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Yearly Archives: 2020
Asian American, Pacific Islander voting up
Efforts to mobilize Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders voters succeeded in 2020. NBC News reports that “In the 13 most contested presidential battleground states, AAPI early and absentee voting rose nearly 300 percent from 2016 — the fastest growth rate … Continue reading
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Church, synagogue win COVID Supreme Court case
That didn’t take long. The month after a new Supreme Court justice was sped onto the bench, the new court began to show its new conservative lean. In a decision announced Nov. 25, the night before Thanksgiving, the court ruled … Continue reading
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Transgender hate crimes, killings rise
On Nov. 19, The Human Rights Campaign declared 2020 the deadliest year on record in the United States for violent deaths of transgender people, listing 37. That eclipsed the previous highest annual toll of 31. The next day, Asia Foster … Continue reading
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First Black U.S. cardinal speaks on social issues
The first African American Roman cardinal in the United States is not expected to be a quiet one. It’s not his style. Wilton Gregory was one of 13 Roman Catholic cardinals elevated 28 by Pope Francis, who according to National … Continue reading
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What is the African American national anthem?
National Football League sidelines became the center of controversy again on Thanksgiving when players for Detroit and Houston took a knee during the national anthem to protest continuing racial injustices and inequities. Additionally, fans heard a song known colloquially as … Continue reading
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Native American Heritage Day is today
Today, the day after Thanksgiving, is often associated with bargain hunting and creative recipes for leftover turkey, but it is so much more than that. This day-after-the-holiday holiday was created in 2009 to complete the story of the first Thanksgivings. … Continue reading
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Cuba looms large in Biden Cabinet
Expect Cuba and Cuban Americans to be in the news when Joe Biden takes office as president and begins to try to get his cabinet nominees approved. If selected, Alejandro Mayorkas will be the first immigrant and first Latino to … Continue reading
Posted in Hispanics and Latinos, Immigrants
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Money-changers tale and Jewish stereotypes
The New Testament story about money changers in the Temple is widely known and sustains a darker meaning writes Menachem Wecker, a freelance writer based in Washington, D.C. In a column published by the National Catholic Reporter, Wecker writes that … Continue reading
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Latter-day Saint chooses baseball AND outreach
Detroit Tigers baseball prospect Gage Workman faced a dilemma that the most athletically gifted Latter-day Saints face. Should he go on the transformational, 2-year mission experience some of his peers choose when they complete high school, or should he pursue … Continue reading
Gen Xer’s advice on COVID coping
Today, Nov. 23, Newman University in Kansas begins an 8-week “timeout” from in-person classes. That’s not unusual these days. What IS unusual is that Gen Xer and professor of criminal justice Kristi Edwards is giving some of her generation’s tips … Continue reading
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