NYU students in my alma mater are about to experience cutting age lectures from Professor Rubén Blades. This 17-time Grammy Award-winning musician, Emmy-nominated Panamanian actor, activist, and a political figure will serve as the NYU Steinhardt Dean’s Inaugural Scholar-in-Residence.
As 58 American Latinos celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, the truth is staring us in the face of morality, or in the lack thereof.
American democracy is based on the continuous agreement of morality and the assumption of a higher moral authority, not our ever-changing politics, where government debates morality instead of embracing, adopting and acting on it accordingly.
How long does it take to learn the 35-word job description after a president swears to represent all the people of The USA?
Presidents-elect have taken the oath since the beginning of the republic. George Washington said it in 1789, and the oath has been the centerpiece of presidential inaugurations ever since, symbolizing democratic rule and the peaceful transition of power.
The oath of office comes directly from Article II, Section 1 of the US Constitution.
Hurricane season forces many news writers to practice adjective overuse.
The worst and most horrendous, the biggest American storm will slam into?
Dangerous Hurricane Florence is churning towards the mainland and threatening the coastal areas @USAgov
It does not suffice to simply say No to Flo, so please just GO and Get Out!
NOAA - Verified account
@NOAA #Hurricane #Florence: For late-breaking updates please see:
-- Public Advisory at http://www.hurricanes.gov/#Florence
"I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples." -Mother Teresa
"Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right." -Henry Ford
"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence." -Vince Lombardi
"Life is 10 percent what happens to me and 90 percent of how I react to it." -Charles Swindoll
"If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough." -Oprah Winfrey
Was it an old rose which offended too many colleagues, could it be the dark side of Moonves, or a 60-minute moment when uncontrollable males can’t help themselves? The bad old days of the casting couch are hopefully behind us.
CBS has been called the Eye Network, because of an iconic logo, in use since 1951. It's also been called the Tiffany Network after high-quality programming during the tenure of William S. Paley.
There is a war on truth and justice, where some members in our government may have become complicit. The most recent battle has POTUS Trump and his administration opening up a new front in the war on the rule of law. First, judges were attacked, then FBI, then DOJ and now the World Court? What’s going on here folks?
I remember as a child hearing the phrase Truth and Justice and the American way. What has happened since then? PBS Superheroes https://youtu.be/xtQ-pA6uM3c
Horrifying allegations of abuse, harassment, and intimidation against so-called leaders who feel they're entitled powerful men exploiting their authority and being protected at the expense of women and survivors.
#CityImages stands with and believes all survivors, including the many women who have bravely spoken out against the toxic culture of complicity that enabled abuse.
Pope To Meet With U.S. Church Leaders Over Clergy Sex Abuse https://n.pr/2oY5vSM
Who keeps having false or unrealistic beliefs or opinions while maintaining fixed false beliefs even when confronted with facts, usually as a result of mental illness and is so delusional and paranoid that he fears everybody is conspiring against him?
Trump: Storm response in Puerto Rico 'incredibly successful' https://apnews.com/8735bcb522fc4604bebd6531d5ef6362
Also, on a Tuesday - September 11, 2001, were attacks on America coordinated by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda. The attacks killed 2,996 people, injured over 6,000 others. Additional people died of 9/11-related cancer and respiratory diseases in the months and years following these attacks. The attacks caused over $10 billion in damages to our infrastructure.