The Movement That Never Was
Is a movement defined by what it responds to, or how it responds?
What’s Brought Us Here
COVID-19 on America’s shores was inevitable, literally here before we knew it. And almost as soon as it arrived, Asian-Americans from coast to coast began taking the heat. They still are.
Triumph of the Girl
State laws are quickly materializing to prohibit athletic competition between cisgender girls and transgender girls, among other things. But nobody seems to mind girls besting boys. Another look at how society views girls and boys, and what it says to them.
Respect. Protect. Do Not Neglect.
Being Black, being transgender, and being a woman puts one on three different paths to danger in our society, and society as a whole has a long road to travel for change. But Maude asks, locally, who’s responsible for the mistreatment of Black trans women?
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.
A Plea for Women
This morning Lisa Montgomery became the fourth woman in the nation’s history to be executed by the federal government, the first in 67 years. Here’s how that happened.
When the Blue Comes Off
Black Lives Matter, Blue Lives Matter, and All Lives Matter — three true statements nobody should need to say. But they’ve all been said, and for Black Lives in Blue, it’s All complicated.
Maslow Looks Us Over
If America were an individual person, would she find that all of her needs are met?
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.
Thirteenth of March — Part Three
Louisville and America wait for a fresh, young Attorney General to deliver justice for Breonna Taylor.