August 31, 2019
by Judith Kilborn
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Month: August 2019
August 30, 2019
by Judith Kilborn
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A rural Arkansas town confronts its buried history of mass killings of black Americans
This is the lead in The Guardian’s article entitled “Arkansas: tree honoring 1919 Elaine Massacre victims cut down”: Officials are investigating after someone cut down a willow tree that was planted earlier this year to honor the victims of the 1919 … Continue reading
August 29, 2019
by Judith Kilborn
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Crain’s forum on gun violence in Chicago
My sister Aimee works with lots of organizations in Chicago and sent me this article. It looks at gun violence in Chicago in complex and, I think, interesting ways. “Hidden costs push price of city’s gun violence into the billions” … Continue reading
August 27, 2019
by Judith Kilborn
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Dilbert on the dangers of autocorrect
August 27, 2019
by Judith Kilborn
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Learning about Japanese American internment camps
I don’t usually post reflections in this blog; however, the St. Cloud Times’ article about the Smithsonian exhibit on Japanese Americans that I blogged about the other day got me to thinking about a personal memory—as has the continuing crisis … Continue reading
August 25, 2019
by Judith Kilborn
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Why a Smithsonian exhibit on Japanese-Americans and World War II is coming to Stearns
The article title appearing on today’s St. Cloud Times is “Smithsonian exhibit details an ‘injustice’: Display tells stories of Japanese Americans’ Internment,” and the lead describes the personal history of Sally Sudo, now an Edina resident. ST. CLOUD — Sally Sudo was among hundreds … Continue reading
August 25, 2019
by Judith Kilborn
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“Court revives St. Cloud couple’s lawsuit opposing state’s same-sex discrimination law”
Here’s the lead from Alyssa Zaczek’s front page article in today’s St. Cloud Times. ST. PAUL — A federal appeals court ruled Friday that a judge should not have dismissed a lawsuit challenging a provision of the Minnesota Human Rights Act … Continue reading
August 24, 2019
by Judith Kilborn
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Pitts on U.S. racial history articles
Leonard Pitts, Jr., who writes a regular opinion column for the Miami Herald, tweeted about two published pieces yesterday — one his own piece and the other an interesting New York Times’ piece. Here are both tweets, which include links to the articles. … Continue reading
August 24, 2019
by Judith Kilborn
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Two articles from yesterday’s Washington Post
These articles—opinion pieces from the Washington Post— popped up on my Twitter feed. The first was written after some white folks made racist comments to a journalist regarding Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), and the second responds to a plan to end … Continue reading
August 23, 2019
by Judith Kilborn
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Dan Rather on “moments of struggle and setback”
We all have moments of struggle and setback. That is part of human life, and it has been ever thus. I came across this haiku that spoke to me in a moment of quiet reflection:I write, erase, rewrite,Erase again, and … Continue reading