More than three decades ago, Black activists led an economic boycott against Miami’s tourism industry after city officials rescinded an offer to present the city’s keys to Nelson Mandela.
David Peery, who previously experienced homelessness as a victim of the 2008 recession, knows far too well how one unfortunate circumstance can drastically alter the trajectory of someone’s life.
Caitlyn Crites
The day after the 2021 inauguration, Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut took to Twitter to declare: âBiden is making transparency cool again.âÂ
This was a head-scratcher for many journalists and transparency advocates. Freedom of Information â the concept that government documents belong to and must be accessible to the people â has never not been cool. Using federal and local public records laws, a single individual can uncover everything from war crimes to health code violations at the local taqueria. How awesome is that? If you need more proof: There was an Australian comic book series called
Southern Squadron: Freedom of Information Act; the classic anime