“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” ― William Faulkner, Requiem for a Nun Will Bunch writes Georgia governor signed a voter suppression law under a painting of a slave plantation: Sometimes America’s legacy of white supremacy is hiding in plain sight, literally. When Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a hastily passed voter … Read more
Georgia state troopers arrested Democratic state Rep. Park Cannon on Thursday after she knocked on Republican Gov. Brian Kemp’s statehouse office door as he was signing a controversial elections bill into law in a closed-door ceremony. Georgia legislator arrested, pulled out of state Capitol as governor signs voting law: Video of the incident shows Cannon, who … Read more
Today is the 56th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” the first anniversary at which John Lewis is no longer with us to commemorate. If Americans want to honor John Lewis’ sacrifice and lifelong commitment to public service and his efforts to secure voting rights as a fundamental constitutional right for all Americans, it is time for … Read more
The first three Commandments in the the Judeo-Christian tradition are: I am the Lord thy God (monotheism) Thou shalt have no other gods before me (false gods) Though shalt not make unto thee any graven image (think golden calf) The annual circus of far-right fringe groups at the Conservative Political Action Conference (or more accurately, … Read more
The AP reports, Capitol rioters included highly trained ex-military and cops: As President Donald Trump’s supporters massed outside the Capitol last week and sang the national anthem, a line of men wearing olive-drab helmets and body armor trudged purposefully up the marble stairs in a single-file line, each man holding the jacket collar of the … Read more