Washington The board stumbled to the street in the pre-dawn hour of 6:00 AM at George Washington University to climb into the yellow school buses to ride the short distance to the Washington Hilton to be ready for their first interview of this electoral season with Governor Bill Richardson from New Mexico. In order to …
Category: Ideas and Issues
“Rightsizing” Civil Rights
Washington A short piece ran in the news saying the NAACP was adjusting to “revenue drop.” The article spun the situation as positively as possible. There was money in the bank, the spokesperson said. Bills were paid. This was a matter of noticing that they were “going to the piggybank” too often. They were …
Quitting the Movement
New Orleans I have to admit to deeply mixed feelings upon reading the news that Cindy Sheehan, the bereaved mother of an American soldier lost in Iraq, was throwing in the towel as a spokesperson and leader of the anti-war efforts. I don’t believe these are fights that any of us can quit on …