All posts by Chuck Fager

But Why Stop with Pennsylvania??

Bulletin: Trump Said Dems Will Rename Pennsylvania—and Even Weirder Things Donald Trump’s ramblings this weekend were truly deranged. Win McNamee/Getty Images Donald Trump’s gaffes are becoming more frequent and more indecipherable by the day. At a National Rifle Association gathering in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on Friday, Trump made plenty of strange blunders in front of his … Continue reading But Why Stop with Pennsylvania??

Read more →

Brazil’s Slave History: Recognition & Talk of Reparations

BY ELÉONORE HUGHES January 30, 2024 RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The executive manager for institutional relations at a Brazilian state bank took the microphone before roughly 150 people at a forum on slavery’s legacy in his country, which kidnapped more Africans for forced labor than any other nation.“Today’s Bank of Brazil asks Black people … Continue reading Brazil’s Slave History: Recognition & Talk of Reparations

Read more →

King- A Night March; A Killer Klan Squad; And a Long Read for the Right Day

Selma, Alabama — February 1965 I In the decades since Dr. King’s murder, I have been bemusedly tolerant of the plethora of conspiracy theories offered in explanation, tending to believe and disbelieve them all, in equal measure: The CIA? The Klan? The Mafia? A redneck hit squad? A lone bigot? All are plausible. Yet I’m … Continue reading King- A Night March; A Killer Klan Squad; And a Long Read for the Right Day

Read more →