Due to remote external forces they could not begin to control, both Middleton and Ferndale lost jobs that had brought prosperity for a generation. Here is where JD Vance’s Middleton and my Ferndale begin to diverge.
People should start thinking—and trying to stop—a repeat of Trump’s performance in 2020: use of violent and non-violent methods to steal the election from Joe Biden. This time he might succeed, and it will spell doom for our democracy.
Almost always, things start out swell, with flowery statements, grand visions and lots of tra-la and rose petals. Not long after, things often get weird.
She repeatedly went to bat for others, managing to pass the first affirmative action plan that defined how the city would ensure applicants and employees were treated equally if they were a member of a protected class such as race, color, gender, age or disability.
What does it mean to “do what you want with your life” as the doctor told Steinem all those years ago? What does it mean when our country’s most powerful people are working to ensure that women can’t even do what they need, let alone what they want?