WOW: Women's Older Wisdom

Is Conversation Disappearing?

We have never had more ways to communicate, yet I wonder if we have forgotten how to have a conversation. I have spent much of my life talking. As a journalist, radio host, teacher, and activist, I’m familiar with the power of words. [...]

Pat Taub

Michelle Alexander1

Racism
5 Min Read
9th June 2020

How White Rage Has Defined Our Nation

As I compulsively followed news stories of record numbers of Americans taking to the streets to protest the racist cop murder of George Floyd, I kept asking myself, “Why is America still so racist in 2020?” In search of answers, I spent the weekend reading Carol Anderson’s “White Rage,” an historical account of how white rage against [...]

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