by Drick Boyd | Oct 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
Description: While President Trump is using his Border Wall and the Caravan of Migrants coming through Mexico as political talking points, the Caravan and the Wall represent a reality of poverty and suffering we can not and dare not ignore. President Trump has sought...
by Drick Boyd | Jul 3, 2018 | Featured
This week the threatened tariffs from Canada, China, and the European Union that were initiated in response to the U.S tariffs initiated by #45 have gone into effect. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is protesting, the stock markets are wavering, and at least one...
by Drick Boyd | Jun 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
Dear Attorney General Sessions, I was deeply offended by your recent letter in the Philadelphia Inquirer criticizing Philadelphia for being a “sanctuary city,’ and even more, I was outraged at the way you characterized undocumented immigrants as “criminal aliens.” You...
by Drick Boyd | Jun 30, 2017 | Uncategorized
For the past several years on or around the Fourth of July, I have made a practice of re-reading portions of Frederick Douglass’ famous July 5, 1852 speech in Rochester, NY entitled “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” Speaking at the height of a...
by Drick Boyd | Sep 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
I have been watching with horror and anticipation the drama that has been unfolding with the refugees from the Syrian civil war seeking refuge in Europe. I could not fathom what it would have been like for a Hungarian law enforcement officer to have to push people...