CEMETERIES If they’re not simply abandoned, they are accused of wastefulness and pollution: cemeteries have a hard life in our current times. And yet, they can play an essential role — on both the environmental and human levels — for those who are still living. The only time I’ve ever slept in a cemetery was Read More…
Astroworld Disaster, a Reckoning for Music Festivals Flowers are seen outside of the canceled Astroworld festival at Houston’s NRG Park on November 7, 2021.Alex Bierens de Haan/Getty When the music started, the crowd of 50,000-plus festivalgoers surged forward. Those in front of the stage found themselves pinned against metal barriers, unable to raise their arms Read More…
NLRB Welcome back NLRB – America’s workers missed you Before I get into just what the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) means – and has meant – to the working men and women of this nation, I want to start by citing a couple of pieces of data because I think they tell a real Read More…
POITIER FUNERAL DIRECTOR Rev. Bernard Carlton Poitier Sr., a man friends and family say possessed a heart of gold, was given a homegoing ceremony fit for a prince last Friday. For decades, the founder and former proprietor of the Poitier Funeral Home devoted time, energy and even money to the beloved communities in Miami he Read More…
STALIN & THE NAKED CHICKEN THE STORY OF A CHICKEN KZN MEC for Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs Nomusa Dube-Ncube Over the past few weeks, KwaZulu-Natal Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs MEC Nomusa Dube-Ncube has been marshalling management and all categories of staff in the department and entities to ensure that resources in Read More…
10 year 10-year-old Black girl ‘handcuffed with excessive force and arrested from school’ over an offensive drawing of a bully Davenport Journal 17 hours ago The 10-year-old girl may see her name be expunged from police records, but the memory of being arrested in front of her classmates and teachers may never be erased from Read More…
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