Former Republican Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich raised eyebrows after publicly criticizing bilingual education. He said that it teaches “the language of living in a ghetto.” Instead, he suggested that English be made the
An article on 365gay.com, a site touted as “America’s most read gay news,” cites that lesbian and gay adolescents are three to four times more likely to report having been bullied than heterosexual teens. This
In the Darfur region of Sudan, 200,000 people are dead, 2.2 million have been displaced and there are 7,000 people there to protect them. Does that sound wrong to anyone else? This month, militia soldiers
When I think of Al Jazeera, the Arabic television network based in Doha, Qatar, the word ‘truth’ echoes in my mind. We have been at war for four years now and Americans still don’t understand
Western Europe is the “GO” square on the Monopoly gameboard of traveling the world. There are sights and experiences that Europe has to offer which no other corner of the world can. On the same
I am a flag-waver. I carry a 4-by-6-foot American flag whenever I’m abroad, whenever I’m representing this nation. That faded flag has gone from the wall of my rowhome in Philadelphia to a migrant workers’
There’s only one thing worse than being a stranded motorist, and that’s being a stranded airline passenger. While the airlines are still apologizing to everyone who was stranded during St. Patrick’s Day weekend due to
One of the occasions college students look forward to most – aside from Thirsty Thursdays – is the day they can hang their degrees on a wall and say, “Yes, I graduated from college.” And
Matthew Thompkins, a pimp who operated a sophisticated prostitution ring out of several cities, was sentenced last month to 23 years in prison. According to the “Philadelphia Inquirer”, Thompkins agreed to forfeit four homes, eight
I was waiting for an afternoon train at the SEPTA Market East regional rail station Friday, March 16, the day of the last winter storm. The icy weather motivated many people to avoid the roads