"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens." - Ecclesiastes 3:1

Anti-democratic authoritarianism is on the rise–both around the world and here at home. Sometimes it is easier to recognize overseas. That’s especially true at moments like this when Vladimir Putin’s military is killing civilians in Ukraine to feed his ambitions for greater power and is crushing any effort at dissent or truth-telling in his native Russia.

“Train up a child in the way he should go, Even when he is old he will not depart from it.” - Proverbs 22:6

We keep learning more about the attack on the U.S. Capitol. And we keep learning more about the many schemes former President Donald Trump and his team tried to use to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

There’s never a second time to make a first impression, so you had better make that first impression a good one.

President Joe Biden is about to name the first Black woman ever nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court—in fact, he may have already done so by the time you read this. Based on the Black women President Biden has chosen to serve as federal judges, we know that the nominee will be brilliant. And we know she will be committed to a “justice for all” approach to the Constitution.  

“All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.” - John 1:3

MIAMI, FL – Lauding the focus of International Women’s Day on “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow”, Nicola Madden-Greig, President of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA), said the United Nations theme was particularly apt as COVID-19 wanes in the region because of the special role played by women in guiding Caribbean hospitality and tourism through the pandemic.

It is with profound joy that I write these words today: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has been nominated to become our nation’s first Black woman Supreme Court Justice. From a pool of outstanding Black women attorneys, jurists and legal scholars, President Biden has chosen Judge Jackson for her stellar credentials and brilliant legal mind. We are overjoyed by this nomination; now the Senate needs to move quickly to confirm her.

For many children, school is their safe haven — the place they can get a hot meal, access computers for homework, and find social-emotional support. School Social Workers (SSWs) play a vital role by providing that support in schools and other educational settings to offer students services that enhance their emotional well-being, improve their academic performance, and help support families, staff and the school community.

KINGSTON, Jamaica -“Raise a son, and you will raise a man, raise a girl and you will raise a nation”. A World Bank report underlines the truth of this adage. It shows that increasing female labor market income contributed to a 30 percent reduction in extreme poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean.

“Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!” - Psalm 133:1