by Annamarya Scaccia Published on RH Reality Check, June 4, 2013 – 2:16 pm On June 23 of last year, Lakisha Briggs’ ex-boyfriend, Wilbert Bennett, went to find the 33-year-old mother of two at her house in Norristown, Pennsylvania, which she rented with a Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Section 8 voucher. Bennett, …
When Mallory Barker learned she was pregnant, it should have been cause for celebration. Instead, she found herself unemployed. The story goes like this: In late August 2011, Barker’s aunt, Cindy Safstrom, hired the 20-something college student and sometimes nanny as a part-time after school arts and crafts instructor at the prestigious University School of …
The Collective Empowerment Group and Prince George’s County Police Host Gun Buy Back Event to Curb Community Violence By Annamarya Scaccia Between 2000 and 2006, Prince George’s County made up for 1014 violent deaths caused by a firearm—or 169 deaths per year—making it the second highest number of fatalities in the 24-county state, according to the Centers for Disease Control …
(Written for annamaryas.com – Posted by Annamarya Scaccia) Did You Miss This? To be confined to a wheelchair for most, if not all, of your life can seem unimaginable. But it’s a reality 1 in 3,500 boys born with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) each year have to face. This is the case for 11-year-old Max and …
by Annamarya Scaccia February 20, 2013 – 8:47 am As of last week, the Philadelphia Board of Health has avowed it will firmly stand behind the right to comprehensive reproductive health and abortion care. The proclamation came in the form of a resolution adopted last week calling on the federal government, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett, and the state’s …
Actress Caroline Clay Discusses “Let It Flo,” Her New One-Woman Show About Late Feminist, Activist and Lawyer Florynce Kennedy By Annamarya Scaccia/Photos by Sheila Peake When Caroline Clay was first introduced to Florynce “Flo” Kennedy over a year ago, she wasn’t familiar with her legacy. She didn’t know Kennedy was the second African American woman to graduate from …
By Annamarya Scaccia February 03, 2013 Annamarya Scaccia spoke to a gang rape survivor about her experience and how the current conversation to stop the violence needs more male voices. (Warning: Post contains a graphic, detailed account of a sexual assault.) The assaults happened throughout the year. In the hallways, the gym, the classrooms. Sometimes …
By Annamarya Scaccia Annamarya Scaccia tells the story of James, a former Marine who was drugged and raped by an older woman when he was 19 years old. James Landrith was 19 years old when he was raped. He met his friend at a club he frequented near Camp Lejeune, the North Carolina base where …
Through Need People U Trust, Inc., Andre Gore Helps the County’s Homeless Take Their Lives Back By Annamarya Scaccia/Photos by Sheila Peake Homelessness is a reality Andre Gore knows all too well. In 1998, Gore found himself in a “situation,” reluctant to ask his family for help. So the Washington, D.C. native checked into a motel, …
By Annamarya Scaccia A New Jersey couple shares how their marriage came to the brink of divorce, but bounced back after learning how to channel the trauma of childhood sexual abuse. There’s something exceptional between Rhett Hackett and his wife, Sheryl. Together for 23 years, it’s obvious they’re dedicated to each other, even as they …
by Annamarya Scaccia July 26, 2012 – 8:49am – RH Reality Check The Defeat of the Abington Hospital Merger in Pennsylvania When Rita Poley created the “Stop the Abington Hospital Merger” Facebook page [25], she had no idea what would happen next. For the 69-year-old Elkins Park, Pa. resident, it was a way to connect with other …
Prince George’s African American Museum & Cultural Center Hosts Afro-Brazilian Artists for a Mural Project Reflecting African American History in Prince George’s County and the Americas By Annamarya Scaccia Art is more than the width of a brush stroke or the hues of a color palette. It’s more than the end result—more than the stunning imagery …
Published on RH Reality Check – Monday, February 27, 2012 The Obama Administration’s recently-announced accommodation to theAffordable Care Act’s contraceptive mandate should have put any controversy to rest. After all, the mandate’s modified religious exemption rule now covers those religious organizations that initially decried it. Like houses of worship, religiously-affiliated employers, such as Catholic hospitals or Jesuit universities, …
For the Initiative Radio with Angela McKenzie – Monday, October 17, 2011 http://www.archive.org/flow/flowplayer.commercial-3.2.1.swf Information: On this week’s edition of Initiative Radio, Angela McKenzie turns things over to Annamarya Scaccia, her fellow Peter Jennings Project Fellow for Journalists and the US Constitution. Scaccia conducted four interviews that examine the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act …
New guidelines applied August 1 by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to the Affordable Care Act [15], requiring that employers include coverage of women’s preventive care, including birth control have drawn fierce opposition from the religious. The new guidelines require all new private insurance plans to cover preventive services—including, for example, breast exams and …
Published on The Daily Femme – Monday, May 16, 2011 Contributed by Annamarya Rape in the Democratic Republic of Congo is worse than previously thought, a new study released Wednesday and to be published in June by the American Journal of Public Health has found. According to the latest study, which The New York Times …
Published on The Daily Femme – Monday, Oct. 18, 2010 Contributed by Annamarya Iranian-American TV personality Rudabeh Shahbazi is a journalist with many hats. Joining Phoenix, Arizona’s ABC-15 as a multimedia journalist in March 2009, she reports, shoots, cuts and prints her own stories and web content, acting as interviewer, photographer, camera-person and editor all equally. Hers …
Next week, the U.S. House will vote on legislation that would prohibit abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. According to ThinkProgress, the ban, led by National Right to Life Committee-endorsed Representative Trent Franks (R-Az.), is based on the unscientifically-sound belief that fetuses can allegedly perceive pain at 20 weeks—four weeks shy of a woman’s constitutional … Continue reading »
Some mornings, Marc and his son, Jaxson, would ride the local transit to Starbucks. Marc would order his favorite drink and read his paper, and the two would hang out. In between the sips and play time, Marc would feed his son and change his cloth diaper. Then they would make the trek back home, … Continue reading »
Published on Monday, September 21, 2009 on Origivation’s blog. The following is an e-mail interview I conducted with Henry Rollins for my profile on X for the June issue of Origivation. It never made its way into the article, but it deserves to see the blog light of day. Enjoy! X has had a tremendous … Continue reading »
Published Saturday, November 1, 2008 on Origivation’s blog. The following is exclusive bonus content from the Henry Rollins interview in this month’s **POLITICAL ISSUE**. Henry Rollins on The West Memphis Three It was an unspeakable crime – on the afternoon on May 6, 1993, three eight-year-old cub scouts, Steve Branch, Christopher Byers and Michael Moore, were found cruelly … Continue reading »
(Written for annamaryas.com – Posted by Annamarya Scaccia) Did You Miss This? For Muslim, Native American, Jewish, Protestant and Catholic inmates in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation system, practicing their faith with a spiritual leader is relatively easy. After all, the state prison and parole organization only employs full-time and part-time chaplains of those five … Continue reading »
