AR Times: “On May 18, the Little Rock Board of Directors approved a city ordinance that designated misdemeanor marijuana offenses the lowest priority for law enforcement. At the meeting, Little Rock Police Chief Keith Humphrey told the city board that the ordinance would not have a material impact on the police department because it has already adopted…
“NC writer David Zucchino wins the Pulitzer Prize for his book, “Wilmington’s Lie” — see him describe it here”
The Progressive Pulse: “The 105th class of Pulitzer Prize winners in Journalism, Books, Drama and Music were announced Friday and all caring and thinking North Carolinians will be delighted to know that Triangle-based writer David Zucchino was awarded the Pulitzer in the category of “General Nonfiction” for his book: Wilmington’s Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the…
“An anti-abortion program will receive $100 million in the next Texas budget, but there’s little data on what’s being done with the money”
The TX Tribune: “Sixteen years ago, Texas lawmakers created a small program with a big goal: persuading women not to have abortions. It was given a few million in federal anti-poverty dollars and saw fewer than a dozen people its first year. Since then it’s ballooned. Alternatives to Abortion is poised to cost taxpayers $100…
Gov. Northam Survived Racial Scandal: Was It Worthwhile?
NY Times: “Just two years ago, nearly every national politician in the Democratic Party was calling for Gov. Ralph Northam of Virginia to resign. A racist picture was discovered on Mr. Northam’s medical school yearbook page, and the physician-turned-politician said he did not know which person he was in the photograph — the white man…
GOP SC Congressman Reflects on Life After Voting to Impeach Trump
NY Times: ““It was very clear to me, I took an oath to defend the Constitution. I didn’t take an oath to defend Donald Trump. What he did was a frontal assault on the Constitution,” he said over coffee at Sunshine Pancake House in Loris, S.C., on Wednesday. Now that vote threatens to end his…
“Full 8th Circuit appeals court to take up [Arkansas] anti-Israel boycott law”
AR Times: “The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday granted the state of Arkansas’s request for a hearing by the full court on the Arkansas Times’ lawsuit challenging the state law that requires a pledge not to boycott Israel from those who want to do business with the state. A panel of the court had held, 2-1, the…
Mo Brooks, Top Tier GOP US Senate Candidate in AL, Intimates America Heading for Civil War
AL Political Reporter: “In a rambling speech before a Mobile Republican club, U.S. Senate candidate Mo Brooks said Alabama Republican legislators weren’t real Republicans, called 90 percent of Chinese citizens slaves and cautioned that another civil war could be on the horizon…. “These two elections are the most important in the history of this nation,…
“Forget the Alamo”: Books Explore Role of White Supremacy in TX History
TX Observer: “As a former student of Texas public schools, much of what I remember from Texas history class boils down to this: General López de Santa Anna, of Mexico, was evil incarnate—my old friends and I still marvel at how much this was hammered into our heads—and the Texas Revolution was a fight for…
“After 2020 disappointments, Democrats look to prioritize year-round organizing [in Texas]”
The Texas Tribune: “Some of Democrats’ biggest regrets about the 2020 election in Texas had to do with organizing. It was not consistent throughout the cycle — and usually isn’t in any cycle. It was supplanted by TV ads at the end. And it was hampered by the coronavirus pandemic. Now, with the backing of…
“VOICES: Betraying decency and democracy in North Carolina”
Facing South: The moves of the North Carolina sedition caucus are not only dishonest, servile, and wrong; they are unfaithful. They break fidelity with the American promise. In 1935, the German American political theorist Carl Friedrich wrote that “to be an American is an ideal, while to be a Frenchman is a fact.” Friedrich wasn’t…