Me We Too submitted stories | Me We Too submitted stories

The “47-Year War”: Did the U.S. Actually Start It 73 Years Ago?

A conceptual collage illustrating the history of Iranian geopolitics, featuring figures like Mohammad Mosaddegh, the Shah, and Ayatollah Khomeini, alongside symbols of foreign intervention, oil, and modern conflict.

Posted in In the News, Story | Tagged Article 5, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Britain, capitulation law, Carter, collective defense, family protection laws, General Robert Huyser, hostage crises, immunity, inequality, Iranian George Washington, islamic republic, israel, legal immunity, Man of the Year, middle east, Mohammad Mosaddegh, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, NATO, Nazi Germany, oil, Operation Ajax, Operation Epic Fury, Reza Shah Pahlavi, SAVAK, secret police, shadow war, Soviet Union, Time magazine, UN Secretary-General António Guterres, white revolution, women's rights | 1 Comment

War: The Reality Behind the Rose-Colored Glasses

As the glasses shatter, we face the bloody reality of Operation Epic Fury and the cost of impulse.

Shattered rose-colored glasses on a bloody street. Left lens reflects Tehran’s Azadi and Milad towers; right lens reflects a crying child amidst war and rubble.

Posted in In the News | Tagged 1975 Algiers Accord, 2026 winter olympics, Afghanistan, autocracy, bipartisan, casus belli, cia, constitution, dictatorship, DOGE, Donald Trump, fascism, Fox News, freedom, freedoms, george bush, Henry Kissinger, humanitarian fallout, iran, Iraq, islamic republic, israel, Jina (Mahsa) Amini, kurdish forces, Life, Nazi, Operation Epic Fury, Pakistan, Peshmerga, pete hegseth, protests, rose-colored glasses, Saddam Hussein, Shah of Iran, Shiites, Tehran, Tom Fletcher, U.N., U.N. relief, united nations, USAID, venezuela, war of impulse, War Powers Resolution, winter olympics | 1 Comment

The Price of Mercy: How the Legal System Criminalizes Being Poor

In the blurred foreground, a person is led away. On the floor in front of them lie handcuffs, a 'Delayed' bus transfer, and loose quarters. A court notice sits nearby, marked '9:00 AM' and '25 min late.'

Imagine losing your job, your apartment, and your children – not because a jury found you guilty of a crime, but because you didn’t have twelve quarters in your pocket... Continue reading

Posted in Humanity, In the News, Story | Tagged bench warrant, criminal justice reform, Emily Galvin-Almanza, Failure to Appear, hall of justice, hungry judge, junk science, Lawrence O’Donnell, ms now, Partners for Justice, potential vs threat, poverty trap, public defense, sports fan, The Last WOrd, The Price of Mercy, Today Show, uber, white privilege | 1 Comment

Right or Left? How History Decides Which Side of the Road You’re On

Driver uneasy driving on the right side of the road.

If you’ve ever landed in the UK, Australia, or Japan and felt that brief moment of panic watching cars come at you “the wrong way,” you’re not alone.

But here’s the part that surprises people: the United States and France both drive on the right – and that’s not a coincidence. In... Continue reading

Posted in Story | Tagged ambidextrous, Australia, blueprints, Britain, British colony, common man, Conestogas, defensive driving, elite, engineers, france, freight wagons, history, identity, Japan, left-handed, Napoleon, Netherlands, outlier, Poland, political survival, practical, railway, right-handed, self-defense, side of the road, South Africa, UK, united states | 1 Comment

The 2026 Billionaire Tax Act: A 5-Year Bridge to Stop the Healthcare Collapse

Split image showing a struggling mother reviewing medical bills and prescriptions beside a wealthy California skyline, illustrating economic inequality and healthcare access

Last month, the average rent for a two-bedroom apartment in California crossed $2,800, and in cities like San Francisco, that number is closer to $4,500. At the same time, a handful of people in this state added billions to their net... Continue reading

Posted in Humanity, In the News | Tagged ballot, Bernie Sanders, big beautiful bill, big ugly bill, billionaire tax, billionaire tax act, california, Eric Swalwell, federal cuts, food assistance, Gavin Newsom, healthcare, healthcare as a right, healthcare budget, medi-cal, medicaid, medicaid cuts, Medicare for All, National Wealth Tax, one big beautiful bill, one big beautiful bill act, ongoing tax, payment plan, support schools | 1 Comment

The Lion of Paris: How Abdol Hossein Sardari Saved Thousands of Jews from the Nazis

Abdol Hossein Sardari, Iranian diplomat in Nazi-occupied Paris saved Jews by issuing Iranian Passports that didn't state the person's religion

History has a habit of focusing on the loudest voices, but often, the greatest acts of heroism... Continue reading

Posted in Humanity, Story | Tagged 1979 Iranian Revolution, Abdol Hossein Sardari, Amir Abbas Hoveyda, anti-Semitic, Aryan, diplomat, Holocaust, holocaust heroes, humanity, ideology, iran, iranian history, Iranian Jews, Iranian passport, Iranian Schindler, jewish history, Jews, Jugutis, loophole, Muslim, Nazi, Oskar Schindler, Paris, Persians, pseudo-science, Schindler's list, World War II | 1 Comment

The Great Alignment: Three Paths, One Human Heart

Fat Tuesday, Lunar New Year, Ramadan, all starting on the same day after 100 years

Today is a day that hasn’t happened in a century. In a rare cosmic and cultural coincidence, Fat Tuesday, Lunar New Year, and the start... Continue reading

Posted in Humanity, In the News, Story | Tagged beads, culture, dragon dance, faith, Fat Tuesday, heritage, king cakes, Lunar New Year, Maya Angelou, prayer, pre-dawn meal, Ramadan, red envelopes, reflection | 1 Comment

Keep Hope Alive: Remembering Rev. Jesse Jackson

Collage of Martin Luther King Jr., Shirley Chisholm, Jesse Jackson, and Barack Obama symbolically passing a torch across generations, representing the progression of civil rights leadership and political change. — From King and Chisholm to Jackson to Obama – a visual torch passed across generations,... Continue reading

Posted in In the News, Story | Tagged A&P, apology, barack obama, boycotts, Chicago, civil rights, Coca-Cola, Cuba, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., economic justice, Fidel Castro, Fighting Shirley, Geraldine Ferraro, Grant Park, Gulf crisis, human shields, I Am Somebody, international peace, Kermit the Frog, Martin Luther King Jr., Monica Lewinsky, NAACP, Operation Breadbasket, Operation PUSH, peacemaker, Pepsi, Poor People’s Campaign, Presidential Medal of Freedom, protest, psychological breakthrough, PUSH-Excel, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, rainbow, Rainbow Coalition, Rainbow Connection, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Rev. William Holmes Borders, Robert Goodman, Saddam Hussein, SCLC, Selma, Sesame Street, Shirley Chisholm, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Sr., the rejected, Unbought and Unbossed, White House | 1 Comment

The Presidents’ Day Patchwork: Why Your Holiday Depends on Your Zip Code

Presidents Day, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Daisy Lee Gatson Bates

Tomorrow is Monday, February 16, 2026. Are you wondering, Who is off on Presidents Day? For some of us, that means a glorious morning of sleeping in and searching for mattress sales. For others, it’s just another 9-to-5, and perhaps a trip to the post office or bank. But for the history nerds among us, it’s a day to argue about where... Continue reading