Jul. 3—They say lightning never strikes the same place twice. Well, tell that to the folks at the Jasper County Courthouse. Severe storms rolling through the area in May 2024 and October 2019 resulted in the courthouse being struck by lightning, and both times left lasting effects on the structure and its inner systems. The […]
(Photo by Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images) What in the world could they have been thinking? That’s one of the questions (or, at least, one hopes it is) that most white Americans ask themselves periodically when contemplating the evil of human slavery – the institution that undergirds so much of their modern privilege and wealth. How […]
Fresh off a plane from Detroit for a business trip, Ray Bryant glanced frequently at his phone while waiting for an Uber at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport last week. When asked about the possibility of Uber leaving the Twin Cities market due to a labor dispute, his response was swift. “That would be bad,” he […]