Archive for the 'September 11' Category

"Mixed bag" for US Muslims since 9/11

Indiana Muslims have emerged from their mosques and private lives in the 10 years since the Sept. 11 attacks to become more visible members of their communities. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) It was a Tuesday evening in August 2010 when a 21-year-old art By Kelly Heyboer/ The Star-Ledger Enlarge Tim Hawk Devon Rodak, 15, gets her [...]

All-Out Security Effort for 9/11 Events in City

This post sketches out some of the ways the events of 9/11 altered time-consciousness and temporal rhetoric in the public sphere and follows how the attacks continue to frame the subjective experience of temporality. Lawmakers have had plenty on their plate since the Sept. 11 attacks. Three wars. A Wall Street meltdown. A mortgage meltdown. [...]

Progressive Christians join controversy over excluding clergy at 9/11 event

7: New York Yankees' Nick Swisher, left, greets Congressional Medal of Honor awardee Sgt. 1st Class Leroy Petry, second from left, with former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, during ceremonies to honor the 10-year anniversary of September 11, By Dan Gilgoff, CNN (CNN) – A handful of progressive Christian leaders are joining the mostly conservative [...]

Consume or Create, On 9/11 Social Media Offers Both Options

By Dan Gilgoff, CNN (CNN) – A handful of progressive Christian leaders are joining the mostly conservative chorus of religious leaders who are criticizing New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg for excluding clergy from this weekend's 9/11 commemoration Sept. 11, 2001, stands as the defining event of the 21st century. For me, 9/11 remains puzzling. It [...]

Lady Gaga, Nas Join 'I Will' 9/11 Commemoration

In each century since our nation's founding, foreign enemies have tested the strength of the American republic, our national security, and our political. With the 10th Anniversary of September 11th in five days fast approaching. I, for one, am getting tired of (or is it immune to) how every politician regardless of ideology, most every [...]

Kids of 9/11 get a voice on TV as 10th anniversary looms

The Village of Ridgewood will hold a Remembrance Ceremony at 7:30 pm on Sunday, Sept. 11. The ceremony will be held at the 9/11 Memorial Rock in Memorial Park at Van Neste Square to remember the 12 residents killed in the World Trade Center terrorist By National Football League The National Football League and the [...]

NFL, NFLPA donate $1 million to 9/11 memorials and charities

The Village of Ridgewood will hold a Remembrance Ceremony at 7:30 pm on Sunday, Sept. 11. The ceremony will be held at the 9/11 Memorial Rock in Memorial Park at Van Neste Square to remember the 12 residents killed in the World Trade Center terrorist Deadline: June 19, 2011 YSA's Youth Council is partnering with [...]