Tag Archives: USA
President Obama sheds tears and reveals actions on gun control
One American family’s Christmas traditions
Guns-deaths ratio
Rosa Park -December 1st
Rosa Parks biography cartoon
Buy Nothing Day
Today is “Buy Nothing Day”, a day chosen by social activist to protest against consumerism. It falls on the Friday after Thanksgiving in the USA, and the following Saturday in the rest of the world.
Do YOU want to try “Buy NOthing Day” and buy nothing today?
Numbers of casualties of gun deaths and terrorism
Kid President’s history of awesome girls
Flash floods swamp cars on California highway
Some American cities abolish Columbus Day
Following a growing trend, the city council of Albuquerque, New Mexico has voted six to three to recognize October 12th – typically known to most as “Columbus Day” within the USA– as Indigenous Peoples’ day in a new proclamation. Albuquerque has the highest concentration of Indigenous people in New Mexico.
In the past two months, eight cities got rid of Columbus Day in favor of adopting Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Three of those cities adopted Indigenous Peoples’ Day this week.
Here are the names of those 8 cities:
Albuquerque (New Mexico), Lawrence (KS), Portland (OR), St. Paul (MN), Bexar County (TX), Anadarko (OK), Olympia (WA), Alpena (MI).
These cities are following in the footsteps of Seattle and Minneapolis.
Meanwhile, Oklahoma City came close to passing it in September and will try to pass it again on October 13th, the day after the holiday.
This name change is a fantastic trend that needs to grow fast, but it needs to be followed up by concrete action and legislation. Nationwide (and worldwide – particularly in Latin American countries that have suffered from US-backed coups), indigenous people suffer from economic inequality, health problems, and human rights abuses. It’s time we celebrate their culture and tradition rather than their oppressors’, and it’s time we give back to those we’ve taken so much from.
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Happy Labor Day in the USA!
New York inspired nail art
The cost of college
Racism is real
U.S. women’s soccer team gets historic ticker-tape parade
7 year old girl sings American national anthem
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Kentucky fried potatoes recipe
Here are the secret ingredients for the spice mix:
- 75 g plain flour
- 2 tsp (teaspoon) salt
- 1 tsp oregano
- 1 tsp basil
- 1 tsp sage
- 1 tsp marjoram
- 1 tsp chili powder
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp garlic powder
▶ Awesome Kentucky Fried Potatoes Recipe – Titli’s Busy Kitchen – YouTube.
Women carreers and equal pay
The usual expression “my 2 cents” to give one’s opinion is replaced with “my 78 cents” because among full-time workers, women earn about 78 cents to a man’s dollar. That’s according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Juneteenth, an important American holiday
Should the Confederate flag stay or go?
Americans try bizarre regional American food
Why Baltimore is so angry
Baltimore is the biggest city close to our correspondants’ school in Towson.
Some parts of Baltimore are rich, some are a great tourist destination, but some parts of the city are poor and know many social problems. This explains part of some citizens’ reactions after Freddie Gray’s death under police custody last week.
Protests in New York over Freddie Gray’s death in Baltimore
Freddy Gray, a young African American from Baltimore, died last week from serious injuries that he got while being transported in a police van.
There have been protest marches in Baltimore, some turning violent as rioters broke shop windows, attacked the police and burnt cars. Other members of the Baltimore community have called for peace.
Marches have now been led in memory of Freddie Gray, demanding justice, in other American cities.
▶ Protests in New York over Freddie Gray’s death in Baltimore – YouTube.
America’s native forefathers
How to tap maple trees to collect maple sap
New York survivor
Here is how this New Yorker describes his life:
“After I was born, I was the subject of a 45-minute dissertation at Columbia University. Almost all of my organs were born externally, and had to be sewn into my body. I don’t have a belly button– only a scar where my feeding tube used to be. My mother even tells me that she wasn’t sure if I’d ever be able to stand, eat, or drink. But now I can rollerblade. I can do a handstand on my crutches. I’ve got a core group of friends, a girlfriend, a college degree, and I’m helping to manage a radio station at the age of 23.”
Read more about ordinary and extraordinary New Yorkers at www.humansofnewyork.com/
50th anniversary of historic civil rights march
50 years ago, brave people marched across a bridge to demand equal rights for Black people in the USA. This weekend we honor their action gratefully. See President Obama speak in Selma, Alabama.
▶ Selma to mark 50th anniversary of historic civil rights march, ‘Bloody Sunday’ – YouTube.
New York schools add 2 Muslim holidays to their calendar
New York City mayor Bill De Blasio annouces that, as promised, New York public schools will now have 2 Muslim holidays added to their calendar, starting next school year.
New York Public Schools Add Two Muslim Holidays in Their Calender: Mayor Bill de Blasio – YouTube.
Yusor Abu-Salha, crime victim, expressed herself on being an American
▶ Yusor Abu-Salha Blessed To Be American – YouTube.
This young girl, her husband and her sister were killed recently by a neighbor. The inquest is not over so we don’t know yet if this was a hate crime against Muslims or a neighborhood killing. Either way, their deaths are a sad blow to the community of Chappel Hill they belonged to.
Yusor Abu-Salha had spoken in an interview of what being an American women felt like for her. Here are extracts of this interview: