Literary Pairing #2: We are Meant to Rise & The Sentence
Literary Pairing #2: We are Meant to Rise & The Sentence The Twin Cities are rising. Teachers in Minneapolis and St. Paul are wearing each other’s colors in solidarity as they prepare for a two-city strike, demanding raises for their lowest tier educational...
Literary Pairing. Read Insurgent Supremacists with The Sinking Middle Class
Literary Pairing. Read Insurgent Supremacists with The Sinking Middle Class Traveling the spine of the United States from Minnesota to New Mexico during the Omicron surge, I have been reading two books: Matthew N. Lyons’ Insurgent Supremacists: The US Far...
A Bicycle Tour With An Agenda
A Bicycle Tour With An Agenda In 2008 I took a job at St. Cloud State University teaching a court-mandated class on race relations. In Spring 2010, dozens of us adjuncts were perfunctorily terminated in a Great Recession sweep. That same week, Arizona Governor Jan...
Desmond Tutu, and the Promise and Human Limits of Forgiveness
Desmond Tutu, and the Promise and Human Limits of Forgiveness Rest, Desmond Tutu. Today I am thinking about an interview I saw with you and Bill Moyers. You talked about truth and reconciliation in South Africa and the power of forgiveness for the person who has...