For Survivor Descendants, the Past is Prologue
In this plague season, a psychologist charts the reactions of those whose parents and grandparents survived the Shoah. When I see the long lines at the supermarket, I am reminded…
In this plague season, a psychologist charts the reactions of those whose parents and grandparents survived the Shoah. When I see the long lines at the supermarket, I am reminded…
The number of jobs lost due to the coronavirus shutdown continue to mount, with the latest weekly total of Americans applying for unemployment benefits coming in at nearly 3 million, yet again. The latest…
A Black Vermont homeowner was stopped and told "to leave the state" when other motorists spotted New York license plates on his vehicle, Vermont State Police told NBC News. The…
https://vimeo.com/493426832 Yaar is a young Israeli living in Berlin, refusing being a Jew. He accuses his father of suffering from the Holocaust although he never experienced it firsthand. In order…
In the Midwest, against the backdrop of the opioid epidemic and rising incarceration rates, three women face the challenges of mothering their children from prison. With poignant sensitivity, this film…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrihvquCpt4 Kendra Mylenchuk Potter was adopted into a white family and raised with no knowledge of her Native parentage. Serving as both investigator and witness, this beautifully personal film documents Kendra on…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUWX4VkLSG4 This breathtakingly honest and brave documentary follows 26-year-old musician Stan Walker as he fights a rare cancer caused by a genetic mutation that has killed 25 members of his…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwaubhU9v18 Global citizens, and interfaith leaders from around the world come together as one family in unity to support a world free of nuclear weapons. Written by Pato Banton and…
The virus arrived on the reservation in early March, when late winter winds were still blowing off the mesas and temperatures at dawn were often barely above freezing. It was…
Editor's Note: Derrick Johnson is the president and CEO of the NAACP, America's largest civil rights organization. Follow him on Twitter @DerrickNAACP. The views expressed in this commentary are those…