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What was True All Along But I Just Understood Now
I’ve written probably ten essays about police fatally harming unarmed Black men and women. So, that makes one a year for the ten years, going on eleven, that I’ve published this blog. In all of them, my foundation is that the brutality was exceptional,… Continue Reading “What was True All Along But I Just Understood Now”
Day After Day, Time After Time
It’s like Grandma said The more things change, the more they Stay the same, police _______________________ Photo credit: Photo by Martin Delaby on Unsplash
Start Where You Are
It’s depressing like a funeral. I went to the demonstration at Milwaukee’s Red Arrow Park because I had to be a body. I’ve gone to funerals sometimes because I’ve gotten it in my head that the bereaved, a dead friend or acquaintance’s relatives, should… Continue Reading “Start Where You Are”
It Could Happen or Not
It’s always other people’s children who get shot. Last week, a man was shot by a Milwaukee police officer. Although not all the facts are known, everyone seems ready to lay the shooting at the feet of mental illness. The thinking trajectory is that… Continue Reading “It Could Happen or Not”
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Listen to Jan read her essay “Billy” presented on WUWM’s Lake Effect
Jan’s essay “At the Breakfast Bar” on WUWM Lake Effect
Jan’s essay “The Parish Hall,” on WUWM Lake Effect
“Fury Cannot Touch Me,” Modern Love, NYT, 9/29/11
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