May 01, 2008
My support for Hillary Clinton may be directly linked to my academic training. I am a historian who was taught by my teachers — and have in turn taught my students — to come to a conclusion based on what we know and not on what we wish would happen. In other words, when it comes to deciding for whom to vote, I look at Sen. Clinton’s record and say: There is very good reason to vote for her.Read More
May 01, 2008
As I traveled the country for my brother John Kerry, speaking with Jewish groups and other communities in 2004, I learned that the most powerful way to show you have listened and understood is to bring the stories you have heard to wider audiences. As one African-American woman in Seattle put it, “I want to hear you call my name.”Read More
May 01, 2008
LONDON — In different ways the matter of race appears to be airing its ugly head in a prominent way on elections on both sides of the Atlantic. Not only is the matter of racial prejudice emerging as an unspoken issue in the American Democratic presidential primaries, but it is very much an underlying issue in the London mayoral election.Read More
