Author: caliberal

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. There are so many faces whose stories aren’t being told by words alone to give them the chance of a better life. For all those who live within the confines of poverty or racism...

Here are some cold, hard facts about poverty in this country.  Did Katrina really change things, are we at a time in our history when we will change the way Americans look at the poor, will we do something about this...

There is out there ridiculous and dangerous information on abortion that threatens who women are in this country.  It is said that women who have abortions sometimes suffer depression for the rest of their lives.  It...

[Promoted by Steven D, because ending the right to choose an abortion has consequences for real people. It’s not some abstraction, and this diary brings that home very well.] I’m tired because I couldn’t sleep...

I’ve been sitting with my feelings, I’ve been stewing about Alito sitting on the Supreme Court, I’ve been trying mightily to come to a less than fiery condemnation of the Senate and how women were so viciously...