The Professor’s Voice

By Dr. Randy NelsonProfessor Emeritus of EducationEditorial Contributor Children who suffer from anxiety in emotionally unsafe classrooms must always be a high priority. Schools can be a hotbed for cruelty that results in rejection,…

By Hon. Musa Hassan Bility Sitting among my colleagues and friends today, I listened to the echoes of comparison between myself and Vice President Koung—people saying that both of us are “nephews” of the people of Nimba. Normally, I…

Written in Maryland, USA. The Little Girl from Ganta It was a Saturday morning in Saclepea. I was getting ready to attend the Solidarity Rally in Ganta. The day was already heavy with plans, guests to meet, people to inspire, and…

By Musa Hassan Bility As I travel across our country, from villages to towns, from marketplaces to city centers, I see a difference. I have campaigned before, sometimes successfully, sometimes not. I have been on all sides of political…

By Musa Bility I write to you today as I travel in the United States, from the City of Brotherly Love, Philadelphia. Yet though I am far away, my heart remains in Saclepea. My reflections, my burdens, and my commitments still rise from…

By Rep. Musa Hassan Bility Mr. President, There are moments in the life of a nation when leadership must look beyond the applause of temporary relief and ask whether the path chosen strengthens or weakens the foundation of our…

By Musa Hassan Bility The pain of weighing loyalty against principle is like carrying two stones, both heavy, but one bound to your heart. The loyal are often the ones who have walked with us through fire, who have stayed when…

By Hon. Musa Hassan Bility On a chanced morning, I woke up very early from my bed to make it on time for an interview on a local radio station in Ganta, which was also to be simulcast through all the major radio stations in Nimba. We…

By Musa Hassan Bility From the red clay roads of Saclepea, I write with a heart both heavy and strong. Heavy because I see the lengths to which the Unity Party will go in their attempt to stop me, but strong because I know who I am,…

By Musa Hassan Bility The publication of the State Department’s reports on Liberia, which I have painstakingly read, darkened my weekend. Page after page, the words leapt at me like a cold betrayal. I never saw this coming. I never…