Many around the world are still in shock after Wednesday’s terrorist attack at the offices of Charlie Hebdo, a satirical weekly in Paris, France. Ten journalists and two police officers are confirmed dead. Ryan Broderick at Buzzfeed compiled 23 cartoons created by artists around the world who are mourning and paying tribute to the journalists […]
Zoe Cicatelli is a 16-year-old feminist. She is the daughter of a dear friend. I asked for her opinion of a novel I am working on about a teen who chooses to have an abortion. Our conversations revealed that this young woman is very intelligent and savvy. She penned this piece and sent it to […]
U2 frontman Bono posted a 6000+ word message on the band’s website Thursday detailing, among other subjects, his bike crash from November. The message, entitled “LITTLE BOOK OF A BIG YEAR Bono’s A to Z of 2014” begin with a brief explanation of the bike crash and the following notation: |It’s January 1, 8pm. I […]
I would like to begin by noting that while I would not ever call myself “pro-police,” I am certainly not anti-police. That being said, I am disgusted by this weekend’s spectacle by officers at the funeral of slain NYPD officer Rafael Ramos. We have written a lot about the Westboro Baptist Church since the creation […]
Jaden Ramos, the 13-year-old son of Rafael Ramos, one of the two NYPD officers shot to death in their cruiser on Saturday, has posted a heartbreaking goodbye to his father on Facebook. In the first message, Ramos writes “This is the worst day of my life.” Then seven minutes later he continued in an additional […]