Miss America 2018 Cara Mund wants to be the first female governor of North Dakota. (Matt Boyd Photography) Miss America 2018 Cara Mund is grateful to be a pageant winner in this day and age. “It’s a great honor to be Miss America during this time because we are advocating for women to have a voice,” Mund told Fox News. “We are advocating for equal rights. And that’s something that’s been part of Miss America since it started." The 24-year-old, who participated as Miss North Dakota, was crowned in 2017 in Atlantic City. She now hopes to show Americans how empowering it is to be part of a non-profit organization that’s recognized as a leading advocate for women’s education, as well as the largest provider of scholarship assistance in the country. "The organization started in the 1920s during a time when women were getting the right to vote. Women were becoming more politically active and joining the workforce. And here we are … [Read more...] about Miss America 2018 Cara Mund gets candid on her political dreams
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Shashi Tharoor: India’s Rejection Of The Taj Mahal And The Politics Of Hate Towards Muslims
Opinion India The Taj Mahal is India’s most magnificent piece of architecture. Built nearly four centuries ago by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan as a mausoleum for his beloved wife, who had borne him thirteen children and died in the process of producing the fourteenth, it attracts tens of millions of tourists and is by far the country’s most-photographed building. The exquisite marble monument to love was hailed by India’s only winner of the Nobel Prize for literature, Rabindranath Tagore, as "a teardrop on the cheek of Time." But the Taj now has other reasons for tears. Its gleaming white surface is yellowing as a result of rampant air pollution from factories and small businesses around it, as well as the Mathura refinery not far away. Repairs are needed so frequently that scaffolding often obscures its famous minarets. There has been a 35 per cent drop in foreign tourists from the 743,000 who went there in 2012 to the 480,000 tourists who came in 2015. The … [Read more...] about Shashi Tharoor: India’s Rejection Of The Taj Mahal And The Politics Of Hate Towards Muslims
DiFranco talks politics, music ahead of show
Last year Ani DiFranco released "Binary," the 19th studio album in a storied musical career. When DiFranco comes to White Eagle Hall in Jersey City on June 12, it will be as part of her "Rise Up" tour. One of her partners on the tour is EMILY's List, a political action committee dedicated to helping get women candidates elected to office who are pro-choice -- a part of their vision for "a government that reflects the people it serves," according to their website. "For me, the whole EMILY's List thing is about inclusion," DiFranco tells The Jersey Journal. "It's about democracy as a verb, this thing we have to keep doing to make it real. I've been encouraging people to vote and exercise their franchise for many years. I think voting is so essential to living in a living democracy, and also EMILY's List goes one step further -- to encouraging candidacy." DiFranco, who is on the EMILY's List creative council, says that in addition to voting people should consider running for office … [Read more...] about DiFranco talks politics, music ahead of show
Tomi Lahren got the absence of political correctness she always wished for
Right wing folks like this woman and Trump have been complaining about political correctness for years. They go on and on about not wanting to have to be politically correct. Here’s the kicker: What Lahren experienced at that restaurant was what she’s been asking for for years. If she doesn’t have to be politically correct, than neither do any of us. Political correctness is just another way of saying “common decency”. Since it’s obvious she doesn’t want to be civil in a civil society, then she shouldn’t expect that people will be civil to her. Moral of the story: Be careful what you wish for. … [Read more...] about Tomi Lahren got the absence of political correctness she always wished for
Bernie Sanders political group sees 2nd departure, sparking concerns about racial tensions
A second top official of Our Revolution, a group inspired by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, resigned Wednesday after complaining the group was insensitive to Latinos, a report said. (Associated Press) A second founding board member of a progressive group inspired by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ failed 2016 presidential run resigned Wednesday, raising concerns of a racial strain within the organization, a report said. Our Revolution former co-vice chair Catalina Velasquez, an undocumented immigrant and transgender activist, said she left the group because it was insensitive to Latino and immigrant issues. The departure fueled worries of tension between Latinos and African-Americans within the group, Politico reported. “For the past month, we have been fighting divisive narratives targeting immigrants and pinning us against other oppressed peoples,” Velasquez wrote in a letter she posted on Twitter. “I have faced this with little to no support from … [Read more...] about Bernie Sanders political group sees 2nd departure, sparking concerns about racial tensions