Tyranny – WHAT THE DATA SAY

Dear White America

October 29, 2020 by Wornie Reed Leave a Comment

Dear white America. Please don’t do it. According to the polls, you are about to repeat what you have done in all but one presidential election since World War II—vote in the majority for the Republican. In the past, this has meant voting against your own economic best interests, among other things. That would be … [Read more…]

Believe the Autocrat

February 14, 2020 by Wornie Reed Leave a Comment

Maya Angelou tried to teach us that when someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. Similarly, Marsha Gessen, writing in The New York Review of Books two days after Donald Trump was elected in 2016, warned us that we should believe Donald Trump, the autocrat: “He means what he says. Whenever … [Read more…]