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Rosa Parks Honored with Statue in Capitol

Posted on 02/27/2013 by | General News | Comments

Bulletin Today | LegacyBy Suzanne Gamboa of The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Rosa Parks is famous for her 1955 refusal to give up her seat on a city bus in Alabama to a white man, but there’s plenty about the rest of her experiences that she deliberately withheld from her family. While Parks and her husband, Raymond, were childless, her brother, the late Sylvester McCauley, had 13 children. They decided Parks’ nieces and nephews didn’t need to know the horrible details surrounding …

One Small Voice of Change

Posted on 10/17/2012 by | AARP Blog Author | Comments

UncategorizedFelice Shapiro is a writer, entrepreneur, and publisher as well as the founder of Better After 50, a weekly online magazine. In addition to being a teacher and avid runner, hiker, and yogi, she is an AARP contributor. So bright-eyed and passionate, Malala. Her small voice may hopefully become the ammunition that helps defeat the Taliban’s ban on a girl’s right to be educated. Is she too small, too alone and too wounded to effect change?  Apparently not! On October 9, 2012, …

The Takeaway: Florida Retirees Protest Demise of U.S. Postal Service

Posted on 03/27/2012 by | Brooklyn, NY | Comments

News RoundupsNalcrest is a haven for retired mail carriers, and they’re “delivering a first-class protest” against the demise of the U.S. Postal Service.

More Than Just a Number

Posted on 09/8/2010 by | AARP Blog Author | Comments

Money & SavingsMembers of Congress will be returning to Washington DC next week after a month-long recess. How about we give them a nice welcome-back present? AARP is delivering photos to Congress to show them the faces of real people who are counting on them to protect Social Security from unfair cuts. Add your face to our photo petition and show Congress one more reason why they must fight to strengthen Social Security: YOU. It’s easy and only takes a minute! It’s …

Honoring Dorothy Height, Civil Rights Pioneer

Posted on 04/21/2010 by | Archived Contributor | Comments

PoliticsDorothy Height was a hero. The leader of the civil rights movement who played an essential role in several of the achievements the movement made for equality in the 50s and 60s, passed away yesterday. Her work for racial equality and women’s rights will not be forgotten. Check out the video below honoring her memory, and read more about this extraordinary woman’s life here. http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/24025409001?isVid=1