MLK in Black and White
We honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., as a nation. But we seem to have different interpretations on what he stood for, that are especially apparent in January 2021. Maybe we’re coming to an understanding.
When the Blue Comes Off
Black Lives Matter, Blue Lives Matter, and All Lives Matter — three true statements nobody should need to say. But they’ve all been said, and for Black Lives in Blue, it’s All complicated.
Maslow Looks Us Over
If America were an individual person, would she find that all of her needs are met?
Are We Cool?
As the New Year rang in hour by hour across the country, states from east to west welcomed new laws for medicinal and recreational drug use, following the will of voters in November (a majority of them at least).
What’s Going On
It’s been nearly fifty years since the release of Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On, the landmark album on which he set aside love songs to sing about social issues, such as war, poverty, racism, police brutality, and environmental destruction.
For Men Have Children Too
A boy’s act of criminal mischief ends up in small town news, and his father uses it to teach him a valuable lesson. A real-life November story by Mauve Maude.
Thirteenth of March — Part Three
Louisville and America wait for a fresh, young Attorney General to deliver justice for Breonna Taylor.
Fifty-Three
Every year, November 20 is observed as the Transgender Day of Remembrance, in honor of transgender people lost in the previous year. Transgender Day of Remembrance, or TDOR, is preceded by Transgender Awareness Week. The goal is to bring national and worldwide awareness to anti-transgender violence, and put a stop to it.
Government Transformed
November is when we observe Transgender Awareness Week. But Election Day also brought a huge week for LGBTQ candidates. While many might have thought the Presidential election was the only thing happening (not unusual), this November down-ballot races made a substantial bit of history: LGBTQ history.
Thinking Greenwood: Back to Business
Most Americans are in agreement: 2020 is nobody’s favorite year. The COVID-19 pandemic has not only sickened 11 million Americans and killed a quarter of a million. Its wreaked financial havoc and ruined livelihoods across the country, as we’ve shut down schools and much of our economy trying to stem deaths and illness.