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Courts could use EEOC rulings to protect LGBT rights
Despite past attempts to pass a comprehensive federal-employment law protecting gays, lesbians and transgendered persons, there is currently no federal statute explicitly forbidding sexual-orientation...
Twitter Audit: About 6 percent of Red Dirt Report followers ‘real’
At the end of last week's series on social media use among local news outlets, I noted that, as with every study, more research...
Democratic debate: All about that base
The first 2016 Democratic presidential debate was dominated by passionate policy promises around populist issues that fueled Barack Obama's coalition of excited voters in 2008: young voters,...
Fmr. TFA corps member: ‘I thought I would teach forever’
According to a recent survey, 87.5 percent of Teach for America teachers plan to leave the classroom at some point in their careers.
I was not...
Predatory University of Phoenix could be burning out
From my days as a closeted Dungeons & Dragons geek, I know that a phoenix is a mythical bird that gloriously immolates, only to...
Bernice bobs ‘cute’ hair in Lyric Theatre world premiere
Exiting the theater after the confection titled Bernice Bobs Her Hair, I heard a woman describe the show as “cute.” Uh, oh, that’s not...
Mirror, mirror: My son mimics my body-image issues
"You’ll never be skinny. That doesn’t mean I don’t think you’re beautiful. I do. But you are not ever going
to be 'skinny.'"
Those are my mother’s words.
Although...
Sunday Funday: ‘Seeing life in all its folly’
The Passenger
by Katie Williams
Storms a brewin in my brain
Hobo ridin on a train
Hey mister do you know
The way down to ol’ Mexico
He smiled a...
I, conqueror: Mt. Elbert as metaphor
We’re a nation of conquerors. It’s built into our DNA. “Vini, Vidi, Vici” (“I came; I saw; I conquered”) was first uttered by a...
Loveless drama: Pavlovian media hear ‘news’ bell ring
The arrest of a state senator's wife for driving with a suspended license drew headlines and airtime Wednesday, but it also raised editorial questions about how salaciously anyone...
