Joshua Manene
Joshua Manene was born in La Grande, Oregon in 1992 to his parents, Tolio and Ponciana Clanry. He grew up in Oregon until 2006, when his parents moved back to the Marshall Islands to become…
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Rev. Jim Parrish, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Fayetteville
Io̧kwe! Hello! I’m Rev. Jim Parrish, minister for the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Fayetteville, a city in northwest Arkansas (NWA). I’ve been the pastor there for six years, and my congregation and I are involved…
COVID Vaccines To Begin Distribution in the US Mid-December
A total of 313 people – 268 American workers plus 17 Americans and 28 Marshallese expected to be released from quarantine this week – have been repatriated to the RMI through Kwajalein as of November…
First Marshallese Group to Clear Quarantine Protocol for Repatriation This Week
As soon as there was community spread of the novel coronavirus outside of Asia, the RMI closed its borders. There has been discussion and debate all year surrounding the possible repatriation of essential workers to…
270 to Win – The Electoral College and President-Elect Joe Biden
With a projected 306 electoral votes and more than 75 million votes, Joe Biden wins the election to take office as the next president and Kamala Harris as vice president of the United States. The…
Protests Outside Vote Counting Centers
The big surprise last election was the number of Midwestern states that flipped and voted for Trump after consistently voting for the Democratic candidate for six elections. Most of the Midwest voted for President Barack…
Olivia Paschal, Reporter Local to NWA
I grew up in Rogers, AR and have recently moved back. I studied history at Yale University, where I graduated in 2018. After that, I worked at The Atlantic in Washington, D.C. and I am…
A Month After the White House COVID Outbreak
Between the president’s general disdain for mask wearing and the administration’s rush to nominate and confirm another conservative justice to the Supreme Court that more than 30 people directly got sick from the virus. After a week isolated in intensive care, former governor Chris Christie regrets letting his guard down and urges people to keep keep taking precautions.
Newest Justice to Shift Balance in the U.S. Supreme Court
Last month, the United States Supreme Court announced that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had died on September 18, 2020. She had died from complications of pancreatic cancer at age 87. Her legacy not only includes…
Weddings Postponed and Downsized in 2020
I waited a very long time to meet the right person to get married. When my husband proposed to me last summer, he was eager to get married. We thought that last fall would have…
