The World Has Changed We can now envision a dystopian future of masked figures moving through empty streets making a dash to buy food for another two weeks and then for another two weeks after that, and so on. That might be an exaggeration, but the point is, it may not be. The world is […]Read More
African-American Vote Leads the Way We can see why the Republicans concentrate so much on repressing the African-American vote. We are the point of the spear for the consciousness of the nation. We proved it by showing the path forward is with former Vice President Joe Biden. We understand the appeal of Senator Bernie Sanders. […]Read More
I don’t like the way this is going at all. The way the country is headed. The citizenry being played with disinformation and misinformation. The Russian government bringing its resources to bear, to continue their successful campaign to disrupt the country and keep their authoritarian quisling as President of the United States. There is the […]Read More
In her statement after coming in third in the New Hampshire Democratic Primary, Amy Klobuchar spoke of her family’s history, from her coal-mining great-grandfather to her alcoholic father. It was an emotional story of grit and determination and it is one that will go very far in the African-American and Latino community. If her team […]Read More
The decade 2020 has a special significance to Baby Boomers. It’s the time we imagined a golden future would have arrived. Here it is, and I have to tell you, the coming decade is not shaping up at all as we thought it would. As young people, we saw progress all around us, moving the […]Read More
Why she was shot Why was Atatiana Jefferson shot in her own home by a police officer on a “wellness check” for an open door while playing video games with her 8-year-old nephew? This is not understandable by any law enforcement protocol. Atatiana had led a peaceful life with a loving family. A college graduate, […]Read More
(Excerpts from the Black History presentation at St. Philip’s Episcopal Anglican Church.) Reverend Israel, I went to the church website and saw that St. Philips, founded in 1899 in a Weeksville storefront, played a role in the history I’ll be speaking about today. And I saw in your Lenten Message there “Our Lord reminds us […]Read More
A Breath of Fresh Abrams Ms. Abrams was a brilliant choice as the person to give the Democratic response to Donald Trump. She is the polar opposite of the narcissistic and delusional crime boss that is the President of the United States. The Democratic Party wants Abrams to run for senator in 2020 because they […]Read More
