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The Lessons of September 11th

September 16, 2021 Carma Henry 0

     On Sept. 11, 1906, Mohandas Gandhi presented the mechanisms of resistance and civil disobedience that could be combined with love to create positive change and social justice. Addressing a crowd of 3,000 people in South Africa he described how to use moral force to oppose immoral legislation. His newspaper held a contest to name this world changing and life affirming tactic. They arrived at Satyagraha; ‘satya’ meaning truth and ‘agraha’ meaning force or holding firmly to something. Satyagraha: truth-force was the love that we now know of as nonviolence. […]

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Virginia Voters’ Choice: Forward with Voting Rights Champ for Governor or Backward With Team Trump

September 16, 2021 Carma Henry 0

Virginia’s voters will pick the state’s next governor in November. The choice couldn’t be clearer, and neither could the national implications of this race in a bellwether state.  Not only is the Virginia election a curtain-raiser for the midterm elections of 2022, it’s also the biggest test so far of whether the Trumpified GOP can win major races. […]

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The Homeless and the Coronavirus

September 9, 2021 Carma Henry 0

We are all humans and we can’t rest on the thought that we are safe in our own circles, but when you publicly interact with others the homeless and everyone else become a part of your circle. So why wouldn’t we make a maximum effort to ensure that the less fortunate are informed and educated about the life-threatening act of not getting vaccinated? […]

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Fixing New York City’s Homelessness Crisis is an American Priority 

September 8, 2021 Carma Henry 0

     I congratulate New York City’s Democratic mayoral nominee, Eric Adams. He will be a strong new mayor of our nation’s largest and most diverse city.  Adams has promised to address homelessness in the city, a problem that has grown increasingly desperate as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to cripple the economy and drive record numbers of individuals into bleak and unwelcoming shelters.  […]

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The Number One Challenge/Crisis in America/World the Environment

September 8, 2021 Carma Henry 0

      On January 20, 2015, at his State of the Union Address, Ex-President Obama made a statement that the environment (climate change) would be the number one challenge in America and the world.  I personally thought he was incorrect, but I was well aware that the environment was something that human beings could not control. The devastating climate change had the power to create was indescribable, and I knew it was necessary to do more investigating and studying to understand the significance of the ex-president’s statement. […]

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We should have left Afghanistan long ago

September 8, 2021 Carma Henry 0

     Presidents George W. Bush, Barack H. Obama and Donald J. Trump all sat in office while American troops were stationed at risk in Afghanistan.  Bush, who initiated the Gulf War, also sent troops into Afghanistan to seek out Osama Bin Laden who had been responsible for the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil in the attacks of September 11, 2001.  Claiming intelligence had pointed to Afghanistan as the harboring territory of Bin Laden, the U.S. military and a coalition of countries went after Al-Qaeda and the Taliban. […]