Commentary

No second class families

Monday, 13 May 2013 15:12 Benjamin Todd Jealous

African Americans have spent much of our history fighting for equal treatment. Just two generations ago, our parents and our grandparents were banned from eating at certain restaurants, attending certain schools, and working in certain professions.

LEGISLATURE FOCUSED ON GIVING OUR CHILDREN A BRIGHTER FUTURE

Monday, 06 May 2013 14:12 Rena Moran State Representative, District 65A

To the editor of Insight News:

As a parent, I always strive to weigh how legislation under discussion at our state capitol will impact our children.

Nobody asked me, but Congress is letting us down when it comes to gun control

Tuesday, 30 April 2013 10:02 Fred Easter

Since 1970, more than 900,000 Americans have been killed by guns, in this country, not counting casualties sustained in our numerous military operations since then.

Op ed about the Homeowner's Bill of Rights

Tuesday, 30 April 2013 09:39 Lyndel Owens

The tragedies of foreclosures for the family involved are no mystery. Yet, the burden foreclosure creates also rests squarely, and silently, on the shoulders of local and state taxpayers. Minnesota municipalities expend nearly $20,000 per vacant property each year for maintenance costs, and houses within an eighth of a mile of a foreclosed home loose almost $2,000 in equity simply because of proximity. To discontinue the trend of Minnesota having three times as many foreclosed homes in "post-crisis" 2012 compared to 2005, or 20,000 foreclosures per year for the sixth year in a row, I support enacting the Homeowner's Bill of Rights, currently in the legislature. The bill enacts common sense laws to give basic rights to families who face foreclosure.

Felony Disenfranchisement Is Jim Crow Era Holdover

Monday, 29 April 2013 14:24 Benjamin Todd Jealous

Last week, the Delaware State legislature approved a constitutional amendment to all but remove the last Jim Crow-era voter suppression law from its books.

Nobody asked me, Why we need a Congress?

Tuesday, 23 April 2013 09:54 Fred Easter

Nobody asked me, but, I'm having increasing difficulty remembering why we need a Congress in this country. They don't do doodly squat except get in the way of the wishes of the voting public. In fact, it's becoming increasingly clear that they don't represent the people at all. They represent the big money interests that finance their campaigns, their investment portfolios and their travel junkets.

Time to get smart on crime

Tuesday, 23 April 2013 09:50 Benjamin Todd Jealous

The United States has five percent of the world's people but twenty-five percent of the world's prisoners. For the sake of our families and future we must do better.