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A Jaw-Dropping NC Governor’s Race Has Begun!
Anti-Gay? Anti-Science? Antisemitic? Run for Governor of North Carolina!
Frank Bruni
Reflections on the mess (and magic) of politics and life.
Mr. Bruni is a contributing Opinion writer who was on the staff of The Times for more than 25 years.
The 2024 governor’s race in North Carolina just got underway. You care.
Not because this state is the nation’s ninth most populous, though that’s reason enough. But because what happens here is a referendum on how low Republicans will sink and how far they can nonetheless get.
Attorney General Josh Stein of North Carolina announced his candidacy last week. At present he’s the likeliest Democratic nominee
Continue reading A Jaw-Dropping NC Governor’s Race Has Begun!
Zora Neale Hurston: Pioneering Anthropologist & Author
How novelist Zora Neale Hurston transformed American anthropology
A new documentary, “Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming Space,” focuses on Hurston’s work as one of the country’s first Black woman ethnographers and filmmakers
By DeNeen L. Brown — January 17, 2023
In the late 1920s, Zora Neale Hurston, who would become one of the most influential writers of the Harlem Renaissance, rented a chrome-plated Chevrolet and hit the road, returning south to her hometown of Eatonville, Fla. She hoped to document the culture of Black men who swapped stories each evening on the porch of Joe Clark’s general store. Continue reading Zora Neale Hurston: Pioneering Anthropologist & Author
The “Ambiguous South” Honors Robert E. Lee alongside MLK Today
Washington Post: Two states still observe King-Lee Day, honoring Robert E. Lee with MLK
Alabama and Mississippi jointly celebrate the civil rights hero and the Confederate general
Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. (left) and Confederate general Robert E. Lee are still celebrated jointly in Alabama and Mississippi. (AFP/Getty Images (King); Matthew B. Brady/AP (Lee))
By Meena Venkataramanan — January 16, 2023
As the country celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, two states will observe a different holiday: King-Lee Day, which commemorates both King and Confederate general Robert E. Lee.
The two men’s birthdays fall just four days apart, but their legacies couldn’t be more different. King gave his life to the cause of racial equality; Lee fought in the Civil War to keep Black people enslaved. Continue reading The “Ambiguous South” Honors Robert E. Lee alongside MLK Today