By Heather Jones of hmjoneswriter.com “I’m tired of being an advocate for black women, but I know wherever I stop is where my daughters are going to have to pick up. So I keep going. Long after I’m tired.” -Bunmi Laditan Being an activist is not a choice when you are a person of color […]
Politics/Community
Girl Makes Birthday Boxes For Kids In Need, Proving Humanity Is Not Lost
Every once in a while a story comes along that makes you believe that good really does still exist in the world and humanity is, in fact, not lost. Bella Smith, a 9-year-old girl from London, KY, is making a difference in the lives of her classmates, one birthday box at a time. She started […]
Florida Woman ‘Infatuated’ with Columbine Found Dead
“THERE IS NO LONGER A THREAT TO THE COMMUNITY,” tweeted the FBI. According to an update on CBS4, Sol Pais, the 18-year-old Florida woman ‘infatuated’ with Columbine, was found dead near the Echo Lake Campground in the Arapaho National Forest. Denver-area public schools were closed while authorities in Colorado conducted a massive manhunt for Pais, […]
Kentucky School’s ‘Adulting Conference’ Teaches Students Basic Life Skills
There’s no doubt that our school system needs an overhaul. As someone who teaches in an American public high school, I can definitively say that for everything we’re doing right — and believe me, there is a lot that we are doing right — there are many more things we could be doing to make […]
‘Heartbeat Bill’ Outlaws Abortion Before Women Know They’re Pregnant
People in the South are fired up after learning that Georgia Senate has approved House Bill 481—a proposal that would outlaw abortions once a doctor detects a heartbeat in the womb (typically around six weeks). Under current Georgia law, abortions can be performed until 20 weeks of gestation, but if this new legislation is signed […]
Read Highlights of Michael Cohen’s Opening Statement to Congress
Michael Cohen’s prepared testimony to Congress on Wednesday was obtained by Politico Tuesday night and shared early Wednesday morning. Here are the highlights: “I lied to Congress about when Mr. Trump stopped negotiating the Moscow Tower project in Russia. I stated that we stopped negotiating in January 2016. That was false – our negotiations continued […]
Superintendent Charged With Fraud After Using Son’s Insurance to Seek Medical Help for Student
So just how far will some educators go to help their students? And just how broke-ass is our country’s health care system? Well, this heartbreaking story answers both of those questions. The answers are: far enough that they could get charged with a crime, and regarding health care? Really, really shitty. Casey Smitherman is the […]
Woman Fed Up with Guy’s Bullsh*t on a Plane Is ALL of Us
I know this is shocking, given all the dudes offended by that Gillette ad, but there might be something to this “toxic masculinity” idea. At least that’s how it seems when nearly every day a woman stands up to some jerkoff only to see her words, her experience, is going viral. Quick recap: last week at […]