we love children. We pretend that kids are the most important thing in the world to…Jan 21, 2020Jan 21, 2020
splaneIt’s Time We All Stopped LyingI’ll be the first to admit I’m a liar. I lie to myself all the time. Just to get out of bed sometimes, I lie.Jan 16, 2020Jan 16, 2020
splaneWhy Grammar MattersKitty Florey, the author of Sister Bernadette’s Barking Dog: The Quirky History and Lost Art of Diagramming Sentences, tried to diagram…Dec 17, 2019Dec 17, 2019
splaneFRED KOREMATSU: STANDING UP FOR CITIZENS’ CIVIL RIGHTSOne day, signs are posted all over your American town saying that all people of your particular ancestry — whatever you are, Irish…Dec 16, 2019Dec 16, 2019
splaneJUDY HEUMANN: ROLLING OUT RIGHTS FOR THE DIFFERENTLY ABLEDImagine that your primary means of locomotion is a wheelchair. Now imagine that between you and the front door of all institutions…Dec 16, 2019Dec 16, 2019
splaneBARBARA JOHNS: THE TEEN WHO STARTED A MOVEMENTIn 1951, Robert Russa Moton High School was a cluster of ramshackle buildings surrounded by dirt fields in Farmville, Virginia. The…Dec 16, 2019Dec 16, 2019