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He spoke of dreams
I was six when my family came to the US, a couple of years before the death of Martin Luther King Jr. Even at my young age, I was certain that the US was...
Stone of hope
Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, which he delivered before 250,000 people gathered on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on August 28, 1963 contained the following sentence: “With this faith, we...
Where do we go from here?
I remember my elementary school classroom being brought to the library to watch "The Boy King," a TV drama about young Martin Luther King, Jr. This was most likely in the years between the...
Reflections on MLK and the civil rights movement
I am old enough to remember 1968 very well, but through a child’s eyes. Not that I understood everything, of course. When my mother came out crying and told me as I played in...
Personhood amendment lacks logic
Earlier this year, Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled that life begins at conception. Many have coined this ruling as the reverse of Roe v. Wade and in the US we have already begun to feel...
Youth still inspired by MLK’s dream
Years ago, I had the pleasure of meeting civil rights legend and former US ambassador, Andrew Young. During our conversation, Ambassador Young talked about the lighter side of his mentor, colleague and friend, Martin Luther...
UH should celebrate holiday diversity
The University of Houston is the second most diverse university in the nation, behind only Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. UH is justly proud of our student, faculty and staff diversity in...
Evidence-supported approach to sex education is needed in Texas
We’re confused. We thought conservative policy-makers oppose wasteful federal programs and want taxpayer dollars to go only to programs that work. Yet, Gov. Rick Perry opposes federal funding for programs that require evidence of...
School should not have suspended gay student for kissing another boy
When teens reach high school, they can expect to go through several rites of passage such as a first kiss, a first date and a first boyfriend or girlfriend. However, one Corpus Christi school...
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Sensory overload
The internet is a bounty of information, images and video that can be accessed anywhere and any time. The only downside to all the wealth of information is the unbelievably easy access to pornography. The...