Trying to Keep Up

Protests continue across the country and locally, the police continue assaulting people, and some curfews have been lifted. Oh yeah, and secret police are occupying parts of the nation's capital. Did I mention they were all white?

Local/national writer Naomi Kritzer had what I think is the best analysis of what happened on the ground here in terms of building destruction during the last nights of May.

This interview with Ta-nehisi Coates took me off guard because I know he doesn't use the word "hope" when it comes to his expectations of this country, but he used it here.