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President Obama: “We don’t have to be imprisoned by the past”

July 1, 2015 JanF 4

From the White House: President Obama Delivers a Statement on Cuba PRESIDENT OBAMA: More than 54 years ago, at the height of the Cold War, the United States closed its embassy in Havana. Today, I […]

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Cherry Point Aquatic Reserve and Point Whitehorn Marine Reserve

June 29, 2015 RonK 4

This diary may seem a bit disjointed but each part is in fact related and I hope of interest to this group. Each of the components emanates from a beautiful beach and pertains to various […]

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SCOTUS Watch – Monday, June 29th – UPDATE: AZ redistricting win, Death drug loss, EPA back to drawing board

June 29, 2015 JanF 8

June is SCOTUS Decision month, when all eyes turn to the Supreme Court for rulings on the cases argued this term (before the court adjourns on June 30th for the summer). The calendar normally calls […]

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President Obama: “We must not allow ourselves to slip into comfortable silence again”

June 27, 2015 JanF 14

From the White House: President Obama travels to the College of Charleston in South Carolina to deliver a eulogy for Reverend Clement Pinckney and 8 other congregation members of Emanuel AME who were killed on […]

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“The perpetrator has been arrested, but the killer is still at large,” said Rev. William Barber

June 26, 2015 Denise Velez 11

Reverend Doctor William Barber II, President of the North Carolina NAACP and a leader of the Moral Mondays Movement was interviewed by Amy Goodman on Democracy Now!, about the massacre of the Charleston 9, and […]

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SCOTUS Watch – Friday, June 26th – UPDATE: Court rules that same-sex marriage is a right

June 26, 2015 JanF 15

June is SCOTUS Decision month, when all eyes turn to the Supreme Court for rulings on the cases argued this term (before the court adjourns on June 30th for the summer). The calendar normally calls […]

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SCOTUS Watch – Thursday, June 25th – UPDATED: ACA Wins! Fair Housing Wins!

June 25, 2015 JanF 8

June is SCOTUS Decision month, when all eyes turn to the Supreme Court for rulings on the cases argued this term (before the court adjourns on June 30th for the summer). The calendar calls for […]

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The beautiful quilt of blackness

June 23, 2015 Denise Velez 7

I look at Romare Bearden’s “Patchwork Quilt” and I see blackness that is a beautiful collage, a fabric stitched together made up of many parts which have a deep spiritual meaning that many people want […]

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SCOTUS Watch – Monday, June 22nd – UPDATED

June 22, 2015 JanF 10

June is SCOTUS Decision month, when all eyes turn to the Supreme Court for rulings on the cases argued this term (before the court adjourns on June 30th for the summer). The calendar calls for […]

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President Obama: “I refuse to act as if this is the new normal”

June 20, 2015 JanF 11

The president spoke at the U.S. Conference of Mayors in San Francisco on Friday. One of the topics was gun violence. PRESIDENT OBAMA: Obviously, the entire country has been shocked and heartbroken by what happened […]

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The winter solstice “occurs exactly when the Earth’s axial tilt is farthest away from the sun at its maximum of 23° 26′. Though the winter solstice lasts only a moment in time, the term is [...]

Entering the Quiet Time as We Leaf the Light Behind

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An equinox occurs twice a year, when the tilt of the Earth’s axis is inclined neither away from nor towards the Sun, the Sun being vertically above a point on the Equator. The latitudes +L [...]
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“Give Thanks for the Blessings”

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Happy Lammas!! Hey, wait just a minute! Those are happy llamas … which is not the same thing at all! Today is August 1st, the pagan holiday of Lammas or First Harvest. It is the [...]
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Summer Sunning!

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Later today, we mark the Summer Solstice. Astronomically, it looks like this: The Summer Solstice occurs exactly when the Earth’s axial tilt is most inclined towards the sun at its maximum of 23° 26′. The [...]
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April Showers are Bringing May Flowers!

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At Winter Solstice, the light begins to return – gradually, the memory of the long nights fades until the light and dark are equal on Spring Equinox. From that point on,  the light returns more [...]

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