When the history of America in the early 21st century is written, it will include a viral pandemic that killed hundreds of thousands, a reckoning […] Continue Reading…
Breonna Taylor: Collateral damage in ‘war on drugs’
June 26, 2020 By Leave a Comment
The Louisville Metro Police Department has fired Brett Hankison, one of three police officers involved in the egregious death of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency medical technician who was […] Continue Reading…
A lifeline for Dreamers
June 19, 2020 By Leave a Comment
You’d think that any American president would be delighted to welcome hard-working and ambitious young adults clamoring to join the American family. But President Donald J. Trump has been […] Continue Reading…
Old Confederacy is tumbling down
June 12, 2020 By Leave a Comment
Ignore President Donald J. Trump, whose latest tactic to mollify his base is to forbid the renaming of military installations that honor Confederate military officials. The GOP-controlled Senate Armed […] Continue Reading…
Cops don’t need tanks or grenade launchers
June 5, 2020 By Leave a Comment
With a deranged narcissist in the Oval Office and his lackey controlling the Department of Justice, there is no point looking to the federal government to curb police violence. […] Continue Reading…
The desperation of white privilege
May 29, 2020 By Leave a Comment
The past several days have offered a kaleidoscope of a Trump-addled America, a telling, if depressing, pastiche: Amy Cooper’s bigoted entitlement, the homicidal tactics of Minneapolis police officers, the […] Continue Reading…
The deadly summer
May 29, 2020 By Leave a Comment
MOBILE, AL. —— Though Gov. Kay Ivey has mostly re-opened the state — restaurants, hair and nail salons and gyms included — cases of COVID-19 are increasing here, not […] Continue Reading…
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