by Ty Davison | Sep 12, 2020 | News & Commentary
19 families buy nearly 97 acres of land in Georgia to create a city safe for Black people – CNN: “Welcome to Freedom!” exclaims real estate agent Ashley Scott as she surveys the nearly 97 acres of land that she and a group of 19 Black families...
by Ty Davison | Aug 2, 2020 | News & Commentary
I saw author Garry Kasparov, then world chess champion, speak at Stanford University in the ‘90s. He’s a brilliant mind with interests far beyond the chessboard. America’s Mission – Persuasion: From the very beginning, that nation was rife with...
by Ty Davison | Jul 28, 2020 | News & Commentary
Portland protesters gassed by federal officers on advance through city streets, park Monday – oregonlive.com: Several people who attended Monday night’s demonstrations called for protesters to stop focusing on the federal courthouse. But that would defeat...
by Ty Davison | Jul 26, 2020 | News & Commentary
I don’t agree with all of this, but E.D. Mondainé, the president of the Portland, Oregon branch of the NAACP, gets the gist of it correct: the protests in Portland now have very little to do with improving anything. Opinion | Portland’s protests...
by Ty Davison | Jul 19, 2020 | News & Commentary
How to ruin the First Amendment for everyone ‘Anarchists’ provoke tear gas use during Portland protests, police tell Oregon lawmakers – oregonlive.com: High-ranking Portland police officials told state lawmakers they’ve tried to de-escalate violence at...