by Jack Moline | Apr 15, 2021 | Opinion
My father and both of my grandfathers were businessmen. That is to say, they owned and operated small businesses. My father’s business was office supplies and furniture. My mother’s father was an independent plumber. My dad’s dad, good with his hands, worked in a...
by Starlette Thomas | Mar 9, 2021 | Opinion
Meghan Markle and her husband, Prince Harry, accused the royal family of racism in an explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey. They didn’t name names, but the admission alone caused audible gasps from Winfrey. In the interview, Markle says that the royal family...
by Trevor Barton | Feb 15, 2021 | Opinion
Alex Kotlowitz is one of my favorite non-fiction writers. He wrote a remarkable book in 1992 titled There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America. It’s the story of Lafeyette and Pharoah Rivers, 11- and 9-year-old brothers...
by Cameron Vickrey | Dec 10, 2020 | Opinion
Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on education is beautiful. Yet, I groaned when I got to this line: “Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.” “Choice” is a buzzword that has been co-opted...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Nov 23, 2020 | News
Nine percent of all U.S. children under the age of 9 – nearly one out of 10 – live in deep poverty, according to a report published in early November by the National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP). By comparison, 10% live in poverty and 22% in low-income...
