As we in the U.S. watched the federal government shut down because of one man’s fixation on a border-wall boondoggle meant to exclude desperate
Author: Renee Shur
Renee Shur lives and works in New York’s Hudson Valley.
Nauert: Another unqualified Trump appointee, another step backward in world affairs
Sometime in early 2019 Heather Nauert, Donald Trump’s appointee for U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, will go before the Senate for confirmation hearings.
Lima beans, the scientific method, and saving the planet
Do you remember your first brush with the scientific method? For most of us, the six steps at the core of the scientific method
Who should pay for school-security upgrades? gun manufacturers
My local school district, the Ichabod Crane Central School District in New York’s Hudson Valley, recently held a vote on a capital improvement project
Getting to know the lives of immigrants
Seven days a week, at eleven in the morning, Imad Khachan opens the door of his Greenwich Village chess shop. Chess Forum is the
Fact: American health care depends on foreign-born-and-trained professionals
The misinformation about legal immigration peddled by the Trump administration is going to get up close and personal for many of us rather quickly.
Thoughts and prayers are not enough
In 2017 there were 346 mass shootings. In 2018 there have been 307 so far. On average America has experienced one deadly incident per
Big winners in 2018 midterms? Every American with a pre-existing condition
Regardless of party affiliation or which party’s candidates voters cast their ballots for on November 6, the big winners in the midterm elections are
Why voters don’t trust Congress anymore
Before casting your vote on Tuesday, November 6, for the individuals who will be tasked with representing you in the House or the Senate,
PEN writers’ group sues Trump over abuse of First Amendment
The First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States states: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the