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Posted September 27th, 2010 by Homa Tavangar
When President Obama spoke with NBC’s Matt Lauer today as part of the Education Nation series, the fact that our schools desperately need more and smarter investments made the headlines – rightly so. But another issue was buried in the conversation: Parents need to be held accountable for their children’s learning. The President admitted that [...]
Posted September 15th, 2010 by Homa Tavangar
With all the talk of “Restoring Honor” and taking back our country, I’ve been thinking a lot about the changes in America that feel so threatening to some. We are living through revolutions in just about every sphere of life. Some revolutions can be terrific. Like the American Revolution. Or the technological revolution that enabled [...]
Posted September 8th, 2010 by Homa Tavangar
“I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it’s the spirit.” -Kahlil Gibran It’s that time of year when important holidays from major world faiths converge, we’re about to mark another anniversary of 9/11, and those [...]
Posted August 22nd, 2010 by Homa Tavangar
Forty-seven percent of Black American males graduate from high school in the U.S. In other words, the majority of black boys are not graduating from high school in the United States of America. The 47% takes all states into account, from Maine, with a 98% graduation rate, to New York, with just 25% of black [...]
Posted August 16th, 2010 by Homa Tavangar
My family and I have just returned from an unforgettable vacation, which, given the firestorm in the U.S. press, I’m a little embarrassed to admit, and feel I need to justify: We went to Spain – at the same time as Michelle and Sasha Obama and girlfriends, and to many of the same spots (though [...]
Posted July 26th, 2010 by Homa Tavangar
I received an email today from the Tahirih Justice Center, an outstanding non-profit organization dedicated to protecting immigrant women and girls fleeing violence, about critical upcoming legislation that every mom will care about. The International Violence Against Women Act (I-VAWA), groundbreaking bipartisan legislation that will dedicate US resources and leadership to fight violence against women [...]
Posted July 13th, 2010 by Homa Tavangar
The euphoria of the final World Cup match is over and so many people around the world don’t know what to do with themselves. Summer 2010 has been marked by one nation after another facing off in the stunning World Cup, with the entire world (especially the Americans, more than ever before in the game’s [...]
Posted July 1st, 2010 by Homa Tavangar
As the U.S. gears up for the 4th of July, today, July 1, is Canada Day. Many of us look with admiration to our northern neighbors for their progressive healthcare system which offers universal coverage at lower costs and won’t force a family to bankruptcy if someone gets really sick. In honor of Canada’s birthday, [...]
Posted June 11th, 2010 by Homa Tavangar
Soccer is the world’s game and can connect us with a world community. Given the dominance of the sport in so many American communities, it’s likely you are or have been, a soccer mom. For one month every four years it culminates in the World Cup, this June 11-July 11 – when we’re all soccer [...]
Posted May 23rd, 2010 by Homa Tavangar
Parents reading this blog are likely to care about their kids’ caring about the world. This can get tricky, though. We don’t want to scare them, overburden them, or turn them off. I was so happy with the way writer Heidi Stevens conveyed some important points on this topic – I thought it was worth [...]
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