Immigrants: Opportunity for a Renaissance
Just last week, this enormous photo appeared: a Mexican toddler peers over the border wall between Mexico and the USA near the Tecate border crossing,…
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Timely Challenge to White Moderates, Especially Those in the Church
Over 50 years ago on April 16, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote an open letter from a jail in Birmingham, Alabama where…
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Original Mother’s Day Proclamation – By Julia Ward Howe
Written in 1870 by Julia Ward Howe, the following proclamation explains, in her own impassioned words, the goals of the original “Mother’s Peace Day”…
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Sexual Assault Awareness Month, April 2017: Going There and a Poem by Natalie Patterson
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month in the U.S. According to NOMORE.org, “Nationally, April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM). The goal of SAAM…
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Let the Muslim Women Speak #muslimwomansday – March 27, 2017
I could tell you many stories of the Muslim women I know. I could tell of their compassion, kindness and hospitality, of hard work,…
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What First Lady Michelle Obama Means To Me – An Essay by Natalie Patterson
It was 2007. I was too young to realize I was political, and there was a senator two of my friends could not stop talking…
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What the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Means To Me – An Essay by William Syms
Reflecting on the work, words and life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. should remind everyone that our work is not done. More than…
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A White American Woman’s Journey: With Liberty and Justice for ALL
The United States’ Pledge of Allegiance reads as follows: I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the…
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From Thankfulness to Thoughtfulness: Thanksgiving and the Four Freedoms
Culture Honey offers our most heartfelt wishes and prayers for a meaningful and peaceful Thanksgiving celebration to all of our American readers! We are thankful…
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Raising Global Kids
If you’re raising your kids in L.A. or any major U.S. city, you know that we live in a global world. Being globally intelligent…
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Whose Right is Right? An Essay…
During the American War of Independence, those living in America believed they should not be governed by people thousands of miles away who in…
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Carnivals: Diversity in America
I stood under a canopy of strung lights and watched the carnival-goers mill about before me. The air was heavy with thick summer humidity…
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