Sara (Van Newkirk) Cover, who recently accepted a position with Greater Omaha Packing Company, an independent beef packing business in Omaha, Neb., said her company focuses on producing a high quality product, which means they…
Sara (Van Newkirk) Cover, who recently accepted a position with Greater Omaha Packing Company, an independent beef packing business in Omaha, Nebraska, said her company focuses on producing a high quality product, which means they…
Shallowford Road Walmart Closing Is Representative Of Food Apartheid - And Response (2) Sunday, February 28, 2021
The Unity Group is saddened and dismayed to hear of the closing of the Walmart Grocery store on Shallowford Road. While we recognize that the overall goal is for businesses to reach a level that obtains profit maximization, in our estimation, this recent closure is indicative of a problem that has continued to be persistent in marginalized and disadvantaged communities for more than a decade. Throughout that duration, Food Lions have closed in multiple locations while Food City, Buehler’s and other neighborhood markets have been shuttered. These closures have only been exacerbated due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
republicans to make barack obama a one-term president, among other things, saying this yeah, i don t think reparations for something that happened 150 years ago for whom none of us currently living are responsible is a good idea. we ve, you know, tried to deal with our original sin of slavery by fighting a civil war, by passing landmark civil rights legislation. we ve elected an african-american president. i think we re always a work in progress in this country, but no one currently alive was responsible for that. let s bring in van newkirk, a staff writer at the atlantic and robert w. lee, a descendant of robert e. lee. also author of a sin by any other name. appreciate you coming on. van, i m going to start with you. what strikes you most about
and i think that we are always a work in progress in this country, but no one currently alive was responsible for that. let s bring in van new kirk, a staff writer at the atlantic and robert lee, a descendent of general robert e. lee. and the author of a sin by any other name and the reckoning of the south. and so, what strikes you the most from the remarks of mitch mcconnell? what gets me the comment of president obama, and the fact that senate majority leader mcconnell seems to believe that obama, himself, was reparations. that is a tough one. that is a tough one to me. it was a big thing for african-americans, but, you know, 40 acres under barack obama, i am not sure how that works. but the whole thing, and it is