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WHY DOES THE U.S. SENTENCE CHILDREN TO LIFE IN PRISON? In 2006, Cyntoia Brown was convicted of murdering a man who hired her for sex and sentenced to life in prison. She was sixteen years old. Brown testified that she killed the man in self defense, that she was forced into prostitution by an abusive boyfriend […]
This anti-bullying PSA acts out online comments in real life. It’s an uncomfortable watch. by Parker Molloy A new anti-bullying campaign and PSA called “In Real Life,” spearheaded by Monica Lewinsky, takes actual insults people have said online and brings them into the physical world. While actors portray the bullies and their victims in the video, the reactions […]
http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.php?image=31572&picture=scale How quickly your body burns calories varies from person to person. (Mine doesn’t burn any at all, or it seems that way to me sometimes!) Women burn calories more slowly than men, and we all slow down after 40. What can you do to boost your metabolism? Drink water. Build muscle. Get your heart […]
Players and Owners Take the Next Step in Cooperating on Social Justice Initiatives By PETER KING January 23, 2018 si.com The NFL will announce today the latest step in its seven-year, $90 million commitment to players’ social-justice issues, forming a committee of five players and five owners to further advance what the league […]
Opioids, Heroin, and Death Drug overdose deaths and opioid-involved deaths continue to increase in the United States. The majority of drug overdose deaths (more than six out of ten) involve an opioid.1 Since 1999, the number of overdose deaths involving opioids (including prescription opioids and heroin) quadrupled.2 From 2000 to 2015 more than half a million people died from drug […]
HOW AN EX-SLAVE SUCCESSFULLY WON A CASE FOR REPARATIONS IN 1783 Grandchildren of slaves. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. Inspired in part by journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates, conversations about reparations for slavery and its aftermath have become mainstream. But they aren’t new: […]
REMEMBERING BILLIE HOLIDAY Columbia Records/Courtesy Neal Peters Collection This April marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Billie Holiday, the recording artist fondly known as “Lady Day.” Known as much for her demons as her pioneering jazz vocals, Holiday is a member of both the Grammy and the Rock and Roll Halls of […]
Faith Church and CENCAP Faith Church raised approximately $1500 for hurricane relief in Puerto Rico. We sent the money through CENCAP Federal Credit Union, a neighborhood financial institution. CENCAP is one of the few neighborhood financial institutions on Hartford’s North End. The branch nearest Faith is in a building formerly occupied by Bank of America. […]
More to Think About: Education Supreme Court: Connecticut’s Education System Is Flawed, But Not Unconstitutional by Christine Stuart ctnewsjunkie.com HARTFORD, CT — The state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Connecticut’s education system is imperfect, but not unconstitutional. The decision may signal the end of 12 years of litigation over whether the state has been providing enough funding for […]
Nutrition for Seniors Most people don’t like cooking just for themselves, so they rely on fast food, frozen meals or canned soup for their daily meals. Seniors are particularly at risk because they often live alone, have little energy or money, and have taste buds that just don’t work like they used to. What […]
In the wake of Equifax, there’s a fourth credit bureau you might want to contact To find out if your personal data was compromised in the Equifax breach — which, according to the company, exposed Social Security numbers, birthdates and addresses of at least 143 million Americans — visit www.equifaxsecurity2017.com. Consumers considering security freezes at the […]
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Looking for Books for Young People? Check out these books – nominees and winners – from the National Book Awards list: Elana K. Arnold, What Girls Are Made Of Robin Benway, Far from the Tree Erika L. Sánchez, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter Rita Williams-Garcia, Clayton Byrd Goes Underground Ibi Zoboi, American Street Samantha Mabry, All the Wind in the World […]
7 Trends That Offer A Snapshot Of American Religion Today By Antonia Blumberg White Christians are now a minority 42% of US Muslims are under 30 46% of LGBTQ Americans are religiously unaffiliated White Christians continue to dominate the GOP, while the Democratic Party is increasingly diverse There are major generational divides in religious affiliation Read […]