April 30, 2023

Just wondering....

Sam Smith - Having covered news for some six decades, I am struck by the fact that not only is this news obviously no longer news, but that it has not been significantly included in what we call history. Thus one reads more about slavery than, say, the modern civil rights movement.  And little notice is given to things like the Great Society which could offer activists and politicians good guidance for now. Just a reminder: history began yesterday; it's not just a bunch of long past evils and pretty old houses.

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