NY Times: “Two weeks ago, an influential group of 15 Muslim religious and business leaders convened at an office space in Dunwoody, Ga., a suburb north of Atlanta, to discuss Vice President Kamala Harris. Most were wary of her. In Georgia, as elsewhere, her standing among Arab American and Muslim voters, a traditionally Democratic bloc,…
Month: October 2024
National Dems Make a Play for TX
Why Harris (With Beyoncé in Tow) Is Heading to Solidly Red Texas “Vice President Kamala Harris might have traveled on Friday to Philadelphia or Milwaukee for the umpteenth time, but motivating tuned-out voters in battleground states required something different. So her campaign engineered a trip to Houston — the largest city in Texas, decidedly not…
FL Atty Resigned In Protest as DeSantis Pressured Him to Threaten Media Over Political Speech, Judge Orders Stop to 1st Amendment Violations
Lawyer says DeSantis’s office pressured him to send abortion ad letters to TV stations “Attorney John Wilson said that he resigned as general counsel for the Florida Department of Health rather than “complying with the directives” of DeSantis’s executive staff to send more cease-and-desist letters to TV stations running the ad. “I did not draft…
“They lost their homes and possessions. They’re showing up to vote in NC.”
Politico: “Hundreds of thousands of voters in the mountains of western North Carolina are still reeling after the Sept. 27 storm destroyed homes and communities, obliterated roads and water systems and left at least 95 people dead in the critical swing state. But the presidential race here is now very much back on, after conventional…
“Protesters tell NC Gov. Roy Cooper, Chief Justice: Protect Western NC renters after Helene”
Charlotte Observer: “Protesters from across the mountains are demanding that Gov. Roy Cooper and other North Carolina officials put in place an eviction and foreclosure moratorium. The demands came after Helene destroyed much of the region last month, tore apart infrastructure and left many without homes. News outlets on the ground first reported a protest…
“Revisiting the Greensboro Massacre 45 Years Later”
the Assembly: “When Aran Shetterly’s new book was released this month, he had no illusions about how it would be received in Greensboro. Morningside: The 1979 Greensboro Massacre and the Struggle for an American City’s Soul, re-opens a dark chapter of the city’s history many have struggled to definitively close. “I fully expect that a lot of…
“Opinion: Fred Gray, chief counsel of the protest movement”
Concord Monitor: “Those words could describe the Alabama lawyer Fred Gray. On my recent trip south organized by the Nation Magazine, our group had an opportunity to meet with Attorney Gray in Tuskegee. He is now 93. He became a lawyer in the 1950s when there were hardly any African Americans able to be in…
“On a Deep South housing board, a clash over seats reserved for minorities”
WaPo: “Marcus Brown says the legacy of housing discrimination is easy to see in Birmingham, Ala. — just scroll through the real estate listings. Asking prices on comparable homes can differ by tens of thousands of dollars depending on a single factor: Whether the house is located in a predominantly Black or White neighborhood. ….Since…
“McConnell defends past Trump comments: ‘We are all on the same team now’”
Politico: “Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday defended comments he made following the 2020 election where he privately slammed Donald Trump as “stupid” and “despicable.” “Whatever I may have said about President Trump pales in comparison to what JD Vance, Lindsey Graham, and others have said about him, but we are all on the…
First Ever Hate Crime Conviction for Killing Transgender Woman in SC
NY Times: “A South Carolina man who was the first person in the United States to be convicted of a federal hate crime based on gender identity was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday for the killing of a transgender woman in 2019, the authorities said. According to the government, the man, Daqua Lameek…