When I was a prosecutor in San Francisco I would get advice on trying cases from public defenders and defense attorneys.

You can bring your children under age 18 into the voting booth with you. Many families do so as a way to teach civic responsibility.

Speak out, educate, do not be intimidated by the apologists, and do not let extreme racism be mainstreamed. Hopefully there will come a time when we don't need to tell our kids that Halloween is no excuse for hate, and that blackface has no place in a civilized society.

Mitt Romney has won the 2012 presidential nomination by promising Republicans that he would end a so-called 'culture of dependency' on welfare - welfare defined as 'free stuff' and food stamps for poor folks, not tax breaks for Big Oil or tax shelters for Bain executives.

'Man up' is a sexist term that should be retired along with all the other gender-based imperious imperatives.

Being green and clean is not just an aspiration but an action.

When we talk about feminism - equality without apology for ALL - we can't be talking about for all white women or all highly educated women but all women, regardless of color, class, creed, sexual orientation or identity.