Cruise
What is in a name?
Picture this: You've been excitedly planning your first-ever cruise for months. You've picked out your outfits, researched shore excursions, and made a packing list.
Graduation cap mortarboard with tassel propped on a jar of money cash, words STUDENT LOANS
Paying the price of ignorance
The term loan shark carries a negative connotation. On television, he’s the guy who sends his goons after people who don’t pay what they agreed to pay. In real life, he’s a business that lends money to high-risk recipients.
Police, hand and gun with a law enforcement officer standing outdoor in the city while on patrol cl
Owning my hypocrisy
The first interaction I had with law enforcement happened before I reached double digits in age. The sight of a police vehicle became synonymous with losing all that was familiar to me.
Closeup of people holding candle vigil in dark seeking hope
When to think, when to pray, when to plan, when to do
We need more than thoughts and prayers from our leaders. How do you solve the problem of violence in a city?
Revisiting Rights: What the Supreme Court’s Abortion Ruling Means for Women’s Constitutional Protections
What the Supreme Court’s Abortion Ruling Means for Women
States now get to decide the value of a woman's life after the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe V. Wade.
Asian business woman trying to find job and showing paper sign to tell other people that her looking for a job.
You get what you pay for
There is a meme going around Facebook that chides employed individuals for saying expressions like “That’s not my job.”
The Social Agenda
The weaponization of fear has become the new normal, with both sides of a hidden war embracing a deadly virus as their flag. The left, the right, the conservatives, the progressives, QAnon and Antifa have more in common than dissension.
NY 9 11 Memorial & Museum because we will never forget the innocent lives that were lost that day
We broke our vows to never forget
As I scrolled through Facebook, the vows to “Never Forget” memes that are ever-present in the month of September fill my feed.
Top view scene of Washington DC down town which can see United states Capitol, washington
The pros and cons of DC statehood
A Gallup poll in 2019 indicated that two-thirds of Americans oppose giving Washington D.C. statehood. A new bill could change that.
Default and poverty. Financial collapse. Dollar close-up
Exploring the Family Security Act and poverty
Senator Mitt Romney’s Family Security Act aims to support families by providing direct monthly payments up to $1,200 per month.