© rawpixel, 123RF Free Images Arriving in the United States can feel like stepping into a whirlwind — a mix of excitement, uncertainty, and opportunity. Whether you’ve come for work, study, or family, adjusting to life in a new culture takes time. But you’re not alone: millions have walked thisContinue Reading
Photo by Leo Visions ~ Op-Ed ~ A quiet neighborhood- a dog barks in the distance. A mild breeze soothes the day’s anxieties. Dusk approaches, and with it, the looming curfew. The phone rings—a family member or friend checking in, ensuring you’re safe. This is the new normal: safety checks,Continue Reading
Opinion Editorial Since 2016, warning sirens have been sounding out about the existential threat to democracy in our beloved America. Until now, it seems it has fallen on deaf ears. Well, here we are. The mobsters have taken over the United States. Are we happy? Are we cheering this newContinue Reading
Acts of kindness. Simple phrase, yes? Putting it mildly, I sometimes wonder if the meaning, not the words, ever occurs to many in our present contemporary life. You know, as an inherent human consciousness that we know we all possess. It’s called, Empathy, Love and Morality. Those things seem toContinue Reading
Jaelle Terrell The Supreme Court ruling against LGBTQ rights is a blow. It is a setback. MSNBC reported that this decision “made millions of Americans poorer. Remember the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. “The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice.” It’s not aContinue Reading
In early 2020 I was just beginning my transition. Assigned male at birth, I was learning how to become the woman I am today. I met David and Jerry and I have since come to know and love them. David told me about this thing in Provincetown Massachusetts called Fantasia Fair. Continue Reading
Jaelle Terrell Once again I find Real Time with Bill Maher falling short on the issue of transgender identity. Often in the past, Bill and his guests have made incorrect statements about the transgender person’s needs and rights. But let’s focus on yesterday. The twenty-first season of Real Time withContinue Reading
The biggest race of the night for the Democratic party will be decided in a runoff, setting up months of yet another conflict between the establishment and its progressive wing like the one that helped propelled Donald Trump to the White House with the help of Russia. The Democratic CongressionalContinue Reading
Harvey Gold Long before his Royal Trumpness had the balls to make it his actual campaign slogan, the Republican Party was promising to Make America Great Again. Usually couched in the imaginary language of “tradition,” Republican leaders have long celebrated the fabricated idea of an American golden era, circa 1945Continue Reading
While virtually every other country in the industrialized world is in the beginning phase of a sustainable economic revival, [despite having single-payer healthcare for all their citizens] the U.S. GOP-led Congress is trying every way they know how to toss millions of Americans off of healthcare for profit, trickling […]Continue Reading