I had the occasion a few months ago, when doing some research into “the ham of my people” (country ham with redeye gravy), to stumble onto the work of Amy C. Evans, the award-winning, Mississippi-based oral historian of the Southern Foodways Alliance. On a whim, I sent her a random collection of questions, and, as […]
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Anti-abortion “personhood” legislation comes back to Michigan… with a new twist
Conservative legislators in several states, knowing that a Constitutional amendment to outlaw abortion is unlikely, have begun attempts to work around the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision. Most notably, these legislative attempts have involved, in some way, shape or form, the concept of personhood – the notion that a fertilized egg is in fact […]
Posted in Michigan, Uncategorized Also tagged abortion, Affordable Care Act, Alabama, fetus, Georgia, House Bill 5684, House Bill 5685, Jeff Irwin, Jud Gilbert, Lisa Posthumus Lyons, Oklahoma, old white men making decisions on women's health, Paul Ryan, personhood, Progress Michigan, reproductive justice, Roe v. Wade, Sanctity of Human Life Act, tax breaks, tax code, tax credits, Todd Akin, Virginia, women's health, Zach Pohl 19 Comments
Voter Suppression efforts could determine the election
As I don’t think I’ve written about voter suppression efforts on the part of Republicans for a few months, I thought that it was time to revisit the subject. Here’s what’s happening in a nutshell. Like it or not, America is becoming more diverse, and the white males that form the base of the Republican […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged 24th Amendment, Brennan Center for Justice, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, race, Rick Snyder, SB 751, SB 754, SB 803, Scott Keeter, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, the south, the southern strategy, threats to Democracy, veto, Virginia, voter fraud, West Virginia, Wisconsin 11 Comments