The Convenient Geographical Mistake
By Yenny Delgado Europeans love geography, some of the most famed explorers that have sailed across the earth come from this relatively small part of the world. Through hard work and serendipity, these intrepid explorers were able to increase their commerce with kingdoms around the world. However, in 1492 something incredible happens, Columbus, an Italian […]
Who are Americans?
By Yenny Delgado Yazmin Juárez, a Guatemalan asylum seeker, traveled to the United States to provide a better life for herself and her daughter. After crossing into the country, she was detained by Customs and Border Enforcement. REUTERS/Erin Scott While in custody her daughter got sick from the inhumane conditions and lack of medical attention. […]
Dash American
By Yenny Delgado Yazmin Juárez, a Guatemalan asylum seeker, traveled to the United States to provide a better life for herself and her daughter. After crossing into the country, she was detained by Customs and Border Enforcement. REUTERS/Erin Scott While in custody her daughter got sick from the inhumane conditions and lack of medical attention. […]
It is not a matter of money; it is all about US hypocrisy
By Yenny Delgado The United States pays private companies approximately $775 dollars a day to hold a child in a concentration camp. Just let that sink in for a moment, every day $775 of your tax dollars are going to mistreat the descendants of Native Americans whose colonizers were Spanish and today are called “Latinos”. Credit: […]
Is the US Running Concentration Camps?
By Yenny Delgado As the days continue to go by, hundreds of children remain in the custody of the US government. These children have been forcibly separated from their parents at the border. It is painful to see these images and story, but to date, hundreds are still suffering from violence and sexual abuse by […]
Motherhood: Private or Public Decision In The United States?
On May 14, 2019, twenty-five white men in the Alabama State Senate voted in favor of The Alabama Human Life Protection Act, an anti-abortion bill, that was subsequently signed into law by Governor Kay Ivey (white women, 74 years old). This law makes abortion a crime at any stage of pregnancy, with exemptions allowed only if the […]
Trump’s smoke-screens may lead to fire
The art of distraction is a well-known trick not only for magicians but also used almost non-stop by politicians to divert the attention of the public. Without a doubt, the current inhabitant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue should be known as the Distractor in Chief as he has waged a nonstop war on all our attention spans with […]
Who lives, who dies, who tells your story: Princeton Seminary and Slavery
By Yenny Delgado I arrived at my friend house in Princeton, New Jersey a day before attending a conference organized by Princeton Theological Seminary in order to spend time catching up and to share experiences. His 4-year-old daughter Aura, welcomed me with an amazing hug as her face lit up with joy. She had been told of […]
Why Churches Are Burning?
St. Mary Baptist Church. Greater Union Baptist Church. Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church. In these three churches, scores of children were baptized, couples married, and lives celebrated and mourned. In these three churches, many of our nation’s Civil Rights activist, planned and struggled for greater freedom and equality for all citizens of the United States of […]
Mueller Report Further Reveals a Crisis in Whiteness
By Yenny Delgado The Mueller Report is clear that President Trump has worked to obstruct justice on ten distinct instances in order to cover up potential interactions with Russia since before the election and through the ensuing investigation. Despite the fact that the Former White House Counsel Don McGahn prevented the most heinous actions by not […]
April 15th – Dreaded Tax Day
It’s the most horrible time of the year… The pollen is rising, and for those who suffer allergies it is hard, but for everyone the federal tax collectors are again knocking at our doors. Right now, from Alabama to Wyoming millions of US residents and citizens are going through their shoe boxes, searching for 990-INT […]