Weekly Perspective

   We present a special edition courtesy the team at Global Citizen on all our key platforms on ways to help Ukraine:

On this Black History Month in the United States, we remember and honor all who have contributed to America as we present a curation of thoughts:    “I’m a revolutionary at heart now, and I’ve got to run, even though it might be the downfall of my career,” Shirley Chisholm declared in 1972.  The first woman to mount a serious, nationwide campaign for the Democratic nomination for president , Chisholm is still revered today for her fearlessness, tenacity, and progressive platform. Below, you’ll find five pieces that honor Chisholm and other important figures in Black history and contemporary life, including Greg Tate, Martin Luther King Jr., and the African and Caribbean immigrants who risk their lives in search of safer and brighter futures. Honoring Shirley Chisholm and the History She Made 50 Years Ago “It was because of Shirley Chisholm, I am, and because of Shirley Chisholm, Kamala Harris is,” said Representative Barbara Lee in a tribute to the trailblazing visionary. JOHN NICHOLS

  Please enjoy a set of #RandomThoughts:

  February 2022 Sponsored by The Doughboy Foundation, a bugler in World War I uniform sounds Taps every evening at 5 p.m., seven days a week, rain or shine, at the National World War I Memorial in Washington, DC. Planning is in progress for a live stream of Daily Taps on YouTube, with the ability to honor specific veterans, groups or organizations for that day, week, or month. Click on this image to learn more, and find out how you can support this effort, and help ensure that this daily tradition will continue at the National World War I Memorial in perpetuity. Contrasting lives: WWI Black Veterans Everett Johnson and Robert Chase Battery E, 349th Field Artillery Commander Lieutenant Everett Warren Johnson (1896-1964) and one of the non-commissioned officers in his unit, Sergeant Robert Chase (1891-1958), entered the war from similar backgrounds. Johnson volunteered for an officer training program and Chase was drafted, but they fought on the same battlefield and chose similar post-wa