May marks the start of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month – during a time when anti-Asian hate crimes continue to rise across the country. Our guide breaks down the long history of discrimination the AAPI community has faced in the US. Plus, we’ve got resources to help you take action and tips to be an ally in…
Read More Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage MonthGraig Graziosi 5/4/21 A white man who pretended to be his dead mother in order to cast an extra vote for Donald Trump was sentenced to five years of probation after being found guilty. A Black woman, who cast a provisional ballot while on probation but who claims she was unaware she was ineligible to do so, has been…
Read More ‘Two justice systems’: Anger as white Trump supporter who used dead mother’s vote walks free while Black woman faces jail for voting errorBy Christy Clark-Pujara and Anna-Lisa Cox SMITHSONIANMAG.COM AUGUST 27, 2020 In 1834 there were even more riots against African Americans, most notably in New Haven, Connecticut, Philadelphia, and New York City. The mayor of New York allowed the destruction of African American homes and businesses to continue for days before finally calling out the state…
Read More How the Myth of a Liberal North Erases a Long History of White ViolenceAnalysis by Ronald Brownstein Updated 1:16 AM ET, Fri April 23, 2021 Far right White supremacist groups, conservative media personalities and now Republicans in Congress are trying to inflame nativist feelings among conservative Whites by warning that liberals want immigrants to “replace” native-born Americans in the nation’s culture and electorate.But that racist “replacement theory” inverts the real consequence of…
Read More The racist ‘replacement theory’ has it all backwardBy Lindsey Bever and Gillian Brockell May 8, 2021 at 8:00 a.m. EDT Barely 5 feet tall and not yet 100 pounds, George Stinney Jr. sat so small in the electric chair that the straps were too big to contain him. The 14-year-old had to sit on books for his head to reach the headpiece. And when the switch was flipped,…
Read More South Carolina may bring back electric chair, once used to execute a 14-year-old boy later exoneratedMy son has the sweatiest gym clothes. I mean, really, I’ve never smelled anything like them. And – if he forgets to wash them right away – well, we can’t be in the same room, maybe even in the same house. Here are some hints on washing stinky clothes. Empty your gym bag right away.…
Read More How to Wash Your Gym ClothesHave you ever had a dog that would chew anything? A puppy who had difficulty learning boundaries? I have had both of those kinds of dogs, and don’t have a crate because there isn’t anywhere to put one. So when I got my puppy, I had to figure out how to keep her safe. She…
Read More Pet Proof Your HouseBy Angela Kwan Updated May 02, 2019 As social media has evolved, so has the way we celebrate Mother’s Day: it’s transformed from a private day into a far more public display. But for some, the day is a difficult reminder of grief or pain—especially when faced with these constant reminders that everyone else seems to have won…
Read More How to Cope When Mother’s Day Is HardAgnes Erickson writes, “Tucker McNear Swanson Carlson was born in San Francisco in 1969, the oldest of two boys. The media may have been a popular dinner table topic for him growing up as his father, Dick Carlson, was a former CEO for The Corporation of Public Broadcasting (via Columbia Journalism Review). His mother Lisa…
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