How we came to the brink of World War III
The Iran crisis is one which dates back to the year 1921 when the first domino in this long- stretched identity crisis domino train fell....
Opening up the old wounds in the American history
The New York Times dedicated an entire issue of its weekly magazine to examining the history of American slavery, calling it “The 1619...
Get your dancing shoes on!
The number of people with diabetes has risen from 108 million in 1980 to 422 million in 2019. The global prevalence of diabetes among...
Discoveries: Predictable or Random
Roberta Sinatra, along with her group of colleagues, had researched the predictability of discoveries. Sinatra, visiting research...
Blackface- racist origins and contemporary issues
Justin Trudeau is seen as one of the world’s foremost progressive leaders. His election as the Prime Minister of Canada was met with...
The Old man was right all along: A case for Karl Marx
Karl Marx in his book “Das Capital” espoused the idea of economics as the base of society. He said that the most important factor in the...
Social activism contributing to the best of humanity
One question that followers of social activism are repeatedly asked is the secret of their strength of resistance. Human nature, as...
Women and minority entrepreneurs
Women-and-minority-owned businesses often find it challenging to secure loans. This might be because of stereotypical thinking and...
She chose change, to make things right
She chose to change; she had to stand up for her rights for it to be seen. Charlotte Mathews-Nelson has spent decades working as an...
Addressing the plight of the Hispanic community
Addressing the plight of the Hispanic community in Massachusetts, it is about time for a change in the society. The devastating...
Wings of Liberation: Discussing gender equality
The history of human civilisation has always been tarnished by the history of woman suppression. To rephrase the words of Karl Marx,...
LGBTQ- Will society ever treat them fairly?
Simon Lokodo is the minister of “ethics and integrity” in Uganda and a promoter of Uganda’s anti-homosexuality bill, which seemed set to...
Actress Laverne Cox shares her story
Laverne Cox shares her story with the Northeastern University students. She introduces herself as a proud African-American transgender...
A career pivot
Changing career streams has never been easy for anyone, especially, when you have been in the same profession for decades. Dancing is a...
Women’s Clubs for African- Americans
For a very long time, women did not have any freedom and rights. In 1898, Jane Croly of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs wrote...
Globalising the community
We are moving towards a society which is coming together globally and not just for trade, but also as a community. The concept of...
Preserving Human Rights
Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, regardless of race, sex, nationality ethnicity, language, religion. These rights...
When an African-American was killed for offering a drink
“We hear that if you want to eradicate racism, intolerance, injustice, all you need is education,” Joseph E. Aoun, president of...
Toni Morrison will always live on
The world-renowned author Toni Morrison died at the age of 88 on 5th of August, 2019. She has helped shape modern literature and she will...


















