My parents paid for my twin sister’s college but refused to pay for mine because I wasn’t worth the investment. Until four years later, they sat at her graduation and heard my name called as valedictorian. My name is Lena Whitaker, and two weeks ago I stood on a graduation stage in front of thousands Read More…
After witnessing the largest recorded public outcry against injustice in the history of mankind, my dearest friend wrote a text with a single word – “Inconsequential”! Feeling the stress and duress of a constant barrage of negativity, his statement reflects what many have come to feel during these extremely trying times. Tainted by war, threats Read More…
“3/5 of a human” refers to the Three-Fifths Compromise, which counted three-fifths of enslaved people for purposes of congressional representation and taxation, not as a statement about their humanity. MILITARY INJUSTICES ON BLACKS “How the Government Broke Their Promise to Black Veterans After WWII” Trump wouldn’t ‘want to stand next to a Black female officer,’ Army chief was told: NYT Pete Hegseth’s chief of staff told the Secretary of the Army that Trump “would not want to stand next to a Black Read More…
By Reuters and The Associated Press A United Nations resolution, proposed by Ghana, to recognise transatlantic slavery as the “gravest crime against humanity” and calling for reparations, has been adopted despite pushback from Europe and the United States. At a UN General Assembly (UNGA) vote on Wednesday, 123 countries supported the resolution, which is Read More…
Woman returns as doctor at hospital where she was born and worked as a janitor It was a full-circle moment for one soon-to-be medical school graduate. Shay Taylor-Allen learned last Friday that she had matched with her first-choice residency pick, Yale School of Medicine, a hospital that has played an outsized role in her life. Read More…
EPCOT is a park built on a single, audacious idea: that the future is worth getting excited about. Credit: Erica Lauren, Inside the Magic When Walt Disney World opened its second gate in October 1982, EPCOT Center was unlike anything else in the theme park world. It was not built around rides and characters. It Read More…
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