by Preston Clegg | May 19, 2020 | Opinion
“Ahmaud Arbery” “Two God-fearing men” I cannot get these words out of my mind. They are a reminder of the tragic results from the ideology, the religion, of white supremacy, in which white lives are idolized and black lives matter little. White supremacy seeks to...
by Preston Clegg | May 18, 2020 | Opinion
“Ahmaud Arbery” “Two God-fearing men” Some words will not let you go. I’ve been repeating those words and wondering what one phrase has to do with the other. On Feb. 23, two white men, Gregory and Travis McMichael, murdered Ahmaud Arbery, a black man jogging in a...
by Ken Sehested | May 15, 2020 | Opinion
If specific moments can serve as memory triggers for a larger historical period, I would nominate seven current headlines to characterize this COVID-19 season in U.S. history. The death by suicide of Lorna M. Breen, a renowned emergency room doctor in New York City....
by Monty Self | May 12, 2020 | Opinion
The transitional government of Sudan announced on April 22 that it amended its criminal code in order to ban the practice of female genital mutilation. Up to a three-year prison sentence can now be imposed for violations. Women’s rights groups, the United Nations...
by Monty Self | May 6, 2020 | Opinion
The government’s focus on the acquisition and production of more ventilators to treat COVID-19 patients may have been a little too singularly focused. Ventilators do not work alone. They need medical staff to operate them and to administer medications. Typically, a...
