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Greensboro Massacre again…and again….
I got in on the middle of this WFDD story on the Nov. 4 1979 Klan-Nazi shootings, aka the “Greensboro Massacre.” OK, I’m thinking to myself—what’s the significance here? It’s…
Truth commission
independent commission tasked with discovering past crimes against humanity by a government. Starting in Latin America in the 1980s, several such commissions were initiated worldwide from the 1990s
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GPD filegate
Leaders of the Pulpit Forum say files on the Klan-Nazi shootings were destroyed while David Wray was police chief and the City of Greensboro has done absolutely nothing. Current Chief…
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Over and over
The N&R’s agenda regarding the Truth and Reconciliation process continues. I’ll go ahead and post Lex Alexander’s entire article in today’s paper. Note that the first half of the article…
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Credibility issues
So Yes!Weekly editor Brian Clarey says the Troublemaker’s “credibility has always been for s*** in many, many people’s eyes.” Well, let’s see what we have from Clarey’s publication: A double-bylined,…
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Surprise, surprise, surpise
City Council member Goldie Wells made a surprise resolution supporting the Truth and Reconciliation Commission at tonight’s meeting. It was a long, rambling resolution, the key component of which was…
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Holliday supports Bellamy-Small
But if you blink, you may miss it. When discussing this afternoon’s City Hall rally for Dianne Bellamy-Small, Pulpit Forum member Cades Brown asked why no one called for Mayor…
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Things can always be worse
Cone and Medved take different looks at leadership, or the lack thereof. In yesterday’s N&R, Cone writes It is a dangerous moment for the nation and the world because ultimately…
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No apology necessary
The N&R’s Doug Clark pretty well sums up the latest TRC debate: I suppose the council could issue an apology, but it wasn’t in office in 1979 and isn’t responsible…
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Inquiring minds want to know
While we’re on the subject of N&R editorials, ConAlt says the paper continues to editorialize in its news coverage. Funny, I felt the same way when reading this story on…
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Adopting the left’s language
The media often adopt the language of the left without even realizing it. In today’s Raleigh News & Observer there’s a story about Greensboro’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, a group…