[Joe Biden’s Mandate]
PeaceVoice\Robert Koehler: “The essence of the Biden agenda, as presented so far, seems to be pulling the good old USA back into what we never were: one united country, free of racism, hatred, fear of one another. And to cooperate with the Republicans.”
Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Courage Grows Strong at the Wound
Donald Trump Lives in his Alternative American Reality of Lies
[PeaceVoice\Robert Koehler]
Robert Koehler: “I find myself gaping open-mouthed — what else is there to do? — at the transcript of Donald Trump’s 2 a.m. press conference blather, in which he made everything perfectly clear: If you didn’t vote for him, if you do not support him, you aren’t an American.”
Photo: Gage Skidmore\Wikipedia Commons
Louisiana’s “cancer alley” plagued by environmental racism battle “sunshine project”
[Louisiana’s “Cancer Valley”]
PeaceVoice\Robert Koehler: “The project would double the amount of toxic air emissions in St. James Parish and more than triple the levels of cancer-causing chemicals in the region.”
Photo: Twitter
American Election Stealing in our Reluctant Democracy
[2020 Election Theft]
Robert Koehler: “This is the reluctant democracy bequeathed us by our slave-owning founders, who created an illusory, idealism-haunted democracy. Should a wave of idealism prevail among the public with too much enormity, they added the Electoral College.”
Photo: YouTube
Armed Protests And The Dangers of Another U.S. Civil War
[NFAC\George Floyd]
Koehler: “Several hundred mostly Black, mostly armed men and women marched through the iconic Confederate “theme park” that features an enormous carving of Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson and Jefferson Davis.”
Photo: YouTube
Is America Finally Acknowledging Its Wretched Past to Change Future?
[George Floyd Aftermath]
Koehler: “What matters about the present moment is that change seems to be coming from multiple directions, both outside and within the corridors of political and economic power.”
Photo: YouTube
AMERICAN POLICING MUST RESPECT SANCTITY OF BLACK LIVES
[Memorial Day Killing of George Floyd]
Robert Koehler: “Floyd’s death is only the latest hell inflicted on a community of color somewhere in this country, either by police officers or armed white vigilantes.”
Photo: YouTube