Leo Frank, 31-year-old president of the Atlanta chapter of B’nai B’rith, was lynched in Marietta, Georgia, 105 years ago last summer, causing many fellow Jews to leave the state. This is one important backstory of Jon Ossoff’s campaign to become a U.S. Senator tonight.
Tonight, in Holten, Netherlands, as they have done for decades, citizens will lay candles at graves of Canadian soldiers who liberated this town in April 1945. It will be a scaled-down event due to COVID but these people have never forgotten the sacrifices made for their freedom
Diary of a Sad Woman - why I hate COVID. Sun, Oct 15th - my brother picks up my mom who has just spent 2 weeks in Florida staying with my aunt post uncle’s death. Mom/dad had both attended my uncle’s funeral 2 weeks earlier. Mom comes back feeling sick.
Thanks for mentioning me @vp, so here are the facts: 14,000 died from H1N1; we are headed to 400,000 dead in less than a year from COVID. Happy to compare records any time!
There’s an exhaustion that sets in when you’re constantly called upon to comment on crimes against your own.
@donnovanbennett explains why white athletes must do more to fight for racial justice by winning over minds closed to their Black counterparts.
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