Tag: childhood

8-Year-Old Helps Raise Money for His Favorite Waffle House Worker To Buy a Family Car

By Regina Sienra  Photo: GoFundMe Children have such pure hearts and an 8-year-old from Arkansas named Kayzen recently proved this with a truly selfless act. The young boy formed an unlikely friendship with the waitstaff at a local Waffle House in the Little Rock area, where he frequently has breakfast. In fact, he’s become good friends with his… Read More 8-Year-Old Helps Raise Money for His Favorite Waffle House Worker To Buy a Family Car

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New Zealand Māori life captured by famed photographer Ans Westra – picture essay

Westra, who died last week, was among New Zealand’s best-known photographers, capturing images of Māori people in the 1960s that drew controversy as well as acclaim by Cornell Tukiri As a Māori and a documentary photographer, I often seek out images of our people from the past. I ask myself: what has been captured? When I read that… Read More New Zealand Māori life captured by famed photographer Ans Westra – picture essay

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Afghanistan: single women and widows are struggling to find their next meal under Taliban restrictions

Jamila*, a widow living in Herat, lost her husband in a suicide attack about eight years ago. She has an 18-year-old daughter who is blind and a 20-year-old son who lost both legs in a mine blast. Jamila used to be a housemaid and bake bread for people in their homes. With this income she… Read More Afghanistan: single women and widows are struggling to find their next meal under Taliban restrictions

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Schools and universities are ground zero for America’s culture war

… there is a more foundational reason why DeSantis and the far right are attacking education: it is the means by which our young people are made into citizens. Schools and universities are laboratories of aspiration, places where young people cultivate their own capacities, expose themselves to the experiences and worldviews of others, and learn… Read More Schools and universities are ground zero for America’s culture war

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‘But children are the same, In Paris or in Goettingen’: the song that made history. Will someone sing for us?

There is always music, that deathless hope First posted January 22, 2013 When Barbara sings “Dis” to an absent lover, she is not just asking when he’ll return. She is showing she can get by without him. Alone is not that bad. There are other consolations. There is always music, that deathless hope. The post-war… Read More ‘But children are the same, In Paris or in Goettingen’: the song that made history. Will someone sing for us?

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I’ve always felt a tug of sadness at Christmas – until this year

Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett A baby looking at a Christmas tree in a shopping mall in Shanghai, China, 25 December 2020. Photograph: Alex Plavevski/EPA This mad, chaotic singular year, I have felt the meaning of Christmas more than perhaps any other. I am the very essence of joy to the world, peace on earth, good tidings etc,… Read More I’ve always felt a tug of sadness at Christmas – until this year

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