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A cool Tuesday morning in September, Dunamis Flux Ross was working concrete with a handful of others in south Minneapolis. Suddenly, a woman from across the street ran out of her house to the group of working men. She cried out to them, asking if they had heard the news: […]
Twenty years later, Rich Pyres still remembers the beeping sound his pager made on his day off on Sept. 11, 2001. As a special agent for the FBI, pages were a routine part of his job. But, this page was different. “We used the code 911 for an emergency, and […]
On Sept. 11, 2001, the most tragic event this country has ever seen took the lives of 2,996 Americans, all of which were sons and daughters, and many of which were parents themselves. As parents, we never want to see the day where our child is removed suddenly and tragically […]
Nearly twenty years after the events of Sept. 11, 2001, the memories witnessed from that Tuesday morning continue to affect many of the nation’s people as the levels of fear and uncertainty have increased in recent weeks. “[I was] working at North Fourth St. in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. I was a […]
On Feb. 25 of this year, the Equality Act was passed by the House of Representatives and will move on next to the Senate. This bill, as summarized on Congress.gov, “prohibits discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity in areas including public accommodations and facilities, education, federal funding, […]
Panamanian youth fiercely protested after a Feb. 10 National Assembly of Panama report revealed that more than a dozen government-funded foster care homes covered up years of psychological, physical and sexual abuse towards children and teenagers—perpetrated by their caretakers. The report revealed that in around 14 shelters—under the supervision and […]
You Asked! is the column where the Center for Healthy Relationships (CHR) answers. Please send your questions to chr@jbu.edu or text 479-308-8508 Q: How do I get my siblings to understand that I’m busy and not always available to take a call? You know how it goes. You’re sitting in […]
A necessity for some low-income households has transformed into the go-to fashion sense for Generation Z. Thrift stores are needed for communities to thrive and provide clothing for people who could otherwise not afford to buy new items of clothing for their families. Nationwide, popular thrift stores, such as Goodwill, […]
COVID-19 has affected the education world drastically during the last year—online classes, social distancing, a decrease in the length of the school year and cancelation of most of the activities that go hand-in-hand with educational programs. With some of these more obvious consequences, it has been easy to forget a […]
As the COVID-19 pandemic ravages the world, John Brown University recently modified its chapel services to accommodate the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Arkansas Department of Health guidelines. JBU seeks to provide students with spiritual fulfillment during their college experience, despite the crises of the coronavirus and inclement […]