The picture, as the saying goes, was worth a thousand words. A beaming President Trump stood behind the podium, flanked by his allies in Congress, as he declared a long-awaited legislative victory: passing the American Health Care Act, a bill to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act, through the House of Representatives. President Trump, […]
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In the U.S. today, a single immigration case takes an average of 677 days simply to get to the initial scheduling hearing. There are more than half a million cases in the system, and just over 300 judges working on them. The Trump administration’s push to aggressively enforce immigration laws will make this backlog worse. […]
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Somehow, I have the great fortune of currently living on the peninsula in the striking city of Dar es Salaam. The apartment I’m hosted in by my kind friends features a yard filled with palm trees and exotic flowers and a deep, saltwater pool that I spend every afternoon in. Beautiful coastlines, yummy restaurants, novel […]
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Over the past century, American schools have integrated an ever-more-diverse group of students. Racial integration is most prominent, but it’s not just Native Americans, blacks and Latinos who have been brought into public education. Schools today serve children with conditions on the autism spectrum, Down syndrome and many other medical issues. But there is one […]
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I remember going home to Detroit one summer to visit family and being met with a place I didn’t recognize. My family and I went downtown one night, per usual, hoping to chop on some Coney Island or Greek cuisine and couldn’t help but notice it. That “it” was the sea of white folks in a Detroit that statistically is pretty damned black.
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Social media has revolutionised how we communicate. In this series, we look at how it has changed the media, politics, health, education and the law.
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As a little girl I liked doodle bears and barbies, but I adored troll dolls and mad balls and furbies. I was half in love with Beetlejuice and I dreamt of one day looking as lovely as Wednesday Addams.
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Even if the Dems cheated on their wives, committed fraud, endorsed questionable prison legislation or sold their firstborn. Blacks simply vote democratic. Why?
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. While this statement is true, the fashion and beauty industry has been often criticized for creating a cookie-cutter standard of how society will accept beauty, especially when it comes to size.
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Is it possible to be fat yet fit. Fitness versus fatness: which matters more? There is a longstanding debate about the importance of fitness versus fatness in health. Are exercise and improving fitness more important than eating well and maintaining a healthy weight?
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