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
The Marshall Project: In 2022, I [Maurice Chammah, Staff Writer at The Marshall Project ] spent several weeks shadowing investigator Sara Baldwin as she tried to save a man from execution. Bernard Belcher had killed a young woman named Jennifer Embry; despite deep remorse for his actions, he couldn’t explain why he did it. Baldwin’s … Continue reading A Light For Life On Death Row? A Unique Story in Graphics
In Germany, the AfD are weaponising climate change The Economist — Sep 14th 2023 A spectre is haunting Europe: the spectre of a rising hard right. In Germany the overtly xenophobic Alternative for Germany (afd) has surged to become the country’s second-most popular party. Its success is polarising domestic politics and it seems poised to … Continue reading A fresh wave of hard-right populism is stalking Europe
From Reading Religion: The End of Public Execution Race, Religion, and Punishment in the American South By: Michael Ayers Trotti 266 Pages — $32.95 Published By: University of North Carolina Press Michael Ayers Trotti’s The End of Public Execution: Race, Religion, and Punishment in the American South opens with a short transcription of a newspaper … Continue reading When Hanging Wasn’t Brutal Enough for Black Prisoners: Southern Whites Brought In “Old Sparky”
You Can’t Talk About Trump’s Georgia Case Without Talking About Racism TIME Magazine — IDEAS BY JANELL ROSS — AUGUST 24, 2023 Janell Ross is the senior correspondent on race and identities for TIME. As the final bars of Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA” filled the room, former President Donald Trump took the stage … Continue reading A Weekend Read: The Atlanta Trials & Race