Tag: emancipation proclamation

  • Modern Day Slavery

    I just found out that here in the US it’s National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. I bet if someone were to take a poll, the vast majority of Americans would think that Slavery went out with the Emancipation Proclamation in 1865. Not so much. According to WGBH’s “Human Trafficking: Modern-Day Slavery in America”…

  • Mother Teresa Didn’t Have a Blog

    “Words without action are meaningless” he said to me during our ongoing debate about hypocrisy. “Mother Teresa didn’t have a blog.” Ouch. But you know what, I still disagree. Words, when executed properly and offered at the right place, at the right time, about the right topic, can change the world. Here are some words,…