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
From the Washington Post – Barbara Kingsolver’s ‘Demon Copperhead’ may be the best novel of 2022 By Ron Charles — October 25, 2022 at 2:08 p.m. ET It’s barely Halloween. The ball won’t drop in Times Square for another two full months, and more good books will surely appear before the year ends. But I … Continue reading Midweek Book Review
The gap between the freedoms and opportunities enjoyed by the system’s affiliated elite and those of ordinary Iranians has never been so wide — and never have so many people expressed so much anger about it. This fundamental repudiation of the system is what makes these protests so different from other restive moments in Iran’s … Continue reading Quote of the Weekend: Iran Women’s Resistance
“Religious Liberty” for THEM, But Not forThe Rest of Us . . . Then They Won’t Even Need to Bother With Voters Anymore . . . Hey, Lincoln Will Be Re-Elected Anyway — What Could Go Wrong?? “Besides, Lady, my friend Ginni says you’ll be outta there soon — once you see the true light … Continue reading Images for the First Monday of October: Are Your Rights Safe? (Hint: Not At The Supreme Court)
[NOTE: Many supporters of the 1960s civil rights struggles in Alabama long referred to Birmingham, its largest city, as “Bombingham,” because of a long string (as many as fifty) of racist bombings and other attacks of homes and churches associated with the movement. Most remain unsolved. The most notorious of these attacks was the bombing … Continue reading Fifth Little Girl in ‘63 Birmingham Bombing Still Seeks Justice