Rep. Omar’s Speech on Republicans’ Partisan Efforts to Remove her from Foreign Affairs Committee February 2, 2023 — Press Release WASHINGTON–Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) spoke on the House Floor today on Republicans’ partisan efforts to remove her from her committees and silence her. You can view video of her remarks here. Below are her remarks as … Continue reading Quote of The Week: Rep. Ilhan Omar vs. the House GOP
[NOTE: Good Work, but a thousand kids still not reunited with family is a thousand too many.] AP News: US reunites nearly 2800 kids Separated from parents at the Border under Trump BY REBECCA SANTANA — Feb. 2, 2023 WASHINGTON (AP) — A Biden administration task force designed to reunite children separated from their families … Continue reading 2800 Kids Separated from Families At Border Are Reunited
[NOTE: First, a reflection: Quakers are known, in part, for a devotion to losing causes. This penchant was deftly satirized by Doug Gwyn, a renowned scholar/songwriter, in his ditty, “Yonder Stands the Quaker”: “Yonder stands the Quaker, Looking quaint as a box of Quaker Oats . . . Yonder stand the Quakers, On the far … Continue reading Time to Close Gitmo, Says Its First Commander
[NOTE: My former employer, the USPS, is close to being the least glamorous government agency. I learned there a basic lesson of working-class life: the better we did our jobs, the more invisible & taken for granted we were by the public. I’m not complaining. But as I watched and waded in the mail stream … Continue reading The Pills & The Post Office
Selma, Alabama, February 1965 I I was arrested again on February third, marching outside the Dallas County courthouse in downtown Selma. I spent the following ten days in jail. Half that time I was back in the county jail’s dayroom, where I had been crammed in with Dr. King and 200-plus other marchers on February … Continue reading Another for Dr. King: The Night March & The Killers