Samuel James 
Before the pandemic I toured as a musician and storyteller. It was just last winter when I was performing in Ohio, Texas, Alaska, and at home in Maine, but it feels like a lifetime ago and even the stages in Maine feel a million miles away. I was supposed to be in London at the …
We have a problem. It’s an anti-democratic, anti-civil rights, anti-education, pro-racism, pro-fascism, pro-COVID, politically active problem. It’s a big problem and it numbers more than 70 million. The problem is the Republican Party and we have no idea how to solve it. Did you say education? If so, stop saying that. The answer to the …
I am being told to forgive. I am told that I need to reach across the aisle, shake hands, put my political differences aside, and join in becoming one country again. I am told this is very important because I, as a Black person, not only had to use my vote to save this country …