Author: Nancy Werking Poling
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Who do I trust?
Educated and experienced journalists, particularly those at The New York Times and The Washington Post, are carrying out their responsibility to inform the American public, to bring to light what some leaders would like kept in the dark.
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White racism, my heritage
We white people get off easy by honoring MLK and Rosa Parks and the known heroes of the Civil Rights Movement. I challenge white readers to delve into books that make us uncomfortable, stories that tell the truth not only about the heroes but also about the perpetrators of racial violence. Our kin.
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Dare Americans tune out?
We live in a time when we dare not avoid information just because it depresses us, bores us, or taxes our brain. Russian interference in the 2016 election, migrant children and parents separated at the border, the opening of Alaskan wilderness to oil producers, lifetime appointments of conservative federal judges—all of these demand our informed…
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Summer Camps for Immigrant Children?
Do those speaking for the president really believe that a father and mother decide to leave relatives, their cultural and linguistic heritage, that they pack a few essential items and walk across a desert in the summer heat, all without regard for their children? Parents are often forced to make excruciating choices.
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Encountering the migrant
Empathy doesn’t come naturally to many of us. It’s easier to consider migrants as law breakers than as humanity caught in a crisis.
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Mr. Trump, meet Aunt Helen
Trump’s presidency contributes to negative images of aging. As an old lady, I resent it.
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Doin’ my part, Mr. Trump
Mr. Trump, in response to your recent tweet, I have reported “such instances [of mental disturbance] to authorities again and again.” Here is a list of my efforts so far:
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Sexual assault in a sexualized culture
Can women, by speaking truthfully of our experiences, bring about a cultural shift? Only if the media quits portraying sex as an expectation of every encounter between a man and a woman.
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I worry about Korea
Why aren’t Americans speaking out about Trump’s Korean policy? Partly because we daily have something new to react to: a new Tweet, a hurricane, a gun massacre.
Nancy Werking Poling 