What do Jesus, Walt Disney, and Anne Frank have in common? Perhaps this seems like a question that reeks of such absurdity that it’s
Author: Renee Shur
Renee Shur lives and works in New York’s Hudson Valley.
Going Back: The Untold Story of Dreamers Returning to Mexico
It’s been a long and contentious eighteen years since the first Dream Act was introduced in Congress in 2001. The issue of providing a
Former U.S. Senators urge colleagues to defend democracy in a “dangerous era”
A stunning and unprecedented moment occurred on December 10, 2018, when forty-four former senators – among them, thirty-two Democrats, ten Republicans, and two Independents
Protest letters: Economists try to educate Trump on perils of tariffs
In May 2018, more than eleven hundred American economics teachers and economists, among them eleven Nobel Prize winners, banded together to sign an open
New York votes in unified government and goes full-on progressive
Elections matter. If there’s any doubt about why, take a look at what’s happening right now in New York State. In the 2018 election,
Zero tolerance for Trump’s cruel immigration policies
On December 8, 2018, seven-year-old Jakeli Caal, a Guatemalan refugee who endured a grueling journey with her father to seek asylum in the U.S.,
The Montreal Protocol: Saving Earth’s vital ozone layer
In 1985, three British scientists working at the British Antarctic Survey stunned the world when they discovered that at certain times of the year
Conquering snow, old-style
Awakened recently at four and then six in the morning by the clanking and booming of salt trucks and snow plows lumbering outside my
Why New York City has gone Styrofoam-free
It’s official. Six years and two lawsuits after then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg first proposed a ban on plastic-foam products, New York City is now a
Justin Trudeau trumps Trump’s dumbed-down view of immigration
At a recent town hall meeting in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took a tough question about Canada’s immigration policies. Trudeau’s low-key