Remembering the Children’s Crusade
“Daddy,” the boy said, “I don’t want to disobey you, but I have made my pledge. If you try to keep me home, I will [...]
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Harry Belafonte
“I’ve always looked at the world and thought, what can I do next? Where do we go from here? How can we fix it? And [...]
Read MoreIt’s Always the Guns
Gun violence takes a relentless toll in our nation. Every day more than 300 people are killed or injured by guns in the United States, [...]
Read MoreDoing Something
After yet another mass shooting made headlines this week—this time, at a bank in Louisville, Kentucky—the chief medical officer for University of Louisville Health gained [...]
Read MoreA Ripe Time
This special holy season this year, as many people are observing Ramadan, Passover, and Easter during the same week, is also fifty-five years to the [...]
Read MoreBeyond Thoughts and Prayers
It happened again. This time, the mass school shooting was at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee. The victims were custodian Michael Hill, principal Katherine [...]
Read MorePraise for Wonderful Dr. Fauci
When a guest at the white-tie Gridiron Club Dinner earlier this month in Washington, D.C. collapsed, hit her head on a table, and fell motionless [...]
Read MoreStill Fighting for Families
If you want to change the world, you change the world of a child. --Rep. Patricia Schroeder When former Congresswoman Patricia Schroeder passed away March [...]
Read MoreThe Truth of Selma
“History matters . . . The truth matters—notwithstanding what the other team is trying to hide. They’re trying to hide the truth. No matter how hard [...]
Read MoreWomen’s History Month
There is an African proverb that says “women hold up half the sky.” Women constitute half the world’s population, but still have not realized half [...]
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