New Orleans It is hard to escape the feeling that the only reason that President-elect Trump is preparing to recommend Dr. Ben Carson as Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is because he is an African-American, and that somehow aligns with Trump’s view of those parts of urban America where he …
Category: DC Politics
Women’s March in Washington Could Be Big
Chicago Speaking of things that we don’t hear much about in recent days, you might wonder what’s happening to the women’s solidarity march that was announced in the aftermath of the Trump election for Washington, DC the day after the inauguration. Originally, styled the Million Women’s March, some pushback led to a name change, but …
Fighting the Next War or the Last War with Trump
New Orleans Decisions, decisions, decisions. It’s so hard these days for so many people to make up their minds. Do they fight the next war over where Trump and his partners are trying to take the country or do they fight the last war over the results of the election? I interviewed a political activist …