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Recommended Reading and Week in Review

October 28, 2018 by WendyB

Last December, Kali Holloway shared a “15-point guide to surviving authoritarianism” originally published by Polish journalist and activist Martin Mycielski days after Trump’s inauguration. Read the post now to see how accurate Mycielski’s predictions of the Trump regime’s behaviors were. But don’t lose heart! As Mycielski said: ” … be strong, fight, endure, and remember…

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Filed Under: week in review Tagged With: authoritariamism, mass shooting, on tyranny, synagogue massacre, terrorism

September 11, 2017: “We Go Higher”

September 11, 2017 by WendyB

On September 11, 2001, 3,051 children ages 18 and under lost a parent during the coordinated terrorist attacks on the U.S. Those parents were in the airplanes that were turned into weapons, in the World Trade Center, and in the Pentagon. Some of their children now want to tell a story of hope through a…

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Filed Under: 9/11, In the News Tagged With: September 11 attacks, terrorism

15 Years After 9/11: The Story of Rick Rescorla

September 11, 2016 by WendyB

On the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, I recommend that you read (or re-read) the 2002 New Yorker story by James B. Stewart called, “The Real Heroes Are Dead.” It’s about an English-born Vietnam veteran named Rick Rescorla, who became the director of security for Morgan Stanley, a financial firm based in the…

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Filed Under: 9/11, In the News Tagged With: 2001, 9/11, terrorism, trade center, twin towers, World Trade Center, wtc

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