GENEVA – Tony DiCostanzo readily recognizes that European colonization of the Americas is not without dark moments – from slavery to the loss of indigenous populations. However, DiCostanzo, president of Geneva Lodge 2397 of the Order of Sons and Daughters of Italy in America, doesn’t think it’s fair to blame Christopher Columbus, the explorer...
Read MoreWellesley is barely emerging from a years-long and often bitter battle between Indigenous Peoples Day and Indigenous Peoples Day, which officially ended last spring when the Board of Directors voted to replace Indigenous Peoples Day by Indigenous Peoples Day on the city calendar. It will be celebrated on the second Monday in October at...
Read MoreThe word Dakota means “friend” or “ally”. The Rochester School Board selected him to be on a shortlist of five student names out of hundreds. The public then chose him as their winning name through a voting process. To some students who walk through the doors of Dakota Middle School, the name may seem...
Read MoreUNTIL 31 OCTOBER STOCKBRIDGE, MA – Greek-American artist Peter D. Gerakaris’ mosaic installation of Neo-Byzantine Spotted Owls at the Berkshire Botanical Garden, 5 West Stockbridge Road in Stockbridge. Translated into mosaic by Miotto Mosaic Art Studios, the installation is part of the outdoor sculpture exhibition Taking Flight curated by Beth Rudin DeWoody. Concha Martinez...
Read MorePosted on October 1, 2021 | 2:08 p.m. The Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation (SBTHP) will present the 12th annual Asian American Quarter Festival, 5 to 8 p.m. on October 7, an outdoor event celebrating the Asian American heritage that once was thrived in and around the presidio of Santa Barbara. This year’s...
Read MoreFor years, if not decades, allegations circulated that R&B superstar R. Kelly was abusing young women and girls, with apparent impunity. Most of them were young black women. And black girls. And that, say the accusers and others who have called for him to be held accountable, is part of what took the criminal...
Read MoreWith COVID-19 still a clear and present danger, establishing and maintaining a human connection can be difficult. It’s a need that Mollie S. Reinhart and the organization she founded, Befriend, seek to meet. “Befriend connects people to meet and forge new relationships by uniting in compassion,” says Ms. Reinhart. “Our goal is to create...
Read MoreAnother US government shutdown is imminent this week if Senate Republicans do not end their blockade of a deal to fund government operations beyond the last day of the federal fiscal year, September 30. While it’s easy to distract our attention from the train wreck that’s about to happen in Washington, we remind our...
Read MoreSelf-proclaimed “very stable genius” and former social media influencer Donald Trump loves slavery and the lost cause of Robert E. Lee’s Confederacy defeat so much, he just can’t keep his ignorant mouth shut. On September 8, he said of Afghanistan: “What an embarrassment we suffer because we do not have the genius of a...
Read MoreFor years, if not decades, allegations circulated that R&B superstar R. Kelly was abusing young women and girls, with apparent impunity. Most of them were young black women. And black girls. And that, say the accusers and others who have called for him to be held accountable, is part of what took the criminal...
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