SC parents accuse school district of abusing special-needs kids
There may be an outrageous situation in Clover, South Carolina; a suburb of Charlotte. Three families with special-needs kids say that the local schools have abused and mistreated them.On Thursday...
View ArticleNC-Pres, NC-Gov: Pat McCrory is willing to sell his soul to Donald Trump
North Carolina governor Pat McCrory would like to let you think he’s a moderate, bipartisan Republican. But we North Carolina Kossacks know otherwise. As if we needed any more proof, McCrory has gone...
View ArticleIf NC's "leaders" were so concerned about "public safety," why the silence on...
Believe it or not, there’s a very big reason that the North Carolina Repubs’ bleating and screeting about “public safety” being at risk from Charlotte’s LGBT ordinance is baloney. And it’s not just the...
View Article"Radical socialism" comes to the Queen City
I just got back about half an hour ago from the Charlotte March for Our Lives. As I arrived at the University City Boulevard light rail station, I found myself musing about how the NRA seems to think...
View ArticleThe ghastly drug war case in Georgia you probably haven't heard much about
One of the most gut-wrenching stories of 2014 is arguably that of Bounkham "Baby Bou Bou" Phonesavanh. He and his family were staying in Cornelia, Georgia--an hour north of Atlanta-- after their house...
View ArticleRemoval of Andrew Jackson's name from the Tennessee Democratic Party's annual...
The annual and biggest fundraiser of the Tennessee Democratic Party is called Jackson Day named after President Andrew Jackson. Jackson was an 1812 War Hero, the founder of the Democratic Party and...
View ArticleBroken government comes from a broken electorate
"It stung like hell." - Georgia Democratic Party Chair, DuBose Porter, in a conciliatory email to party activists If a dramatic election happens and no one votes, does it still mean the electorate...
View ArticleAROMA - creating sustainable activism across Atlanta movements
"I'd love to change the world, but I don't know what to do." - I'd Love to Change the World, Ten Years After, 1971, by Alvin Lee Affecting change is hard. Screaming for social justice can be...
View ArticleElecting Democrats in the South eases the path to Liberal Progressivism
Time, money and faith - this is the most I have given of all three to Democrats in Georgia. I've written posts. I've knocked on nearly 400 doors. I've opened my wallet to attend and host fundraisers....
View ArticleWhat if legislators didn't have to draw majority-minority districts?...
Districts in the Deep South won by President Obama, all majority-minority The Voting Rights Act saw one of its main enforcement mechanisms gutted last summer in the controversial and partisan 5-4...
View ArticleSouth Carolina comes to grips with history [video]
Stay tuned for my upcoming diary about being in Columbia, S.C., for this historic event.
View ArticleYes, losing the Confederate flag really means something to South Carolina
When I posted on Facebook last Thursday, that I was thinking about going to Columbia, South Carolina, the next day to watch them finally furl the Confederate flag, I got a little pushback from some of...
View ArticleSC parents accuse school district of abusing special-needs kids
There may be an outrageous situation in Clover, South Carolina; a suburb of Charlotte. Three families with special-needs kids say that the local schools have abused and mistreated them.On Thursday...
View ArticleNC-Pres, NC-Gov: Pat McCrory is willing to sell his soul to Donald Trump
North Carolina governor Pat McCrory would like to let you think he’s a moderate, bipartisan Republican. But we North Carolina Kossacks know otherwise. As if we needed any more proof, McCrory has gone...
View ArticleIf NC's "leaders" were so concerned about "public safety," why the silence on...
Believe it or not, there’s a very big reason that the North Carolina Repubs’ bleating and screeting about “public safety” being at risk from Charlotte’s LGBT ordinance is baloney. And it’s not just the...
View Article"Radical socialism" comes to the Queen City
I just got back about half an hour ago from the Charlotte March for Our Lives. As I arrived at the University City Boulevard light rail station, I found myself musing about how the NRA seems to think...
View ArticleThe ghastly drug war case in Georgia you probably haven't heard much about
One of the most gut-wrenching stories of 2014 is arguably that of Bounkham "Baby Bou Bou" Phonesavanh. He and his family were staying in Cornelia, Georgia--an hour north of Atlanta-- after their house...
View ArticleRemoval of Andrew Jackson's name from the Tennessee Democratic Party's annual...
The annual and biggest fundraiser of the Tennessee Democratic Party is called Jackson Day named after President Andrew Jackson. Jackson was an 1812 War Hero, the founder of the Democratic Party and...
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Broken government comes from a broken electorate
"It stung like hell." - Georgia Democratic Party Chair, DuBose Porter, in a conciliatory email to party activists If a dramatic election happens and no one votes, does it still mean the electorate...
View ArticleClik here to view.
AROMA - creating sustainable activism across Atlanta movements
"I'd love to change the world, but I don't know what to do." - I'd Love to Change the World, Ten Years After, 1971, by Alvin Lee Affecting change is hard. Screaming for social justice can be...
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