My mother had two sisters, but grew up with only one. An annual tradition for me as a child was visiting my mother’s family cemetery in Ridgewood, Queens. This cemetery,y where my great grandparents are buried, was also the final| Envisioning The American Dream
TikTok users have been documenting the price of growing up Black in predominantly white suburban neighborhoods.| TheGrio
#SudanWarSeries: The many lenses of Sudanese Displacement The post Capital, Conflict, and the New Sudan: The Politics of Permanent Displacement appeared first on African Arguments.| African Arguments
In Your Dreams Next to Rock Hudson, Liberace was Sue Ellen Wolinski’s absolute dream date. Liberace was just so fabulously different from any other fellows she had ever met. A wonderful pianist, ye…| Envisioning The American Dream
I woke up with Moe on the mind. My dog Moe, was not the first Moe in my life. The Three Stooges notwithstanding, the only other Moe I ever knew was my father’s law partner, who unknowingly was inst…| Envisioning The American Dream
The calendar says today is 17 years since my mother passed away. The yahrzeit candle I lit last night confirms that. Yet, as so many of you understand, it feels surreal for it to be that many years…| Envisioning The American Dream
I am now breaking into old childhood piggy banks in search of vintage coins that might be worth money. This is how terrified I am of losing social security. Not to mention the crashing stock market…| Envisioning The American Dream
How many of us of a certain age were admonished as children to “clean their plates” at mealtime because “people were starving in Europe.” Wasting food was sinful. Images of shivering, hungry, bone…| Envisioning The American Dream
From my travels and conversations with americans I suspect most of your countrymen do not realize how poor the actual living conditions of the middle class are in America. In Spain an employed engineer in his early 40s with 15 years experience might make about 40k/year, wich is probably half, or a third, of what his american counterpart makes, yet the spaniard enjoys a much better quality of living. This is true for a 1 1/2st world nation like Spain, but it is much truer in 2nd world nations ...| Tanner Hauser