This last long grasp of white supremacy might last for more than a decade or two – who knows, and there will be times when it musters other spurts of vitality, but nothing like 2016.
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Interview: Jessica Garrels of Catholic Relief Services in Laos
The Trump Administration's 2018 budget proposes eliminating funding for the longstanding McGovern-Dole program that funds school meals in impoverished areas in Laos and other countries.
Read More »Interview: Brenda Urizar of Catholic Relief Services in Guatemala
Lobby in the U.S. and advocate with legislators to keep the McGovern-Dole program fully funded. This is an incredibly important program.
Read More »Senators Pitch Bill to Improve Conditions for Female Inmates
The bill mandates, for example, that inmates who are primary caretakers may receive visits from family members up to six days per week, with no limit to the number of children who may visit.
Read More »Teachers Having Sex with Students – An American Tragedy
The seeming epidemic of cases of educator sexual abuse of students is an ongoing tragedy for our country, ruining the lives of so many children.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): Shakespeare in the Parking Lot Presents ‘Henry VI Part 3’
This is lively full-strength Shakespeare, a dizzying story of changing fortunes and changing sides, loyalty and betrayal, weakness and strength, war and more war, with only small and hesitant hopes for peace – and all made easy to follow and admire.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Government Inspector’ Starring Michael Urie
When a lowly civil servant outwits corrupt officials, it is a moment to joy over.
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Moving can be a trying process, but moving across the country, or even a distance of a few states away, can be downright difficult.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Temple of the Souls’ at the New York Musical Festival
Tuneful songs and strong performances enliven this tragic love story set in the time of the conquistadors. The show flutters nervously along two parallel tracks, one reflecting the real butchery and horror of the conquest, the other of semi-cartoonish family fare.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Arcadia’ by Tom Stoppard, Potomac Theatre Project
Whether it's Lord Byron's whereabouts on a certain few days or the entropic fate of the universe, the search for knowledge drives us all.
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