Heather Tirado Gilligan is a writer and former academic. She holds a doctorate in English and has taught in Black Studies and Women’s Studies programs.


Nikki Jones, Ph.D., is an advanced assistant professor at the University of California. Jones’ book on girls and inner city violence, Between Good and Ghetto, is forthcoming from Rutgers University Press in 2009.

Blog Entries by Heather Tirado Gilligan and Nikki Jones

McCain-Palin's Extreme Position On Violence Against Women

47 Comments | Posted September 30, 2008 | 10:36 AM (EST)


Where is the old John McCain?

He's right here: McCain's never been much of a maverick, and his extreme right-wing leanings extend farther back than even his critics think.

We all know that John McCain voted with George W. Bush almost 90 percent of the time. Most of...

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Obama's Approach To Fighting Crime Actually Based On Research

Posted September 23, 2008 | 12:42 PM (EST)


American communities in the inner city have been plagued by the war on drugs since it started 25 years ago. Criminologists and sociologists have been pointing out for eons that drug laws, which have filled prisons and jails across the country to overflow levels for decades, are grossly ineffective. Rather...

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