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The Winthrop Royalty Coronation 2021 features Princess Jae Gaffaney, left, and Miss Winthrop Emilee Kuehn, crowned at the Ware House on Carver Street Thursday, as part of Winthrop’s 36th annual Grackle Days. Also as part of the events, the Chamber of Commerce free Agriculture Committee breakfast will be served from 6 to 9 a.m. Friday, April 9, at the UFC Berdan Center. An art show is set for 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Winthrop Public Library. Artist Amy Foster will speak at 12:15 p.m. Saturday. A street dance with IV Play performing under a heated tent on Carver Street takes place 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday.
It is painfully clear that in any event, America has a lot of work to do
Updated January 12, 2021, 2:30 a.m.
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Weâre far from the normalcy all deserve
I understand when I hear cries for a return to normalcy. But we cannot return to a normalcy that accepts the forced homelessness of millions of poor people and families, and that forces millions to choose between health care and feeding their children. We cannot accept a normalcy that keeps more than half the population living paycheck to paycheck, teetering on the edge of poverty and despair. We cannot accept the normalcy of workers treated as disposable cogs in the wheels of commerce, whether in supermarkets, in nursing homes, in offices, or on the farms and in the factories that provide the nation with food. We cannot accept a normalcy where millions of students leave school under the crushing weight of bank debt. We cannot return to a normalcy that endorses the caging of more adults than any other nation.