I’ve been working since age 16 — taking care of kids (my mom did daycare in our home), farm work, teaching horseback riding, working the counter at KFC, on the line at a Hickory Farms facility and later doing retail in one of their stores. I was a groom at…

The Latest Culture Wars: The Censoring of Teaching About Race and Racism Attempts to censor discussions of race and racism are underway nationwide. GOP lawmakers in at least 21 states are either introducing legislation or have already passed bans that impact K-12 classrooms and in some cases, colleges and universities…

But will Donald Trump Destroy the Postal Service? For most of my life, like most people, I pretty much took the post office for granted. I wrote a letter, put it in an envelope, slapped on a stamp, dropped it in the mailbox, and off it went, thousands of miles…

As thousands of white people join protests nationwide, it’s important to look at not just why people are showing up but also how. Given this nation’s history of racism, we, as white people, want to make sure we are part of the solution, not the problem. Learning from the 2014…

Due to the massive popularity of my Pandemixtape #1: It’s Global — World Music (a whooping total of 9 Likes (2 of them my sister) and 1 share (by my daughter (because she felt sorry for me))), I’m rolling out my second in the series, aptly named Pandemixtape #2. The…

I’ve been finding lots of solace in music while sheltering in place. It began when I watched quarantined Italians taking to their balconies in collective song and Iranian doctors and nurses dancing to music in between treating patients. Then I fell down that rabbit hole that is YouTube, where the…

Binge-watching TV or finally picking up that book you’ve been meaning to read are both wonderful ways to pass the time as we find ourselves in this new reality of physical-distancing and quarantines. Here are some other ideas if you find yourself solo at home. …

By Felicia Gustin “Energized by issues like climate change and the Trump presidency,” writes Michael Wines in The New York Times, “students have suddenly emerged as a potentially crucial voting bloc in the 2020 elections.” Their numbers are definitely growing — millennials and gen Z voters now make up 37%…

“Energized by issues like climate change and the Trump presidency,” writes Michael Wines in The New York Times, “students have suddenly emerged as a potentially crucial voting bloc in the 2020 elections.” Their numbers are definitely growing — millennials and gen Z voters now make up 37% of the electorate…