Protestors rallying on Wall Street are making news as much for the 700 arrests that happened last weekend as they are for being a nascent movement without a clearly defined vision. Participants say they are protesting a host of things, from lack of opportunity and jobs, to Wall Street excess and...

A mile high and ten miles northeast of Lincoln, Montana, melting snow and mountain springs form the headwaters of the Blackfoot, made famous in the novella and film A River Runs Through It. Stand at the source, running icy and fast, and try to picture Hawaii . This water flows to the Pacific and...

Fifty years ago, Alabama found itself at the center of a national battle for justice and civil rights. The bus boycotts, freedom rides and efforts to integrate schools and universities are widely looked upon as watershed moments in the march towards equality. The history books tell us that progress...

By Marcia D. Greenberger , Co-President, National Women's Law Center Yesterday, the Senate confirmed six judicial nominees , four of whom were women: Nannette Jolivette Brown to the Eastern District of Louisiana, Nancy Torresen to the District of Maine, Marina Garcia Marmolejo to the Southern...