Another Day of Life
https://youtu.be/zbwL8YMdQUE In 1975 Warsaw, Ryszard persuades his boss to send him to Angola to cover a bloody civil war, just as the country is about to gain independence. The things…
Photo credit, Nina Simone
Child Musicians
North Carolina's governor proclaimed a day in honor of soul musician Nina Simone (born Eunice Kathleen Waymon in Tryon, NC in 1933). Nina was what we often call a child…
Last Call-August 24, 2019
So, it’s Saturday night and it’s that time to let it all go. Let go of all the negative stuff that happened this week. Keep the good but let go…
“Keep Marysville White!”
A candidate for Marysville, Michigan's City Council shocked the audience and other candidates with comments she made at a meet the candidates forum on Thursday. Sixty-seven year old Jean Cramer…
Mitch McConnell Challenger Amy McGrath Releases Blistering Ad In Kentucky: He ‘Left Our Coal Miners Behind’
https://twitter.com/AmyMcGrathKY/status/1164897509690527744?s=20 Kentucky Senate candidate Amy McGrath released an ad Friday attacking Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for having "left our coal miners behind years ago." The ad, currently running in…
African-American employee’s office vandalized at Dept. of Education
Earlier this week, an African-American employee with the US Department of Education had her office vandalized; other employees claim the act was racially motivated. According to a few employees and…
Motherless Brooklyn
https://youtu.be/Fru8IkuDp_k Motherless Brooklyn is directed and written by, as well as starring Edward Norton, adapted from Jonathan Lethem's novel of the same name. Also starring Bruce Willis, Michael Kenneth Williams,…
Appeals Court rules couples can sue former County Clerk Kim Davis
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati dealt a crushing blow to former Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis. In a 3-0 ruling, the Court held two couples can sue…
Leonard Pitts Jr. on the first slave ship to reach US land
No one knows the exact date of when the first slave ship actually touched land but it is believed to be August 20, 1619, 400 years ago this month. In…
Lady and the Tramp
In their attempt to make us all sick of "live action" remakes, Disney+ brings us a straight to streaming version of Lady and the Tramp, featuring the voices of Justin…
Florida man found guilty of manslaughter in ‘Stand Your Ground’ case
In July 2018, Michael Drejka, a white Florida man shot and killed an unarmed black man, Markeis McGlockton, at a convenience store parking lot in Clearwater, Florida. The two men…
Watch bison stampede as one slams into tourists’ rental car in Yellowstone National Park
https://youtu.be/knDWNiGv2fc By Elisha Fieldstadt A family visiting Yellowstone National Park had a scary moment when a herd of bison stampeded past their car, with one crashing into the vehicle as the…