If I were an illustrator, I would create cartoons to represent people like me (Obama voters) before and after Tuesday’s historic election. Since I cannot draw to save my soul, however, I shall try to describe what my pictures would look like. THE “BEFORE ” CARTOON. Group A—several wealthy,…
I threw up my hands in disgust and turned off last Sunday’s 60 Minutes when I watched the segment called “The Broken Senate.” Like almost every other news source, the oft-revered 60 Minutes failed Americans. It pretended that the “deadlock, dysfunction and political gamesmanship” that Steve Kroft described was on both…
My family would not be considered "normal" by societal standards because I am an unmarried African American single mother. I have three children and I have been a parent since I was sixteen. I was not trying to become a single parent at the age of sixteen but I…
I remember a united country when MoPar and MoTown rolled out muscle cars, soul music, and humming factories that pumped liquid gold through our veins. I remember Disco, MTV, Big Hair Bands, and the revival of capitalism. And even though this time started to bring Global growth as well,…
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I am chanting a new mantra between now and Tuesday, Election Day. I first heard it from my son on September 9 (on a quick trip to New York—that’s how I remember the date), when I voiced my concern about the Republican candidate. He said, “C’mon, Mom. Romney is…
The child of two incredibly miss matched parents, Heather's father was known as 'Big Al' - a towering force and mathematical genius who would become Jeannette's local bookie and notorious for making a deal with the Federal Government.
I was never really good at picking sides. When my friends would argue and then ask me to weigh in, more often than not I told them I was on my side, not anyone else’s, and promptly invoked Switzerland status. The reasoning behind this is that I usually agreed…
In 2006, Romney’s administration refused to let an anti-bullying guide be published because it contained the words “bisexual” and “transgender”.
Those who consume news about the Taliban’s war on female education, like the shooting of Malala Yousufzai, perhaps don’t realize it’s a more widespread attack on education, considering the frequent destruction of school buildings in Pakistan and Afghanistan. At least 600,000 children in northwestern Pakistan alone have missed a…