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The Art of Minding Your Business
Social media has given everyone a platform to share their voice. You can tweet your thoughts on Twitter. You can write on someone’s wall on Facebook. You can comment under photos and or stories on Instagram. As a result of this, people have become a little too comfortable with giving their opinions on things and or people that do not concern them. I get it, your voice matters. Sure, there’s this thing called freedom of speech. But the reality is, that everything online does...
COVID Vaccine Distribution
Editor: Anita Newkirk Hackney As the coronavirus vaccine is being distributed to select groups like healthcare workers, the elderly and the working public, we are now facing more challenges with the distribution process. Although the coronavirus vaccine is being released to select groups, it is not offered to most of the public, mainly children and the unemployed. You’d think we would have been smarter with this process, but we are now facing newer Covid strains that are mutating the virus and infecting people who...
Best Gifts to Buy for Birthdays
Editor: Anita Newkirk Hackney Is anyone’s birthday coming up soon? If so, why not show your loved one you haven’t forgotten their birthday by sending a gift. There are plenty of ways to show them how much you care about them and that’s really important especially during this time of a global pandemic. Some gifts you can send could be books, care packages, games, and toys. Books Books are a good gift to offer for birthdays, depending on what type of books they want. There’s...
The Decline of Shopping Malls
Editor: Anita Newkirk Hackney Online shopping has increased tremendously in the last year due to Covid-19 and has greatly affected shopping malls. To add injury to insult, the new emerging strand of Covid 19 does not help with getting people back into our shopping malls. So, how can we pump business back into our city and town malls? That’s a tricky question especially in a pandemic that’s taking thousands of lives. Covid-19 has claimed approximately 423,192 lives and has a current total of 25.4...
Breaking the Glass Ceiling in 2021: About Damn Time!
Editor: Anita Newkirk Hackney For centuries, men have dominated the White House, until now. On January 20, 2021, Senator Kamala Harris became the first woman to take on the role as Vice President of the United States of America. In the past, women were not treated as fairly as we are today. From the late 1400’s to the 1950’s and 60’s, women’s rights weren’t even a thought. In that time and era, women were only seen as nothing more than wives, homemakers and caretakers...
Five Things For Singles To Do On Valentine’s Day
This time of year can be difficult for some singles. Maybe this is your first single Valentine’s Day since you and your ex split. Or perhaps you have been praying to God for three years straight that he will send you someone special. Or maybe you have been actively dating, and you recently found out you did not make the V-day cut. If one of these brought you to this article, I want you to know you are not alone. Studies show that there...
Best Gifts to Buy For Valentine’s Day
Editor: Anita Newkirk Hackney Valentine’s Day is coming, which means the holiday of cupids and hearts will take some of the sting out of dealing with Covid-19; however, with a new strand of the coronavirus, that might be hard to achieve. Even in the pandemic, there are plenty of ways to give gifts this Valentine’s Day. Candy Giving candy and cards has been a Valentine’s tradition since the third century of Roman times. Over time, this holiday has evolved into a 20-billion-dollar industry but...
Have a Whale Of a Year
Editor: Anita Newkirk Hackney Protecting the environment’s rights is not a hot topic as Covid-19 or what happened on January 6th, but it doesn’t mean we should ignore the problem when it is clearly the “whale” in the room. According to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), there are many underwater mammals on the endangered list. There are multiple reasons underwater mammals like blue whales, beluga whales, dolphins, and porpoises are on the endangered list such as contaminated habitations, killing them or stealing them from...
Movies to Avoid Completely
Editor: Anita Newkirk Hackney Movies are a good escape from these troubled times as Covid-19 cases continue to rise and the increased level of chaos following the events on January 6 of this year. So, why not rekindle the bond with movies like Deadpool and other timeless classics instead of watching drab movies that will either confound or disappoint the viewers? According to Bob Larkin from Best Life: “Movie critics can make or break a new release a potential success. And while picking the...
Never Stop Learning, Dreaming, and Doing
Editor: Melanie Carden Ms. Eleanor Murkey retired as Dean of The College of Lake County, Lakeshore Campus in Waukegan, Illinois, a couple of years ago. She left an affiliation with the college she has had for more than 30 years. But the impact Eleanor has had extends far beyond the walls of the college she helped construct. In her presence, you can practically feel her passion for advocacy. Her passion for helping others can be traced back to her own tumultuous childhood. She lost...
