Here is another reason to look forward to 2021 — new people’s history books. We highlight below a few upcoming 2021 titles and invite you to events we are hosting for The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks: Young Readers Edition (January 11) and How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America(May 10). The…
Read More Zinn Education ProjectAmazing! Read more HERE! According to The Editorial Board of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “White supremacists now account for the largest share of U.S. domestic terrorism. This is a sobering fact. In September, FBI Director Christopher Wray noted in a House Homeland Security committee meeting that there were more domestic terrorism investigations this year than previous years’…
Read More New terrorism 2020 guide shows FBI still classifying Black ‘extremists’ as domestic terrorism threatBy Christopher Ingraham Jan. 1, 2021 at 6:00 a.m. EST The pandemic has forced untold hardships onto many Americans, with tens of millions of families now reporting that they don’t have enough to eat and millions more out of work on account of layoffs and lockdowns. America’s wealthiest, on the other hand, had a very different kind…
Read More World’s richest men added billions to their fortunes last year as others struggledBy Maya Phillips Published Dec. 3, 2020 Updated Dec. 17, 2020 [D]uring his life, Wilson had transformed the American stage, which until he arrived had been largely imagined as the nearly exclusive realm of white male writers such as Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams and Eugene O’Neill, all of whom explored the limitations and failures of the American dream. But where their domestic dramas…
Read More August Wilson, American BardCommentator Maisie Sparks proves that when fighting for your rights reveals something in common with your “enemy,” the outcome can be a win for both sides – and for society. Read HERE.
Read More Contesting a traffic stop leads to justice – and mercyGroup 1a is health care workers and residents and staff of nursing homes, regardless of age. Group 1b is elderly people who are 75 or older and essential frontline workers, i.e. people with jobs in grocery stores, bus drivers and other transportation workers, meat packing plant workers, teachers, people who work in prisons, postal workers,…
Read More Phase 1a, 1b or 1c? Do You Know Your Coronavirus Vaccine Group?The Founder’s Welcome Dr. Maulana Karenga As an African American and Pan-African holiday celebrated by millions throughout the world African community, Kwanzaa brings a cultural message which speaks to the best of what it means to be African and human in the fullest sense. Given the profound significance Kwanzaa has for African Americans and indeed,…
Read More KwanzaaFor those of us who wear nail polish, there is much to discuss. Some of us make that weekly or bi-weekly trip to the nail salon. Others, who don’t have $25 or more (my last mani/pedi was $75!!!! natural nails, gel on fingers, special pedi ) to shell out for cute fingertips, do it at…
Read More Nails, Nails, NailsThe secret to superior fried oysters: Listen closely My favorite local seafood restaurant is only open Thursday through Saturday these days, so I needed to learn to make fabulous fried oysters, better than my usual. Here is what I learned. By Ann Maloney Crisp on the outside and custardy on the inside is the goal for…
Read More Oyster Po’BoysOn December 15, 1791, the new United States of America ratified the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, confirming the fundamental rights of its citizens. The First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion, speech, and the press, and the rights of peaceful assembly and petition. Other amendments guarantee the rights of the people to…
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