Children refuse to compromise. Adults learn how.

The political environment we create matters because a disturbed person cannot always tell the difference between explosive rhetoric and explosive actions.

Inaction, contrary to its reputation for being a refuge, is neither safe nor comfortable.

Our right to disagree is precious but fragile. The best way to protect and preserve it is to let the other side speak without demonizing them or destroying their right to be heard. Such civil exchanges are the heart beat of democracy - essential to keeping it alive.

There are not many female role models to guide voters, and the tradition that a Southern woman's place is in the home still lingers in some quarters.

Early childhood education begins early, even before birth.

Legislative proposals that would enable an employer to determine whether or not a woman's insurance would cover the cost of birth control strikes women as particularly bizarre. Is the boss going to take care of the children that are conceived accidentally? Stop treating us like children. Women are grown ups.