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How to wrest the facts from a cynical news story
It was a gift. Yesterday, in the New York Times, one story, “A Major Fear for Democrats: Will the Party Come Together By November?” was a perfect example of the crying need for the book I’m finishing, How I Learned … Continue reading
Posted in How I Learned The Facts of Life, political campaigns, The Facts of Life, Trumpism, voting rights
Tagged Brendan Boyle, Dave Loebsack, Democratic Party voters, How I Learned the Facts of Life, Iowa caucuses, James Clyburn, Jonathan Martin, Kathleen Sibelius, New Rochelle High School, New York Times, Todd Rutherford
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The power of nonviolent protest
A few years ago I visited Birmingham, Alabama for the wedding of two friends. One day, I spent some hours in Birmingham’s Civil Rights Institute, and the arboreal, stunning square across the street, Kelly Ingram Park, now part of the … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, The Facts of Life, voting rights
Tagged Anne Schwerner, Birmingham Alabama, Birmingham Children's March, Brimingham Civil Rights Institute, Charlottesville, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Gandhi, Kelly Ingram Park, march to Selma, Martin Luther King, Mickey Schwerner, neo-Nazis, New Rochelle High School, passive resistance, racism, The Children's March, Voting Rights Act of 1965, white supremacists
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