“We should feel lucky that we have jobs.” This is something that we might be hearing a lot at this point. We might even say it to ourselves. With the historically massive jumps in unemployment since the pandemic hit in March, it is understandable why this idea gets...
After the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, NBA players took action. The Milwaukee Bucks didn’t come out for tip-off, and a wave of solidarity spread throughout the sports world. Athletes in the WNBA, baseball, football, and hockey leagues all...
On the 57th anniversary of the March on Washington, when Martin Luther King gave his “I Have a Dream” speech, tens of thousands gathered at the Lincoln memorial to protest the ongoing police shootings and racism of this country. Nearly 50 thousand people came to...
As if the stressors of COVID weren’t enough, residents in parts of Louisiana are dealing with significant damage to homes and workplaces, power losses, and lack of clean water, after category 4 Hurricane Laura ripped away power lines and destroyed water plants. All...
In 2014, in Cleveland, Ohio, 12-year-old Tamir Rice was shot and killed by police for holding a toy gun – within moments of cops arriving on the scene. Most recently, 29-year-old Jacob Blake was shot seven times in the back by cops in Kenosha, Wisconsin, for allegedly...
