Coming out of the pandemic, Black people are at the top of most of the lists for risk factors, yet the people in the community who are caring for them are not caring for themselves.
Pins and needles. That’s probably the best way to frame how most Americans are feeling in the run-up to the midterms, taking place on Nov. 8, 2022. It’s become a bit impossible to predict how the ballots will shape up,…
Never discuss politics or religion. We’ve done ourselves a tremendous disservice over the last several decades by embracing this adage — that for some reason, etiquette should dictate avoidance of difficult discussions. Instead of arming our youth with the ability…
There is an alarming decline in knowledge about and confidence in our civic institutions, to include lawmakers who influence constituents with such misleading and false assertions. How did we get here and how do we get out?
In the post-Dobbs v. Jackson era — the 2022 SCOTUS decision that overturned the decades-old Roe v. Wade ruling upholding a woman’s right to privacy concerning her ability to get an abortion — it’s been hard for pro-choice proponents to…
This week the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Carson v. Makin, a case dealing with a Maine statute that prohibited public funding of religious schools. The majority opinion, written by Chief Justice John Roberts, struck down the Maine…
A Jew, a Catholic and a pharmaceutical company vice president walk into a bar. The Catholic buys a round of vodka drinks, and the VP cracks a joke of Jewish nature.
I branched out of my safety zone on a recent Friday, entering a skateboard contest put on by a Christian church. I paid my entry fee, skated for about 10 minutes and won my money back (and then some) in…