From the book jacket of Radical Equations: Math Literacy and Civil Rights: “Bob Moses went to Mississippi in 1961, a young man, drawn by the sit-ins. By 1964, his work […]
Thank you, Hollywood Foreign Press. Just to pick up on what Hugh Laurie said. You and all of us in this room, really, belong to the most vilified segments […]
I am reading an article in “Atlantic Magazine” entitled “How Social Media Got Weaponized: War in the Digital Age” by Emerson T. Brooking and P.W. Singer. It is a […]
I think it is a good time to do a quick review of women’s history as it relates to the right to vote. Modern women/girls have the freedom to come […]
What would happen if several black men went to a gun store to buy an AR-15 because they wanted to protect themselves from the police? What would happen if several […]
Earlier this year Dr. Stephanie Evans of Clark Atlanta University invited me to contribute a chapter to her collection of stories about African American women accompanied by recipes that inspired […]
This is a fascinating article on how parenting has changed since we were kids. Just sharing for fun.
In the Atlantic (January/February 2015) Joseph Epstein argues in favor of bringing the draft back. He comments, “A veteran of the Cold War-era draft argues that once again sharing the […]
This is not an argument for or against gun control, so please don’t worry about those politics. I read this article in The Atlantic Magazine and found it compelling. The […]
Television has given us a lesson in child labor in the Middle East, especially for children who are now refugees. Steven Greenhouse points out that child labor is still […]
