Towards a New Civil Rights Movement
St. Louis American, August 22, 2013 When I talk to young people, they sometimes raise the failure of my generation and beyond in making this a better country – one that protects the rights of all regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion and age. Our circular progress (or rollback of progress) can land […]
We can’t win if we don’t fight for our kids
This excerpt is from a St. Louis Post Dispatch article: “When Superintendent Kelvin Adams last winter proposed closing Cleveland NJROTC High School — a magnet school with a Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps — parents and students spoke for hours in opposition at public forums. When the he proposed phasing out Beaumont in 2011, […]
Still no justice for Henrietta Lacks and her family
Henrietta Lacks and her family may finally be getting acknowledgement of her medical legacy but it’s not even close to real justice–there’s still no financial compensation. Read it here. I could’ve sworn that I wrote a full commentary about Sister Henrietta after I read the compelling book about her story. I only found a reference […]