Amersfoort, Netherlands In the exactly six weeks since I visited organizers of the national health funds campaign in Holland, the campaign has continued to explode. When I first sat down with them at that time they had about 40,000 responses to their campaign with a little more than half asking for tool-kits to take …
More Sports Protests Matter
Amersfoort, Netherlands Colin Kaepernick, who is now a backup quarterback for the National Football League’s San Francisco 49ers, refused to stand for the national anthem at an exhibition game between his team and the Green Bay Packers. He said he was sitting in protest to the way the nation is dealing with race and in …
Katrina at 11 Years
New Orleans On the Katrina anniversary this year, I’m flying out of the country for two weeks to work in the Netherlands, Germany, and Canada. It wasn’t so long ago that this was a no-fly, must-be-home day because there were commemorations, volunteer projects, and other events that noted the progress or lack of it in …