Me as a child trying to figure out what the hell Hercule Poirot was growing in his garden . . .

Black draftees, and yes, used to facilitate segregation more easily.

Hello? I have never particularly cared for coq au vin. Who's gonna help me out here?

Avoiding criminal consequences as motivation needs to be top of mind in understanding both Trump and Netanyahu.

They have been experimenting with the claim that a 15-week ban is a regulation and therefore not a ban.

Yep. That was the year after Adkins v. Children's Hospital, when the Court struck down a DC minimum wage for women. Sutherland noted that women's ability to vote meant that they could now bargain just fine with their employers.

The number of times I have said to my cat "YOU are an OBLIGATE CARNIVORE!" when she tries to eat my toast . . .

People think about voting as an ongoing rights expansion and forget how fragile the possession of that right can be. There were around 181,000 Black registered voters in Alabama in 1900. By 1903, there were fewer than 5000. In the same period, nearly 40,000 white men lost the franchise.

May we have a meaningful holiday that does the work we need to prepare us to advocate for justice and security for all.

We celebrate Rosh Hashanah as a new beginning. It's hard to find the hope and sweetness in the dark that surrounds us. But we are not free to give up, nor can we give in to the dehumanization and hatred we see around us.