Tag: Former

The other day, I went on a field trip to look at a local former slave plantation. I ran across information about the Bulow Plantation, a former sugar plantation that has been converted into a state park. I've lived in Flagler County in Florida for nearly three years now and had never heard ...

“One guy saw another sitting there, bored and alone trying to sell his stuff, and he just came over to say hello out of an act of kindness…And that one act by one person triggered a tsunami of generosity after.” — Author Shawn Warner, per NBC News Intoday’s...

The 98-hectare former rubber plantation site thrived as the main venue for horse racing in Singapore until operational demands warranted a new track and it was closed in 1999, to be replaced by the home of Singaporean horse racing today, Kranji Racecourse. Once operations ceased, and despite the ...

During the 90s, crackdowns on sweatshops in Los Angeles suburbs made our work seem secretive. The Clinton administration even formed a “sweatshop task force” around the time my parents started their work. This task force aimed to protect garment workers enslaved in factories. While...

*Updated December 2, 2023, to break up into four smaller parts for easier reading. This was my first Medium article, so I needed to be better versed in organizing posts. Have you ever thought of clothes differently when they’re produced in America? I’m here to give you an inside sc...

Two other police officers assisted Chauvin in restraining Floyd. A fourth officer was Tou Thao, who prevented bystanders from intervening to help Floyd. Chauvin was convicted of second-degree murder. The others were charged and convicted of violating Floyd’s civil rights. The ex-officer Tou...

One friend went to see a woman who was a Reiki healer just oustide of Dublin and she came back to us raving about her session as well as the woman who gave it — “God, she knew everything about me” Jen screeched. Apparently this healer worked wonders on her. One by o...

“Former President Donald Trump on Saturday suggested the Civil War could have been avoided through “negotiation,” arguing that the fight to end slavery in the US was ultimately unnecessary and that Abraham Lincoln should have done more to avoid bloodshed. “So man...

See the girl in that image above? That was me. For years after recovering from opioid addiction, I struggled. Even though I was clean, I felt worthless. Hopeless. Like I’d lost my chance at life. I went through the motions each day, and for a long time, that’s how I thought it w...