Hank Sanders: Senate Sketches #1504: Rising above the power and pervasiveness of sexism

  Sexism is pervasive. Sexism is powerful. Sexism comes in mnay forms. Sexism sometimes excludes outright. Sexism sometimes includes but limits. Sexism gives privileges with one hand and takes away with the other hand. Sexism pervades our thoughts, our actions and our language. Sexism comes in men and women, boys and girls. Sexism is so pervasive that I don’t know where to start. However, since March is Women’s History Month, I will explore several things that raised the specter of sexism during the last week of the month.

Katherine Green Robertson: A sad state of affairs

  Alabama is, once again, making national news for all the wrong reasons. In the modern political era, our state has seen two governors face criminal convictions, one of whom remains in prison. Now, our governor has been caught on tape confirming year-long rumors that he was unfaithful to his wife of fifty years. One headline read, “Alabama’s ‘family values’ governor mired in sex scandal.” The Office of the Governor of Alabama has become a laughingstock to the rest of the country.