It was a crucial moment following Nelson Mandela’s 1994 election as South Africa’s first Black president, and Ambassador James Joseph became the only American ambassador to present his credentials to President Mandela as he worked closely with his new administration.
Mother’s Day is often celebrated as an opportunity for families to show mothers they are appreciated through a day of “rest,” maybe with a home-cooked breakfast in bed or a dinner out. But mothers know that even in a rare moment when our hands are still, our minds and hearts are never fully at rest.
On this 60th anniversary of the Birmingham Children’s Crusade it is again time to remember, honor, and follow the example of the children who were frontline soldiers and transforming catalysts in the movement for civil rights and equal justice.
When Harry Belafonte died on April 25, many people were quick to honor him not only as a luminous, barrier-breaking singer and actor but as an outspoken lifelong crusader for civil and human rights. I am especially grateful for his enduring legacy as a champion for children in the United States and across the world.
Gun Violence
On April 15 there were seven mass shootings, the most in a single day so far this year. All of these only-in-America atrocities took place the very same week that many Republican politicians were attending the National Rifle Association’s annual convention to pledge their allegiance to the gun lobby.
Gun Violence
There is an overwhelming chorus urging elected leaders to "do something" to stem our national gun violence epidemic.
This special holy season this year, as many people are observing Ramadan, Passover, and Easter during the same week, is also fifty-five years to the week after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination. It is as useful as ever right now to return to his last Sunday sermon, delivered at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., on March 31, 1968.
Gun Violence
It happened again. This time, the mass school shooting was at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee.
As a physician and immunologist who has been an advisor to every president since Ronald Reagan and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, by President George W. Bush, Dr. Fauci has spent his entire professional life serving and helping others.