Durham NC–Yes: This never happens, except today it did: The New York Times actually mentioned North Carolina politics in a major article. Actually TWO articles. And they did so not just once, not twice, but THREE times. (And without bringing up barbecue, basketball. Krispy Kreme or Cheerwine, not even a single time.)
Aftermath — Part 2 Amelia Boynton was my landlady in Selma, Alabama. She was also a prominent local civil fights activist, one of the handful of Black Selmians who had managed to badger her way onto the voting rolls despite segregation. When she was knocked out cold on Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge during the “Bloody … Continue reading Aftermath — Part 2: A Constant Struggle
Imagine that these dreaded midterms are over. What happens next? As to the electoral results “que sera sera,” what will be, will be. No predictions will be offered here, except this one: Whatever the outcome, I am dead-sure it will not be the end of our national time of trial. Win lose or draw, the … Continue reading 2022: The Aftermath – Part 1
Axios — Oct. 31, 2022 First look: Mike Pence’s new book reveals key moment before Jan. 6 Mike Allen, Axios In former Vice President Mike Pence’s “So Help Me God“ — out Nov. 15 — he describes a scene in November 2020, just after the election, when he and former President Trump met in the … Continue reading God Wants Mike Pence to Be President . . . Are We Ready?
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