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.
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.
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.
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).
The Overlooked Laws of People and Sex
How anti-trans sentiment and sexism end up in the same bed, and take us all with them.
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.
Homeless in Wine Country
The increasing magnitude of California wildfires has become more than an annual story. This year the story spread notably to Oregon, Washington, and Colorado, in unprecedented fashion, making it impossible to ignore that our environment is dramatically changing, whether or not we agree on cause.
Policing in America – A Beginning
A brief relationship history of America’s Thin Blue Line and America’s Black population, from post-Civil War beginnings to modern day protests.