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[ October 21, 2021 ] Our Corrupt Politics – Drug Pricing Again….. political system
[ August 15, 2021 ] Reading George Packer’s Last Best Hope: America in crisis and renewal books
[ March 22, 2021 ] Humans, Human Culture and Popular Government political system
[ December 5, 2020 ] 9/11 and the Trump Pandemic – a contrast in reactions empire
[ December 3, 2020 ] Trump and Republicans bring us a 9/11 every day political system

Reparations and the System of White Supremacy

June 25, 2020 Comments Off

The recent upheavals around the killing of George Floyd and police violence more broadly has been surprising in its breadth and scope. In the midst of this, new discussion of reparations has surfaced. I have --->> read more -->>

“How Structural Racism Works” – Tricia Rose and Samuel Rosen – recently noted

June 7, 2020 Comments Off

If you are struggling to get your head around how racism works you will probably find it helpful to have a general framework as a guide. This one hour lecture from 2017 features an overview --->> read more -->>

Tightrope – Americans reaching for hope by Kristof and WuDunn – book review

May 1, 2020 Comments Off

Kristof and WuDunn’s book, Tightrope – Americans Reaching for Hope, spent some weeks on bestseller lists. Kristof is a well known reporter and writer for the NYTimes. It centers around the town of Yamhill OR --->> read more -->>

How the Rich and Big Corporations Feed Off Us During the Pandemic

May 1, 2020 1

[1]When Congress passed the second pandemic stimulus bill, the CARES Act, in late March, a key feature was the Paycheck Protection Program(PPP). This was $349 billion described as targeted to small businesses (in the world --->> read more -->>

Recently Noted – “Across America, working-class people are dying of despair”

January 17, 2020 Comments Off

“Who Killed the Knapp Family?” by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl Wudunn appeared in the Sunday 1/12/2020 NYTimes. This essay which is adapted from a newly published book by the same authors, Tightrope: Americans Reaching for --->> read more -->>

Recently Noted – busing, re-segregation, white supremacy

July 17, 2019 Comments Off

The recent controversies surrounding Joe Biden’s anti- school busing collaborations with racist politicians from the south has for the moment aroused new comment on segregated America. The New York Times published an excellent review of --->> read more -->>