A Wedding Party That Looked Like a Funeral
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With tactics reminiscent of the round-ups of Jews, Roma, and gays in Nazi Germany, Immigrant Cruelty Enforcers (ICE) are snatching green card holders, undocumented workers, and longtime residents driving to work or dropping off their children at school bus stops—yanking them from their cars as soon as their children board the bus.
A wedding is one of humanity’s most fragile and meaningful moments. It is where families gather, where children run between relatives, where generations come together to celebrate the possibility of a future. It is difficult to imagine a place less connected to war than a home filled with people celebrating a marriage.
“This war is a true investment in your children’s and your grandchildren’s future.” –Donald Trump, as public support for his war of choice fails to materialize.
Overall, we know costs for healthcare have increased dramatically. Records indicate that it has reached $4.9 to $ 5.2 trillion dollars. Going to the doctor, paying for insurance, going to the hospital and paying for pre-scription drugs are just out of control.
Two Civil Rights Men, Different Parties, One Bill of Rights
When Maryland Governor Wes Moore was recently elected chair of the National Governors Association, he made history as the first African American to lead the bipartisan organization representing the nation’s governors. It was a milestone worth celebrating—not only because it broke another barrier, but because it reminded us how rare Black governors have been in American history.
A paper tiger appears formidable but proves less effective when its strength is assessed. The phrase does not indict American troops, whose courage is unquestioned. It challenges the political leaders who decide when, where, why, and how to use military power.
To outside observers, modern corporate America appears to be a meritocracy where performance dictates how far an individual can rise. Yet history reveals a far more sobering reality: No matter how much success an outsider of color accumulates, his or her place at the top is often accompanied by a question mark – by a lingering sense that acceptance is fleeting and the status earned over decades is more fragile than it appears.
That urgency should flow from the U.S. Education Department. Instead, the agency is dismantling itself, cutting support programs and eroding the protections of the Office for Civil Rights. Its latest move is to appeal to elementary schools not with tutoring, teacher training in the science of reading or proven enrichment, but with workforce development for plumbing, electrical work and mechanics. If this sounds like tracking, it is.