The Moral Monday court hearings are, of course, no pleasure for the accused, but they are also no doubt a headache for judges, bailiffs, court clerks, prosecutors and the like. But justice must be done, even when it resembles watching two seasons of reruns. Two judges, Joy Hamilton and William Lawton, have been assigned to […]
Dick J. Reavis
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Moral Monday is a class struggle, not a racial one
Like most of the 309 people who’ve been arrested at the Moral Monday protests at the state Legislature, I’ve gently mentioned the experience to friends and colleagues, all of them white like me, in the hopes that they’ll join the campaign. Several have responded with enthusiasm and, I believe, will be behind bars one day […]
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From Dick Reavis’ book Catching Out: The Secret World of Day Laborers
⇒ Read our Q&A with Reavis Editor’s note: Day laborers are among the most exploited and vulnerable workers in the American economic system, yet they perform some of the most necessaryand dirtyjobs. This is an excerptChapter 2from Dick Reavis’ book Catching Out: The Secret World of Day Laborers published by Simon & Schuster. In the […]
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Neo-Confederate Kirk Lyons on race, immigration and what could be his final flag case
One Friday morning late last month, nearly a dozen men sat on a concrete bench on the first floor of the federal building in Florence, S.C., about 90 miles southwest of Fayetteville. They were waiting for a hearing to begin in Courtroom No. 1, upstairs. The men were mostly of a type: middle-aged, from surrounding […]
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What’s it take to get an anti-war movement going?
It’s hard to believe, but turnout for the March 19 anti-war festival in Fayetteville–headquarters of the Green Berets and 82nd Airborne Division–may have been unmatched in any American locale. But Fayetteville’s achievement–rallying more than 4,000 people in a city of 120,000–only underscores a setback for American peace forces on March 19. London and Istanbul staged […]