LGBT Community
It’s been a wild and crazy year for the LGBTQ community. Bathroom laws and transgender equality have been a key focus in many different states. President Obama is standing behind the federal government’s commitment to equality, issuing a statemen…
Volunteering
April has been designated as National Volunteer Month. Technically, it’s a reminder to organizations to thank the volunteers who serve, but it can be a reminder about volunteering. Everyone lives such busy lives today that it might be hard to find ti…
Religious Freedom
The big news in the LGBT community over the past couple of weeks has been the religious freedom laws in Georgia, North Carolina, and Mississippi. In each state, bills were introduced into the legislature to protect businesses and individuals who d…
Organ Donation
When most people think of April, they think of spring, Easter, and prom. In the United States, April is designated as National Poetry Month, Arab American Heritage Month, and Donate Life Month. Donate Life Month is when the Coalition on Donation brin…
Earth Day
In 1971, Dr. Seuss published “The Lorax,” which was kind of a fable about the toxicity of corporate greed and its effect on nature. Those who grew up reading Dr. Seuss may not realize the book’s message came out of a personal anger in the author. Un…
Witch
Many Americans are familiar with the Salem Witch Trials of the 17th century through their history classes or from reading “The Crucible” in English classes. In 1996, a film adaptation of the Arthur Miller play was released. It starred Wynona Ryder and Dan…
Bilingualism
In 1952, a group of students from three different universities in Bangladesh came together to demonstrate for the recognition of Bangla or Bengali, the language native to Bengal. Just a few years before, the government had declared Urdu as the national…
Monumental Meeting
If you’ve ever experienced a feud between family members that lasted for generations, you know how exciting it is when the factions finally come together to bury the hatchet, so to speak. That’s why the monumental meeting between Patriarch Ki…
Answers in Genesis
After the Kim Davis marriage license debacle, Kentucky probably wishes it was out of the limelight, but another recent court decision supported a Christian organization when it came to tax breaks. Ken Ham, creationist and founder of Answers in Ge…
Darwin Day
It can seem strange that Americans honor a British scientist who was born 207 years ago with “Darwin Day”, but Charles Darwin was no ordinary scientist. He completely changed the way most people thought about how species came to being. His co…