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Broadening Realities: Reading Kamala Harris’
Black and Indian Identity Through Image

By Kimiyo Bremer

Through photos of Kamala Harris as a multiracial, Indian-American, and Black-American woman, we recognize image as a tool to challenge popular ideas about what the Indian family looks like and desensationalize the experiences of multiracial people coming from two communities of color.

Books · Politics

Sandra Day O’Connor—First Woman
on the Supreme Court

By Diane Vacca

'First: Sandra Day O’Connor' is a compelling biography by Evan Thomas. He celebrates O’Connor’s achievements and traces her unlikely trajectory from a dusty ranch in the Arizona desert to the Supreme Court—the pinnacle of the legal profession.

Emotional Health · Politics

Celebrating Independence Day in a Divided Nation

By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.

It no longer seems clear that we all agree upon what America stands for. A consensus about what it means to be a citizen and how those values are upheld is in question.

Politics

Public Spaces, Hidden Faces:
Juneteenth and Black Citizenship in America Today

By Kimiyo Bremer

Throughout the month of June and beyond, it is my hope that as Americans we will continue to fight for the human rights of each other in all spaces, public or private, and agree to celebrate only when every last one of us is free.

Books · Politics

Book Review: Clara Bingham Captures Complexity of ‘the Sixties’

By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.

'Witness to the Revolution' is an important book that will be a reference point for years to come in the effort to understand one of the most complex periods in our nation’s history. Clara Bingham has captured it like a photograph of lightning just as it strikes.

Politics

Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
and Understanding African-American History

By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.

“African-American history is not somehow separate than the American story. It is not the underside of the American story. It is central to the American story.” — President Barack Obama

Health · Politics

A New Year and A New Decade:
Finding Hope With Change

By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.

On April 22, 1970, the first Earth Day, I came of age as an activist. What happened to that activist girl? I have too often “talked the talk and not walked the walk” to save the planet.

Politics

Rebellious Women: A Labor Day Toast

By Deborah Harkins

The bravery of our foremothers is too often unsung. On this, our national day off, won for us in 1894, we toast the heroines who took to the ramparts to help end the era of starvation wages and 60-hour workweeks.

Books · Politics

Sandra Day O’Connor—First Woman
on the Supreme Court

By Diane Vacca

'First: Sandra Day O’Connor' is a compelling biography by Evan Thomas. He celebrates O’Connor’s achievements and traces her unlikely trajectory from a dusty ranch in the Arizona desert to the Supreme Court—the pinnacle of the legal profession.

Film & Television · Politics

‘Knock Down the House’: Four Women Dare to Run for Congress

By Alexandra MacAaron

As 'Knock Down the House' argues so compellingly, the United States of America cannot be a government by and for the people unless people are willing to step up and make it so.

Politics

From Firebrands to Quiet Dynamos:
Nine Heroines of the Battle for Women’s Rights

By Women's Voices For Change

In honor of Women’s History Month, we reprise the stories of nine daring, implacable women who challenged—and helped to dismantle—the laws and traditions that constricted American women’s lives for hundreds of years.

Politics

Women’s History Month:
Women of Color Make History

By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.

As Women’s History Month begins, I am struck by a shift in the conversation about diversity and race.

Emotional Health · Politics

Pittsburgh and the Psychology of
the Immigrant Experience

By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.

Today we are witnessing a kind of unraveling. Words and actions that were unthinkable just a few years ago are now daily occurrences.

Politics

The Gift of Time, Just Before The Midterm Elections 2018

By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.

This week, many of us can use an extra hour of sleep since we have not had restorative sleep for months as we have become active participants in the current 2018 political campaigns that end tomorrow.

Politics

Women of Color: Running for Office and Breaking New Ground

By Diane Vacca

Though all women face daunting challenges when they run for office, whether against an incumbent or for an open seat, women of color often find the road more arduous. And yet, this year, they are running in record numbers.

Women's Voices For Change

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Broadening Realities: Reading Kamala Harris’
Black and Indian Identity Through Image

Sandra Day O’Connor—First Woman
on the Supreme Court

Celebrating Independence Day in a Divided Nation

Public Spaces, Hidden Faces:
Juneteenth and Black Citizenship in America Today

Book Review: Clara Bingham Captures Complexity of ‘the Sixties’

Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
and Understanding African-American History

A New Year and A New Decade:
Finding Hope With Change

Rebellious Women: A Labor Day Toast

Sandra Day O’Connor—First Woman
on the Supreme Court

‘Knock Down the House’: Four Women Dare to Run for Congress

From Firebrands to Quiet Dynamos:
Nine Heroines of the Battle for Women’s Rights

Women’s History Month:
Women of Color Make History

Pittsburgh and the Psychology of
the Immigrant Experience

The Gift of Time, Just Before The Midterm Elections 2018

Women of Color: Running for Office and Breaking New Ground

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