Brooklyn I’m talking to Ernie Dumas, a former editorial writer for the Arkansas Gazette, at a coffeehouse in Little Rock’s Heights neighborhood. A woman overhears us, disappears, and comes back and gives each of us a book of interviews she had done with ten African-American women in the Delta towns of Gould and Marvell, Arkansas. …
Category: Politics
Panther Time: When the World Watched Oakland
Brooklyn I don’t do musicals. I’m sure it’s just me, but someone breaking into song, rather than stating their business, just makes no sense. I know people love them, but, please lord, don’t make me go. I’ll listen to mi companera sing “Hair” or “South Pacific” in the car, and I’m OK with that. …
Trump and Justice Need to Make Docu-Deal Now
New Orleans The New York Times wants to know why. Why did Trump hoard secret documents? Why did he fib about it and try to hide them from investigators? I think I know the answer, just like I think they know the answer: that’s just the way he is. This is way late …


