by Nicole Allen “We are coming to Washington in a poor people’s campaign. Yes, we are going to bring the tired, the poor, the huddled masses…. We are coming to demand that the government address itself to the problem of poverty.” – Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., 1967 In his last sermon, King echoed […]
Give yourself a break. It’s your right.
Welcome to SUMMER 2018!! This is a repost from last Spring. With spring break and summer just ahead, did you know you have a right to leisure and rest? It is in part because of Eleanor Roosevelt and the 18 representatives chosen by the Economic and Social Council in 1948, tasked with drafting the Universal […]
Continuity and Change on the Korean Peninsula
**As Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump prepare for the North Korean Summit in Singapore on Tuesday, this repost from last Spring sheds light on the complexity and seriousness of this summit. by GRIFFIN LEONARD A lot has been said recently about the seemingly worsening relationship between the US and Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea […]
A Peculiar Request: The Right to Life
Paducah, Kentucky. This is the first school shooting I remember. All these years later, I still remember what I thought once I saw the photos: “How did this happen? Surely this is a random tragedy that will never happen again.” The writing of this blog comes just over five weeks on the memory side of […]
Child marriage and the human rights of girls
Delaware, on May 9, 2018, became the first US state to prohibit child marriage, removing loopholes and exceptions that currently exists in marriage laws in every other state. This historic legislation–the first of its kind in the US–champions and protects the rights of children, especially girls. **This blog is a repost from 2016. Imagine […]
When You Are Ready for the Baby Carriage: Black Maternal Health and Disparities
by MARTINIQUE PERKINS WATERS, Ph.D. I did something very interesting in my mid-twenties. I asked a few of my family members if they would be willing to be a surrogate if I could not have children. Now, let me preface this by saying I never had any kind of health issues and most women in my […]
Disarmament: Redefining the Power Perspective
**In light of yesterday’s announcement to withdraw from another international accord, the US, once again, positions itself as unwilling to cooperate with and participate in the international community. This blog is a repost from the fall. Talks surrounding disarmament and nuclear weapons, including threats by North Korea against Japan, South Korea, Guam, and the US, […]
From Memory to Action: “Never Again” Begins with You
by W. JAKE NEWSOME, Ph.D. This month the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum marks its 25th anniversary. This offers a chance to reflect on the mission and work of the Museum, and also an opportunity to look forward at how we will ensure the permanent relevance of Holocaust history for new generations, reach global audiences, […]
Cornbread Millionaires: Reflections on Riva and Josephine
by LEONARD SMITH I was enthused and a bit trepidatious when professor Madden-Lunsford announced we would be attending, as a class, the lecture of a Holocaust survivor and an African American woman whose father had been lynched when she was a child. I knew their stories would be both amazing and difficult to hear. During […]
Everyday Expectation: Complicity in the Third Reich and Jim Crow South
by Derrick J. Angermeier My research seeks to answer a complicated question: Why did everyday people participate in the systems of racial oppression known historically as the Third Reich and the Jim Crow South? Historians have focused on these two national cultures and the wide variety of ways in which they excluded racialized others while […]
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