Did you know that we have a Senator sitting in the Senate who was hand-picked by a Governor — and who who has never actually been elected? That’s the unexpected case with Luther Strange — a Republican Senator who now represents Alabama, though he was never voted by Alabamans. More than that: some people think that when he was Attorney […]
On January 17th, 2017 Senator Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT) introduced a Federal bill that, if it passes, will order coins to be minted in commemoration of an African American Muslim who played a significant role in our country’s cultural history — Muhammad Ali. Ali – who was an American professional boxer and an activist known for being a prominent voice in […]
In 2008, after wandering from his home. Kevin Curtis Wills, nine years old, jumped into Iowa’s Raccoon River and drowned. Six years later, after having left school, 14-year-old Avonte Oquendo drowned in the East River of New York City. Both of these boys were autistic. In honor of these children who lost their lives as […]
Did you celebrate Kwanzaa this year? According to the NPR, citing the National Retail Association, two per cent of Americans did so — six million of your friends and neighbors. But did you miss it altogether? A new bill proposed by a Pennsylvania Democrat might make sure that residents of her state, anyway, will be less likely […]
Has anyone by now not been the victim of online harassment and bullying at some point? The issue of online bullying is endemic, now that kids grow up with their social lives essentially online. Bullying that used to be confined to the schoolyard, now tracks children, teenagers and adults in cyberspace. And the disproportionate share of victims […]
