From the earliest colonial inquisitions into Native American land to the lynchings in the Jim Crow south, our society was built upon the lashed backs of others. For every dream made in the so-called promised land, thousands more were crushed under its...

The Tucson shootings left the question of motive unanswered. Many media outlets suggested that the accused shooter, Jared Loughner, had a political axe to grind. Many outlets questioned if Washington's heated political discourse was too much. After a...