Cecile Richards, a Dynamic Leader of Planned Parenthood, Dies at 67

Click Here to Read: Cecile Richards, a Dynamic Leader of Planned Parenthood, Dies at 67: She oversaw the United States’ largest provider of reproductive health care and sex education from 2006 to 2018 by By Penelope Green and Remy Tumin in the New York Times on January 20, 2025. 

President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden pose for a photo with Cecile Richards, former president of Planned Parenthood, and her husband Kirk Adams after awarding Richards the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Wednesday, November 20, 2024, in the State Dining Room of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Erin Scott)Image: The White House,  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

The Trump executive orders that threaten democracy

Click Here to Read: The Trump executive orders that threaten democracy: Amid the flurry of executive orders on Day 1, these could prove the most damaging to the republic’s health.by Zack Beauchamp on the Vox website on January 20, 2025.

IPresident Donald Trump signs an Executive Order in the Oval Office mage: Photo Credit: Official White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Jews in the Civil Rights Movement

Click Here to Read: Jews in the Civil Rights Movement: Nowhere did Jews identify themselves more forth­rightly with the liberal avant-garde than in the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s.By Howard Sachar on the My Jewish Learning website. 

 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Joachim Prinz pictured, 1963 Image: Unknown.  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.