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I love the concept of socially responsible products. Not from any liberal bias or complete hatred of the capitalist system, but because it represents a maturation of capitalism. This concept has grown in both academic and social interest over the past two decades and currently I have an article in peer review for a journal completely dedicated to the subject. Before capitalism, everything had a social worth and price under the valuation system known as just price by common estimation. Justini

We all know that the Bill of Rights enshrined in the Constitution contains ten amendments. However, it is less well known that the Bill of Rights sent to the states for ratification originally contained 12 amendments. What we know today as the First Amendment – the one enumerating our basic freedoms of religion, speech, and so forth – actually appeared third on this list. The current Bill of Rights contains just ten amendments because the requisite number of states – three-fourths of those in t

In response to How State, Federal Courts Are Working to End Partisan Gerrymandering, published July 13, I received several emails and Facebook messages questioning the statistic that the United States is now over 80 percent urbanized by population. While this seems like a huge number, it came from the 2010 Census, which found that: The urban areas of the United States for the 2010 Census contain 249,253,271 people, representing 80.7% of the population, and rural areas contain 59,492,276 people

In 1636, my 11th-great-grandfather, the Rev. Thomas Hooker, founded the colony of Connecticut and contributed greatly to the ideas of constitutional government and universal Christian suffrage in colonial America. Among his brilliant contributions was the -- at that time -- novel idea that the foundation of authority came from the free consent of the governed --an idea that stuck throughout American colonial history. One year later, in 1637, his government carried out the first colonial war ag

In February 2015, Edwin Gomes became the first candidate running solely on the Working Families Party (WFP) line to win a seat in a state legislature. Gomes beat out four other candidates in a special election to represent Connecticut’s 23rd senate district. On May 5, 2015, the WFP won another special election – this one to fill a vacant seat in New York’s legislature. Diana Richardson now represents the General Assembly's 43rd district, covering Crown Heights and Prospect-Lefferts Gardens. Th

Kentucky U.S. Senator Rand Paul announced on his Facebook page and Twitter account that he has taken the Senate floor to begin his filibuster of renewing the PATRIOT Act, specifically provisions in Section 215 that are set to expire at the end of the month. Check out the live footage of Paul's filibuster here. https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/601079082676318208 1:15 pm ET - Rand Paul takes the floor by saying, "There comes a time in the history of nations when fear and complacency allow pow

Two-time Pulitzer Prize winning author and historian, David McCullough, is perhaps best known for his biographies of John Adams and Harry Truman. His most recent book, The Wright Brothers, is his third of a series on great accomplishments in technology (the other two portray the building of the Brooklyn Bridge and The Panama Canal). In recent speaking engagements at the Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation and the Connecticut Forum, McCullough spoke about why history matters.What history te

A pizzeria in Walkerton, Indiana is getting national attention after a local news station asked its operators if they would extend their services for a same-sex wedding. It was clear that proprietors of the store, which has Christian symbols and imagery inside it, were going to give an obvious answer, making the establishment an obvious choice when manufacturing a news story. According to The Daily Beast, it is the state's first business to declare it will not service gay weddings after Indiana

On Monday, Washington Governor Jay Inslee banned the use of state money to travel to Indiana. The move, which followed similar actions by Seattle Mayor Ed Murray and Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy, is a response to Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which Indiana Governor Mike Pence signed into law on Thursday. Read More: 'Religious Freedom Laws': The Jim Crow Laws of the 21st Century “We in Washington stand for equality. I applaud those companies and organizations that have spoken

It is nearly impossible for candidates outside the major parties to qualify for a presidential debate. The Commission on Presidential Debates, founded by the Republican and Democratic parties in 1988, requires candidates to poll higher than 15 percent in polls conducted by 5 national public opinion polling groups selected by the commission. The rules have kept many candidates not affiliated with the major parties from getting the exposure they need to build support. However, a group of nearly 5