Why is there no ‘Malcolm X Day’ of celebration?
Library of Congress(l-r) Dr. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X It’s unfortunate that Malcolm X doesn’t have a holiday. He clearly is deserving of a holiday. If anyone should have a holiday, it should be him. I have been …
Pull Yourself Up by Bootstraps? Go Ahead, Try It
It’s impossible, and yet the bootstraps narrative drives out good policy. Feb. 19, 2020 Credit…Mike Lukovich/Atlanta Journal-Constitution By Nicholas Kristof – Opinion Columnist Back in the 1800s, the expression “pull oneself up by the bootstraps” meant the opposite of what …
Russian Court Upholds WSJ Reporter Evan Gershkovich’s Detention
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Justices to hear evangelical Christian postal worker’s religious accommodation case
Employees of the U.S. Postal Service are famous for delivering the mail even in the worst conditions. But when Gerald Groff was hired to work as a postal carrier in 2012, postal carriers didn’t work on Sundays. That changed in …
Biden, facing roadblocks in Congress, signs executive order on childcare, eldercare
[1/7] U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on childcare and eldercare costs during an event in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 18, 2023. REUTERS/Nathan HowardWASHINGTON, April 18 (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden, …
