The Jim Crow laws were designed to keep black men and women from integrating with society. After Abraham Lincoln abolished slavery, the remnants of a horrible system that saw an entire people group from Africa marginalized was able to continue in legacy. Black people, particularly in the South, were restricted […]
Over the past ten years, it seems as if a whole genre of memoirs has sprung up of ex-North Korean deserters. In 2016, I read the book “Dear Leader” which delved into the life of a former North Korean. It is a fascinating look into one of the most oppressive […]
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide It has been said that the most dangerous sentence in the world is, “It’s a girl.” Sex selective abortions, sexual slavery, economic and personal oppression, abuse, neglect, and centuries of cultural ‘norms’ have made the oppression of women, particularly women […]
Montana has always had a special place in my heart because I lived and grew up there. I still remember making trips out to Billings (the state’s most populous town and the place of my birth) and stopping for food, or to take advantage of the state’s absence of sales […]
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