Articles on PR for People

The Kidnapping of the Second Amendment

Edith Lynn Beer

May 22, 2018

From Colorado

The Kidnapping of the Second Amendment

Even those of us who don’t know all the amendments in our constitution know the gist of the Second Amendment, adopted in 1791: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”

We know it because our Second Amendment has...

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Local

Providing Support to Immigrant Detainees

Barbara McMichael

May 21, 2018

As an employee at the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project office in Tacoma, Maria Cordero-Miranda administers the Legal Orientation Program at the Northwest Detention Center, one of the largest immigration prisons in the U.S. Her position is almost entirely funded by the federal LOP grant.

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Law

Good Law

Patricia Vaccarino

May 21, 2018

Today’s attorneys are often called upon to have more sophisticated skills and experience beyond being mere practitioners of law.

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Books

Naselle Timberland Library – On the Lewis and Clark Trailway

Patricia Vaccarino

May 21, 2018

The Naselle Timberland Library was built and opened in November 1991. Library service in Naselle, Washington started on April 21, 1986, and originally there was only an experimental mini-library that served the population by bookmobile.

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Health

Pilates and scoliosis

Katie Culp

May 16, 2018

As I work through getting my comprehensive Pilates certification I have been interested in how I can improve other peoples lives by using my knowledge in Pilates. My boyfriend was diagnosed with scoliosis, I didn’t know much about this spinal abnormality so I decided to find out more about the condition and how Pilates could benefit him and others with this condition.

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Comedy

Sam Morril, Stand Up New York and an Official Sandwich?

Jeffrey Gurian

May 11, 2018

Sam Morril’s Got a Special Coming Out, Stand Up New York’s New Pop Up, and Guess Which Web Series Now Has an Official Sandwich

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Tech

How To Take Your Camera Off “AUTO”

William Lulow

May 10, 2018

When you leave your machine on AUTO, you are letting it make decisions for you.

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Politics

The Right to Keep and Bear Arms

Anna Faktorovich

May 10, 2018

Over 1.2 million people participated in the March for Our Lives events across the US on the weekend around March 24, 2018, the month anniversary of the event that inspired this movement, the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida. This turnout stresses the urgency of addressing violence in America.

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World Views

What This Country Needs is… Confucius!

Peter Corning

May 09, 2018

How well does Donald Trump measure up to Confucius’s teachings? And how well do we? The answer to both questions is “none of the above.”

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Law

Money Talks and Skakel Walks

Patricia Vaccarino

May 08, 2018

On Friday, May 4, 2018 The Connecticut Supreme Court vacated the conviction of Michael Skakel, who had been found guilty of murdering his neighbor, 15-year-old Martha Moxley, with a golf club in 1975.The Michael Skakel case spanned more than 25 years and inspired worldwide media coverage. It is worth mentioning that Skakel is the nephew of Ethel Kennedy, widow of Robert F. Kennedy, because it is the Kennedy connection that ultimately enabled him to get away with murder.