Equality and Opportunity

For many, going to college is a rite of passage—a step toward opportunity and realizing the American dream. College is where students meet like-minded peers, experience life away from home, and begin to find their place and purpose in the world. But if sky-high tuition and housing costs weren’t already significant barriers for many prospect ...

This Thanksgiving, Nourish Our Neighbors would be grateful if Dayton would relinquish its monopoly on kindness and allow its residents to safely and responsibly share food with those in need. … ...

The holiday season is a time for nostalgia, joy, and reflection, and few things capture the spirit of the season like the classic children’s holiday specials that have graced television screens for decades. These beloved tales are more than just seasonal entertainment—believe it or not, they offer timeless lessons about the foundations of a ...

Holiday season is upon us once again, which means it’s the time of year when the world is collectively attuned to the importance of family, gratitude, and generosity to those in need. While the holiday spirit lasts only a couple of months, for the Ohio-based nonprofit organization Nourish our Neighbors (NON), helping the less fortunate ̷ ...

There’s a reason James Carville once quipped, “It’s the economy, stupid.” The economy is a perpetual concern for people, because it affects their ability to put food on the table and pursue their calling. The economy was also front-and-center in the 2024 presidential election. Both candidates promised to grow the economy and ...

Lawmakers across the country are proposing reparations to black Americans for slavery and America’s history of racial discrimination. Proposals have included direct cash payments, grants, formal apologies from the government, and government programs with race-based eligibility.  Because certain reparations proposals would inevitably advantag ...

Kamala Harris wants an “opportunity economy for black men.” Invoking her experience attending civil rights marches as a child, she recently promised to “remove historic barriers” that have prevented “wealth creation, education, employment, earnings, and health.” Economic opportunity is an important and underappre ...

Gorsuch rightly argues that judges shouldn’t replace policy decisions with their own preferences. But deciding whether something violates a person’s constitutional right is not a policy dispute. … ...

Kay Ray-Smith co-owns Tilt Vision, a mural painting business in Texas, with her husband Brad. Last year they filed a lawsuit against the city for banning their murals. A year into the lawsuit, Kay reflects on how the city not only jeopardized the couple’s livelihood and infringed on their constitutional rights, but also deprived emerging  ...