Articles on PR for People

A Divided Country

Annie Searle

July 21, 2021

Annie Searle writes about A Divided Country. A significant number of Americans continue to believe that the presidential election was “stolen” from former President Trump and that the current administration is bogus. What does that mean for the rest of us?

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Books

Suppose a Sentence by Brian Dillon

Patricia Vaccarino

July 18, 2021

I’m happy to announce that I’ve read my snob book for the year. This brilliant collection of essays had me hungering for the lunatic-fringe side of writing.

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World Views

PR for People® THE CONNECTOR – JULY 2021

Patricia Vaccarino

July 15, 2021

This is our beauty issue. We offer the works of several fine writers who take us on a journey to think about the world we live in.

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Arts & Culture

The Tree, the Bird and the Art

Patricia Vaccarino

July 14, 2021

The first line of John Keats’ poem "Endymion" has long been quoted by pundits and other poets. "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever," wrote Keats. But I wonder if beauty provides lasting joy? I often think of beauty as something we experience in the moment.

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Politics

The Party of Fear vs Party of Hope

Nick J. Licata

July 12, 2021

Both the Democrat and Republican parties employ Fear and Hope messaging in marketing their campaigns.

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Books

Books We Love: Along Comes A Saint – Dorothy Day

Patricia Vaccarino

July 05, 2021

The story of Dorothy Day's life reveals the paradoxical struggle between her profound loneliness and intense joy. The two emotions of loneliness and joy are never at cross purposes and instead hang in the balance, protected by the bliss of knowing God.

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African American

Can Critical Race Theory Reframe American History Successfully?

Nick J. Licata

June 28, 2021

For the first time in four decades, we have a new national holiday, the Juneteenth National Independence Day. It celebrates the liberation of Black American slaves from the last city enslaving them in Galveston, Texas.

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Politics

Building Back Better: U.S. Department of Labor

Barbara McMichael

June 25, 2021

Barbara Lloyd McMichael’s monthly column examines the history of key government agencies and how they are “Building Back Better” under the Biden Administration.

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Politics

Coming Up For Air

Annie Searle

June 23, 2021

As we come up for air and look around, it is clear that the COVID-19 pandemic is not nearly over. Just yesterday the president pledged a half a billion doses to marginalized countries, matched by other members of the G7, as new variants of the virus appear.

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Education

Libraries We Love – Job Seeking? Go to your local library!

Patricia Vaccarino

June 20, 2021

Each month, we profile a library: Large, small, urban, rural, post-modern, quaint or neo-classic. This month Patricia Vaccarino writes about the many ways that libraries provide resources to people searching for jobs.