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SAN ANTONIO — In late September, Carrie Damon, a middle school librarian, celebrated “Banned Books Week,” an annual free-speech event, with her working-class Latino students by talking of literature’s beauty and subversive power. A few weeks later, State Representative Matt Krause, a Republican, emailed a list of 850 books to superintendents, a mix of half-century-old novels — “The Confession...

Before Gloria Steinem became the nationally recognized activist for abortion rights and feminism, she was a 22-year-old living in England and pregnant when she didn't want to be. Like many, Steinem has followed the Supreme Court arguments about the Mississippi abortion case. At the center of the case, known as Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, is a challenge to the Mississippi law...

Photo illustration by Alex Bandoni/ProPublica. Source Images: Roseland Hospital by Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, Background by Getty Images. In response to a ProPublica investigation, Illinois State Sen. Julie Morrison said she will propose a law mandating that hospitals notify police about suspected patient-on-patient sexual assaults. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that...

December 9 is International Anti-corruption Day. It is an annual opportunity to bring attention to the continued importance of combating corruption, ensuring accountability, and fostering transparency. The United States is stepping up its efforts to combat corruption and support honest governance around the world. President Biden, in a June 3 memorandum, elevated the fight against global corr...

In Englewood Cliffs, feud erupts over hiring of law firm that is now owed nearly $900K  NorthJersey.com

By Sid Schwab / Herald columnist Overtly or co-, every one of the conservatives currently on the U.S. Supreme Court lied during their confirmation hearings. They knew it, senators knew it, those of us watching knew it. With big-money backing and, in the cases of Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett, by way of cosmic hypocrisy on the part of Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., each wa...

Hungary’s top court ruled the country can enforce its constitution over European Union regulations in limited cases, giving Prime Minister Viktor Orban ammunition to defy a European Union ruling that struck down his crackdown on asylum seekers Hungary’s top court ruled the country can prioritize its constitution over European Union law in limited cases, giving Prime Minister Viktor Orban ammu...

Is Poland violating international law at its border?  Aljazeera.com

BUDAPEST, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Hungary's Constitutional Court is expected to rule on a government motion challenging the supremacy of European Union law on Friday, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told public radio. The court has been considering a challenge by Orban's justice minister, Judit Varga, to an EU court finding that Budapest had broken EU laws designed to protect refugees by deporting the...

Amy Dickinson writes the syndicated Ask Amy column. Dear Amy: We are in the middle of a parenting conflict with my wife’s sister and her husband. Both families – theirs and ours – have two children between the ages 3 and 6. My wife and I run a tight ship. They don’t. We value manners and respect, while they value freedom of expression. We have tolerated these other values, but over the years ...