There were few Black historic landmarks. Two brothers changed that.
By Nick Tabor — February 11, 2023
In 1970, there were only two National Historic Landmarks focused exclusively on Black history. By 1976, that number had risen beyond 70.
Behind this change was a large coalition of Black scholars, policymakers and activists, led by two brothers from Ohio who started the campaign in a D.C. basement. Continue reading Good News/Other News/Bad News
THE FRENCH ARE IN A PANIC OVER LE WOKISME
The nation’s vehement rejection of identity politics made me recalibrate my own views about woke ideology.
By Thomas Chatterton Williams
Excerpts from The Atlantic, February 4, 2023
[NOTE: Williams] took part in “a two-day “taboo-free discussion” among public intellectuals about the crisis of Western democracies. More than 100 of us had gathered in a large tent set up beneath the window of Alexis de Tocqueville’s study, on the grounds of the 16th-century Château de Tocqueville, in coastal Normandy. . . . Continue reading From France & Texas, Two Striking Takes on Racism, Identity Politics & Cultural Turmoil
ST. LOUIS (AP) — For decades, Missouri executions played out in similar fashion: An inmate was strapped to a gurney in a drab room, alone except for the eyes of witnesses staring through thick, soundproof glass as unidentified executioners administered the lethal chemical from behind a cinderblock wall.
But in November, convicted killer Kevin Johnson spent his final moments speaking softly with a pastor, praying, being assured of forgiveness.
Continue reading Spiritual Companions Now Attend Executions; It’s a Tough Gig, but Righteous
BY ROBERT JABLON — January 19, 2023
David Crosby, the brash rock musician who evolved from a baby-faced harmony singer with the Byrds to a mustachioed hippie superstar and an ongoing troubadour in Crosby, Stills, Nash & (sometimes) Young, has died at 81, several media outlets reported Thursday. Continue reading BREAKING: David Crosby — And Another (Great) One Bites The Dust
The Guardian — Sat 29 Oct 2022
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 one passage that Cori Bush seriously considered striking out before publication.
