On Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 93rd Birthday
A letter to Martin on his 93rd birthday
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Misty morning
Defying Dixie at the Cotton Lofts
Glenda Gilmore’s Defying Dixie describes the leftist activism that laid the foundation for the subsequent Civil Rights and Movement for Black Lives. Her stories of hit home for many of us — her recounting of the Atlanta Six case at Atlanta’s Fulton Bag and Cotton Mill in particular for me and Atlanta folx. My great […]
Read More Defying Dixie at the Cotton LoftsRacist monuments are slowly crumbling
Slowly, with each passing day, with each gathering of thousands, the physical monuments to white supremacy are coming down. It is too early to tell if the immense institutional structures that erected them — policing, the very U.S. economy, the educational system, the health care system — will also be reborn in the wake of […]
Read More Racist monuments are slowly crumblingThe Uprising in Atlanta
People are emphasizing the material over the human.
– Dr Illya Davis, Morehouse College
Why is Atlanta burning?
When they ask you why Atlanta was burning last night, tell them it was an uprising. If you want a quick answer, you can quote the economist Thomas Piketty Every human society must justify its inequalities: unless reasons for them are found, the whole political and social edifice stands in danger of collapse. Capital and […]
Read More Why is Atlanta burning?Restarting Georgia’s economy from coronavirus the right way
Georgia’s plan to reopen the state on April 24th are not safe. Let’s demand moral accountability
Read More Restarting Georgia’s economy from coronavirus the right wayThe city of Atlanta doesn’t use facial recognition — so why does Delta Airlines?
Opt out of facial recognition
Read More The city of Atlanta doesn’t use facial recognition — so why does Delta Airlines?Flyest Sunday best
This elegant gentleman, on his way from a Sunday church service brightened my day and earned my vote for flyest Sunday best of all time
Read More Flyest Sunday bestVote absentee if you live in Georgia
Want to make sure your vote counts in the Georgia November election? Casting an absentee ballot may be the way to go! Federal judge Amy Totenberg (sister of Nina Totenberg if you are an NPR listener) ruled Monday that Georgia could go ahead using insecure paperless voting machines. Although Judge Totenberg concurred with many cybersecurity […]
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