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Lessons from a virus: The political is personal…and the empire is crumbling

May 10, 2020March 10, 2020 by Shay

We are living in interesting times and I don’t mean that in a good way. This new coronavirus is spreading across the globe and here in the United States, it is safe to say that the current administration is uniquely unqualified to handle the threat that COVID-19 poses to our citizens and to our very …

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Categories Commentary, Current Events, Money, Poverty 1 Comment

HIV/AIDS awareness for Black people…and all of us

June 23, 2018February 7, 2018 by Teddy Burrage

Today is the 18th Annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. You might ask yourself, “Why do we need a special day just for Black people with or at risk of contracting HIV?” I ask you to consider the following: In 2015, 3,379 African Americans died from HIV disease, accounting for 52% of total deaths attributed …

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Categories Poverty, Racial and Cultural, Sexuality 2 Comments

Life on the intersection of class and the shame

May 23, 2017September 26, 2014 by Shay

In a nation with growing income inequality, we rarely seem to talk about what that means on a personal and lived level. Instead we all call ourselves middle class never commenting on the fact that today’s middle class includes people in well heeled communities earning more than $150,000 a year as well as families scraping …

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Categories class, personal growth, Poverty 2 Comments
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