I blush as I write this (well, not really) but things are going well at the University of Georgia, the nation’s oldest state-chartered university, located in Athens, the Classic City of the South. UGA President Jere Morehead’s State of the University address notes among other positives that U.S. News and World Report ranks my alma mater in the top 20 (#15) of all public universities in the nation.
I blush as I write this (well, not really)
but things are going well at the University of Georgia, the nation’s oldest
state-chartered university, located in Athens, the Classic City of the South.
I blush as I write this (well, not really) but things are going well at the University of Georgia, the nation’s oldest state-chartered university, located in Athens, the Classic City
Amend: The Fight for America.
The Netflix docuseries, executive produced by Wilmore and
Will Smith, combines the comedian’s love of history (he refers to himself as a “history nerd”) and entertainment to tell the beautiful, complicated story of the 14th Amendment. While the series delves into slavery, Reconstruction and the Civil Rights Movement,
Amend also focuses on women rights, marriage equality and immigration–a decision Wilmore says was purposeful.
“When I first talked to Will Smith about this, who called me in to help him with the creative, this really wasn’t made [just] for Black Americans,” the talk show host told
Remember when Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick went on Fox News last March and suggested older Americans should sacrifice themselves for the economy during the pandemic? Let s get back to living, he said. Let s be smart about it. And those of us who are seventy-plus, we ll take care of ourselves, but don t sacrifice the country.
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the number of intergenerational family households in the U.S. |
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His comments sparked an immediate backlash. But remarks like those have also given momentum to a perspective embraced by a disturbing number of scholars and members of the media commentariat: Segregate those over 60 or 65, since they re at greatest risk of dying from the coronavirus, and let the younger generations go about their business.