Month: August 2020

Photo by Dan Truttschel Kenosha News Another white police officer shoots another unarmed Black man -  this is a story that happens all the time. This time it is Jacob Blake, 29, who was shot seven times in the back by officer Rusten Sheskey setting off days of protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin.   Police were responding … Continue reading COP SHOOTS BLACK MAN & VIGILANTE KILLS TWO BLM PROTESTERS & INJURES A THIRD

I first noticed a problem with the post office when I sent my granddaughter a letter over twelve days ago and she still has not received it. Normally, she receives my mail in one or two days since she lives only 60 miles south of Atlanta. "What is going on with the slow mail delivery?" … Continue reading Trump Sabotages Post Office to Undermine Mail-In Voting

Seven years ago a tent city sprung up at Turner Field to expose and say "NO" to the ongoing gentrification of Black neighborhoods, and the predatory use of eminent domain to steal Black people's homes who refuse to sell.    At age 91, Ms. Mattie Jackson fought City Hall and  Mayor Kasim Reed 's attempts to … Continue reading Gentrification, Eminent Domain, and Evictions Plagues Black Neighborhoods in Atlanta

by Stephen Wing — August 6, 2020 It was the end of the world as we knew it: August 6, 1945...... A child born on that day would turn 75 this month, so most of us now alive grew up not in the world that ended that day, but in the strange new world that … Continue reading The World as We Know it