Family Lawyer
My great-grandfather, Joseph Hubley Ashton, was a 19th-century lawyer and a powerful voice for birthright citizenship as a pillar of Continue reading
My great-grandfather, Joseph Hubley Ashton, was a 19th-century lawyer and a powerful voice for birthright citizenship as a pillar of Continue reading
On a bright blue October afternoon 60 years ago I put my twins in the stroller, tied the (pre-Velcro) shoes Continue reading
I was the mother of three in 1965, when it became legal for married couples in Connecticut to buy and Continue reading
When one of my granddaughters asked if the Covid-19 experience was like anything I could remember, I said no. But Continue reading
Frightened and enraged by the crimes and abuses of the Trump administration and its enablers, I look back for hope Continue reading
On a Tuesday in early June 1944, near the end of 5th grade, I woke to find my mother extremely Continue reading
Long ago, during an earlier life as a medievalist, I spent some time studying the trials of Joan of Arc. Continue reading
I have posted more than once about Claudia Jones and her life and work in London with the “Windrush Generation.” Continue reading