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“So Are White People”: A Discussion of Race, Class, and Police Violence
JS: Last week President Trump was asked about the epidemic of Black people murdered by police in the United States. His response was: “So are white people. More white people, by the way.” TA: I have ...
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TGIF
When I was a young teenager, the local Catholic parish, The Church of the Holy Trinity, would sponsor what they called a Friday Night Social. This was held at the Norwegian Hall, right across from the ...
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CoreCivic Responds to Hard Crackers
Well, well, well, imagine our surprise when we received an email message from Ryan Gustin, the Public Affairs Manager of CoreCivic, the outfit that operates the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center in Tennessee, in response to an ...
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Dead Teachers Can’t Teach
Today, August 3rd teachers in Knoxville, Tennessee report to work. Despite climbing COVID rates and fears and anxieties of teachers, parents and students, the superintendent of Knox County schools has not backtracked from his plan to ...
Evictions = Death
Yesterday morning, two masked protestors dropped a banner from the roof of the New Orleans First City Court. It read: “Evictions = Death” Locking arms and banging on pots and pans, protestors blocked people, some of ...
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“WTF is Going on in Portland Right Now?”: A Report
This is a long attempt to offer some insights into the question I keep getting: WTF is going on in Portland right now? I assume I’m not alone in believing that the current wave of protest ...
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Running Toward the New World
I am a runner. I am not fast. I don’t compete save for a few odd races here and there, and I’m not really competing in those except against myself. I’m not much for group runs ...
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But what’s the moral of the story?
On Friday, July 10th, it rained hard all day in Brooklyn. Come mid-afternoon, we decided we needed some stuff from the nearby supermarket. Because it was pouring, I took our car. As I left the house, ...
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What are we supposed to do in Brooklyn?
“Do Nothing Until You Hear From Me, And You Never Will” – Duke Ellington It is patently obvious that America is screwing up royally on the COVID-19 plague. Essentially the leadership, whether it be de Blasio, ...
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In the Streets of Philadelphia
A lot can happen in a week. On Saturday, May 30, a beautiful sunny afternoon, we joined thousands of others at the steps of the Philadelphia Art Museum to protest the murder of George Floyd by ...
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