Author: Carma Henry

     After trained dogs found unmarked graves, 72-year-old Gloria Jefferson Anderson went home and looked into the eyes of a photograph of her dad. Then she began to cry. 

     For instance, Amazon fired Black and brown workers who have organized to demand more substantial health and safety protections. Thousands of Instacart workers, many of whom are women of color, are reportedly waiting for face masks and hand sanitizer promised months ago. Three out of four Black workers who took the survey said they showed up to work during the pandemic even though they believed they might have been seriously risking their health or the health of family members. Less than half of White workers said they had done the same.

Beyond Justice

     Seven months after Tammie Lewis was granted parole, she is still in Marlin Transfer Facility waiting to go home. Officials won’t release her from the Texas state prison until she completes a six-month program focused on decision-making.* But she hasn’t been able to finish the program because, after waitlists and other delays, classes normally taught in person were suspended due to coronavirus, says Lewis’s sister, Temeka Hildreth. Now that classes have resumed, they’re by correspondence. “They’ve got them in their dorm doing packets,” Hildreth said last week.

     In the 1930s, Gareth Jones (James Norton, Little Women and Belle), a young Welsh investigative journalist, is stationed in London and working for the former UK Prime Minister David Lloyd George (Kenneth Cranham). The reporter is renowned for his article about a plane trip he took with Adolph Hitler. Based on that notoriety, Jones assumes his bosses will support his idea of traveling east to dig into the real story regarding the Soviet Ukraine and hopefully debunk the USSR’s claim of prosperity for all. Jones: “Send me to Moscow to ask him (Stalin) where the money is coming from!”

     The narrative from the police unions and from Trump himself continues to talk about bad apples and poor judgment—and this is a worthy cause; there are corrupt officers victimizing those they are sworn to protect.

     Two letters appeared in my local newspaper on Saturday, in response to the recent protests around the African American experience in the United States. 

Why “Libtard” is Lazy and Offensive

     After graduating from Georgia State in 1972, Gantt was awarded a graduate fellowship to enroll at the Washington Journalism Center. While there, he worked as a U.S. Capitol correspondent, reporter, and documentary producer for National Public Radio. His 1973 documentary about gospel music’s impact and contributions to all musical genres was aired on 77 radio stations nationwide at the time.

    Among those who resumed work on campus in Phase 1 were President Larry Robinson, Ph.D., and his Senior Leadership Team, the Office of Controller, Office of University Budget, and Office of Procurement Services.