Laws Matter, But Typically Changing

Individual Storytelling Is Incredibly Powerful. We As Journalists Know Intuitively What Scientists Of The Brain Are Discovering Through Brain Scans, Which Is That Emotional Stories Tend To Open The Portals, And That Once There's A Connection Made, People Are More Open To Rational Arguments.

It Really Is Quite Remarkable That Darfur Has Become A Household Name. I Am Gratified That's The Case.

When Anesthesia Was Developed, It Was For Many Decades Routinely Withheld From Women Giving Birth, Since Women Were "supposed" To Suffer. One Of The Few Societies To Take A Contrary View Was The Huichol Tribe In Mexico. The Huichol Believed That The Pain Of Childbirth Should Be Shared, So The Mother Would Hold On To A String Tied To Her Husband's Testicles. With Each Painful Contraction, She Would Give The String A Yank So That The Man Could Share The Burden. Surely If Such A Mechanism Were More Widespread, Injuries In Childbirth Would Garner More Attention.

It’s Time For A 21st-century Abolitionist Movement In The U.s And Around The World.

America's Education System Has Become Less A Ladder Of Opportunity Than A Structure To Transmit Inequity From One Generation To The Next.