Uncle Will’s grandmother, my spouse’s great-grandmother, was born into slavery and died as a free woman at the age of 108. Sometime during Reconstruction (1863-1877), the great-grandmother accrued a small plot of farmland that now awaits its fate, as her brood scrape together enough money to keep it.
THE RIGHT QUESTION FOR THE BROAD LEFT
On July 5, start asking the Democrats, “What policies will help working families?” The patriotic season is upon us. With it comes the arrival of the 2020 presidential race—far too early, in my estimation. Which in turn tends to generate conservative political ripples all the way down to the local level in the […]
DEPTHS OF DEPRAVITY DEPT.
Does the GOP have a cutoff point for racist fearmongering?
THAT N-WORD AGAIN
A short history of rationalization, hate, and debate
OF RATS AND WRITERS
Considering it now, I suppose it was naive to put much faith in Charley as a literal source in the first place.
UNITED WE STAND: AN ADMONITION FOR 2017
Until popular movements reign in that oligarchy, nothing significant will change for the better.
LEFT BEHIND: THE PARIS ATTACKS AND THE NEED TO FUND A MASS INDEPENDENT AMERICAN NEWS MEDIA
News Corp succeeds in pulling public discourse far to the right in the absence of major outlets willing to confront them when it matters most.
INK WELL: AMERICA’S TATTOO HISTORY
This week I look at the history of tattooing. Although “NY Ink” and “LA Ink” are popular today, they are only one piece of the puzzle.
