Coming Soon: Thirteenth of March — Part Four
. . . and more from The Mauve Report. Maude is back. Here is the last installment of Thirteenth of March from 2020, or you can find the entire series under our Series menu.
The Movement That Never Was
Is a movement defined by what it responds to, or how it responds?
A Man Named Floyd
No one would honestly say America was in a great place before May 25, 2020. But on that day, the death of one man changed it forever.
Say Her Name
What started as a hashtag in support of Black lives is now being used to martyr White ones. A look at the usage of a catch phrase in context.
Are We Cool?
As the New Year rang in hour by hour across the country, states from east to west welcomed new laws for medicinal and recreational drug use, following the will of voters in November (a majority of them at least).
Chill of December
Lisa Montgomery was scheduled to be executed by the United States, December 8. Following a delay on account of her lawyers contracting COVID-19, she is now set to die January 12, 2021. If she is executed on that date, she will be the first female federal inmate executed in nearly seventy years, and the 55th woman executed since 1900.
What’s Going On
It’s been nearly fifty years since the release of Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On, the landmark album on which he set aside love songs to sing about social issues, such as war, poverty, racism, police brutality, and environmental destruction.
Thirteenth of March — Part Three
Louisville and America wait for a fresh, young Attorney General to deliver justice for Breonna Taylor.
Thirteenth of March — Part Two
“A shock to the conscience . . .” Three Louisville narcotics officers go on the raid they will never forget.
Thirteenth of March — Part One
The two people who loved her most, Kenneth Walker and Tamika Palmer, recall the life and death of Breonna Taylor.