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October! Surprise!

It is that month. The one we have every four years, in which Americans are battered daily with presidential election fireworks until they just want to fall asleep and not wake up again until Christmas morning. This year, however, we’re not sure when Christmas morning is coming, and the fireworks have been going off all year.

Fare thee well, Justice Ginsburg

As September 18 marked the passage of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the bona fide champion of women’s rights, America quite viscerally felt the end of an era.

Collateral damage?

The coronavirus pandemic has left us without a great many things. Most of us live in a nebulous state of suspension grief, for all the previous normalcy we’ve left behind, and for the uncertainty of its return. But on a brighter side, some things we’ve left behind, dare we say, happily?

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.

Who is responsible?

After a young gunman traveled across Texas this month to open fire on an El Paso Walmart, killing twenty-two and aiming specifically for Mexicans, Hispanics, and immigrants, Latino and Hispanic Americans are trying to grip shaken visions of their lives in this country. An article from USA Today captures their reactions.

What we’re not talking about . . .

Americans find it difficult to discuss how the issues of guns and race, in America, intersect with one another. Both are considered “divisive” topics on their own, so blending them together is not something many people want to do. But in order to solve problems, it may be necessary.