The gruesome and horrendous murder of George Floyd in full view of the entire world has brought our nation to a tipping point in race relations. In spite of the tragedy of these times, my heart is filled with hope. Watching millions Read More
As a kid I grew up in a single-parent family. My mom, after her divorce, went back to school to receive her general education development (GED) diploma. That saying, “It takes a village,” was never truer than in my childhood days in Read More
Revolting, inhumane, brazen. The video of George Floyd’s last minutes shows unmistakably that he was publicly murdered by an officer of the law whose job it was to protect him. George Floyd is never seen resisting, and Officer Derek Chauvin kept his Read More
I recently had an experience that started me thinking about what it means to be equal in our society. There is an auditory walk signal at the intersection of Broadway and Skyline. “Wow,” I exclaimed, “this is great.” As a blind person, Read More
The afterglow of Mother’s Day is a particularly meaningful time to apply the standard of “What if the person being denied basic human rights were your child?” The opportunity to right a terrible wrong against some people in our community rests with Read More
The COVID-19 pandemic has done much in terms of laying bare some of the challenges we face in our health care system. One of those challenges is access to health care. Idaho is the only state with a state-run health exchange that Read More