Lakota voices murmur above the crowd at Rushmore, saying we’re still alive and still lay claim to what’s ours. The mountain weeps at the words
Category: The state of things
Has COVID Changed the Way We Memorialize Those We’ve Lost?
A few days ago I read about the desecration of trees in the area outside the site of the former Buchenwald concentration camp. According to the article,
The Hunger Truck: Feeding More Needs Than Just Hunger
They serve people who are otherwise forgotten, people who face an enormity of need, and they do it with goodwill and modest pride. They are
Despite ‘Manhandling’ of Pregnant Chaplain, Interfaith NRA Protest a Success, Say Organizers
An interfaith protest of the National Rifle Association on May 27 began with the reading of an original poem and ended after a security official pushed
Forgiveness is the Best Revenge
Four minutes into the documentary film Guantanamo Diary Revisited, the movie’s subject, Mohamedou Ould Slahi, looks into a camera and addresses the men and women responsible
International Women Have Their Day
March 8 marks International Women’s Day, a day set aside each year to acknowledge the many achievements and challenges women around the world experience in their
Buffalo Soldiers: From Slavery to Stewardship
“We are all the beneficiaries now of the preservation and conservation work these people did back in the late 19th century.” Those are the words
Fact or Fiction: Recognizing the Real ‘Fake News’
Last July 4, hundreds of armed men and women, many wearing camouflage and bearing the confederate flag, arrived at the Gettysburg National Park, ready to
Ruth Nasrullah 