The Guardian — Sat 29 Oct 2022 ‘I’m changing Congress’: how Cori Bush brought her lived experience to Capitol Hill David Smith in Washington Member of ‘the Squad’ on how her abortion experience, sexual assault and front-line fight in Ferguson, Missouri, affected her politics Her new memoir is bracingly, sometimes painfully honest, but there is … Continue reading Rep. Cori Bush: An Interview
Jamelle Bouie is increasingly a voice crying in the wilderness, and increasingly important to read and remember, as in these excerpts: Minority Rule Is Steadily Undermining Our Democracy — Again Jamelle Bouie, New York Times – Oct. 21, 2022:
NOTE: It took me awhile to realize it, but my joining the voting rights movement in Selma, Alabama in 1965 was like walking into a theater showing an action movie/thriller just in time for the climactic car chase and shootout: high excitement and historic triumph for the good guys. Within six months, it seemed to … Continue reading Quote of the Day: America’s Fatefully Conjoined Twins — Democracy & Autocracy
I don’t hear or read much about William Penn among Friends these days. It appears he has been canceled and erased, wiped away in the Great Dismantling. (Indeed, Penn seems to get the most attention today from ultra-right wing activists, who are busy trying to turn him into an avatar of their drive to turn … Continue reading October 16 Was William Penn’s Birthday. I’ll still celebrate it, even if others won’t.
Four days after the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Atlanta field office of the F.B.I. directed a memo to a trusted adviser of J. Edgar Hoover, describing plans for a “huge memorial concert” at the Atlanta Braves’ stadium with Aretha Franklin, Sammy Davis Jr., Marlon Brando, Mahalia Jackson and … Continue reading F.B.I. Monitored Aretha Franklin for Years, File Shows