Book Excerpt
Excerpt from the fourth chapter. You Came Here to Die, Didn’t You by Sherie Labedis Thursday, June 23, 1965, Charleston, South Carolina I know the black child is here […]
Book Excerpt
Excerpt from the first chapter of my book – You Came Here to Die, Didn’t You by Sherie Labedis Monday, June 14, 1965, Atlanta, Georgia “You came here to […]
Ft. Sill Internment Summer Camp for Kids
In THE WEEK Magazine, June 21, 2019 under the U.S. at a glance I found this: “The Trump administration plans to move up to 1,400 migrant children in its […]
An Issue Both Parties SHOULD have solutions to.
Please read “An emergency in rural America” by Eli Saslow. Rural America is screaming for medical care. Every presidential candidate should hear those screams and respond to them with programs […]
Trump didn’t create the Trump boom
Hello, I know I have been away a long time. My husband was quite ill and then he passed and I haven’t gotten back to writing. That does not mean, […]
The Threat of Tribalism by Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld
One of my favorite magazines is The Atlantic. Their 2018 issue, Is Democracy Dying is an amazing study of America today. I intend to comment on other articles, but I […]
On my husband’s passing
I haven’t posted in a long time. My husband has been very ill and finally got Hospice care in May. Below is his obituary. Joe “The Bartender” Labedis Mixed his […]
On June 12, 1967
In Loving v. Virginia, U.S.Supreme Court strikes down as unconstitutional laws in 16 states that prohibit interracial marriage. Read more This was the year before I graduated from college – […]
Only in America
Eighth-grade students graduating from St. Cornelius Catholic School in Pennsylvania will each receive a free bulletproof shield for their backpacks. The rectangular plates are being donated by Unequal Technologies, a […]
America’s segregated shores: beaches’ long history as a racial battleground
In 1965 when I was a volunteer for Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference, I worked in rural South Carolina. That summer nine civil rights workers, SCLC and […]
OMG: TEACHERS WITH GUNS
(I wrote this blog in February after the Parkland shooting and after President Trump suggested that teachers in the classroom be armed. But the backup drive didn’t – […]
On May 28, 1830
President Andrew Jackson signs Indian Removal Act, requiring tribes to exchange land east of the Mississippi River for territory in the West and leading to forcible removal of those who […]
