A mother’s worst fear is to lose her child. For mothers of daughters, this fear is exasperated because so many women lose their lives unexpectedly
A sea of women singing and dancing in fields, on streets, and neighborhoods, completely elated with the news that peace had finally been won! Women
Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights
“Oh deep in my heart, I do believe that we shall overcome today,” was sang outside the Health Education and Welfare (H.E.W.) building in Washington
In the middle of a three-month strike, standing there in the crowd of mistreated workers, she was giving them hope, spreading flyers, and organizing picket
Exchanging her classroom desk for the picket line, sixteen-year-old Emma Tenayuca left Brackenridge High School for the day to join hundreds of women protesting for
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On January 12, 2010, you are enjoying a simple Tuesday evening with family in Haiti when all of a sudden the earth trembles beneath your
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When Prime Minister Adel Abduhl Mahdi demoted Iraq’s popular Counter-terrorism Chief, Lt. Gen. Abdulwahab a-Saadi, in October, 2019, Mahdi was unaware of the protests that
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Just about everyone in the country has had fast food, whether it be McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s, or any other mega fast food chain. It
During the rather warm first weeks of April in Paris in 1803, rumors were abound throughout Napoleon’s court in the Tuileries Palace. The rumors were
Independence, Sovereignty, and Democratization. These are elements that we commonly associate as markers of transitional periods for many developing nations. All former Soviet Republics gained
The atmosphere compressed down as the sun’s heat baked the exposed concrete of the steps. That heat only served to push Jennifer further up the
Africa. The name of the continent itself conjures visions of indomitable wilderness. A lion, low to the ground, moves through the grass, quietly stalking its
In 1864, an energetic and ambitious young man sailed from Austria to Veracruz, Mexico in hopes of ruling a foreign land. He arrived with his
The sounds of people shouting and jeering shook her from her haze as she realized what the day would bring. The sound of footsteps echoed
Picture yourself in medieval Rome, sitting on a balcony overlooking one of the piazzas enjoying a cup of coffee, when suddenly you start to see
The morning of December 11, 2011, four-year-old Davaughn Rodriguez was discovered by his mother, Sabrina Vielma, lying on the kitchen floor in a puddle of
“There are important details but it is difficult to talk about them. I think about them and I repress them. They were undressed while being unconscious and when the
It was the 10th of November 2019, fifteen minutes before the news of Evo Morales renouncing the presidency in a recorded video from “el Chapare.”
The train roared down the tracks, yet despite the noise, General Gustav Mannerheim was sound asleep. The train had stopped at every station along its
The day was November 4th, 1979. The Iranian revolution against the Shah was in full swing, and Islamic students had just formed a violent mob
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It was 1943, and the Allies were ready to invade the soft underbelly of Europe, the Italian peninsula. They hoped that by pressing Germany’s ally,
865 AD, Northumbria, England. It is a cold and dreary afternoon in the Northumbrian woods. The dark clouds gathered in the sky as Ragnar Lothbrok,
“Even though I was born and grew up in New York City, español, Spanish, was the language we spoke at home–– the language of Puerto
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