December 10, 2020
We have been amazed and grateful at the fierce dedication our writers displayed in responding to the unending tumult of this year. From the early days of COVID-19, they sought out the city dwellers determined to improve our health, housing, food access and more. But where do we go from here? In this time of fraught politics and an entrenched pandemic, with a new administration waiting in the wings, what stories should we watch in the coming year?
Join Next City for our first-ever journalists roundtable, with writers Oscar Perry Abello, Jared Brey and Emily Nonko, in a conversation moderated by Board Chair Eric Shaw. These three will discuss the people, programs and ideas that most inspired them this year the Philadelphia activists who organized encampments and pushed for surprising progress on housing; the activist bondholders pressuring investors to support racial justice; a program that places returning citizens in stable housing in private homes, and more. L
How the Restoration of Clayborn Temple Paves the Way for a More Equitable Future
Once the epicenter of civil rights movement, this Memphis landmark offers a chance to harness the power of a historic protest.
By Shayla Martin STEVE JONES COURTESY OF NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION
On February 1, 1968, the streets of Memphis, Tennessee, flowed with rainwater. The downpour overwhelmed sewers, making it all but impossible for sanitation workers to perform their already grueling tasks. Two workers, Echol Cole and Robert Walker, sought shelter from the storm in the back of their garbage truck. When an electrical switch malfunctioned, they were crushed. Their tragic deaths sparked outrage, but when the Memphis Public Works department refused to compensate their families, the community had had enough.
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AllahpunditPosted at 3:38 pm on December 16, 2020
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This is the first idea he’s had about resisting the election results that I support, just because it’d be fantastically funny watching it play out.
Imagine the news coverage. “It’s now 8 p.m. eastern time, eight hours since President Joe Biden was inaugurated, and as you can see from our live feed former President Trump is still seated at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office in the dark with his arms crossed. Wait, hold on we’re now getting word that the former president is threatening to hold his breath if the election results aren’t overturned. To repeat, he will hold his breath unless he isn’t sworn in for a second term immediately. Back to you, Jim.”
That message in a demand letter was delivered Tuesday (local time) to the town of Palm Beach and was addressed to the US Secret Service, saying Trump lost his legal right to live at Mar-a-Lago because of an agreement he signed in the early 1990s when he converted the storied estate from his private residence to a private club. The legal manoeuvre could force Palm Beach to publicly address whether Trump can make Mar-a-Lago his legal residence and home, as he has been expected to do, when he becomes an ex-president after the swearing-in of Joe Biden on January 20.
Patrick Semansky/AP
Print article Neighbors of Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump’s private club in Palm Beach, Fla., that he has called his Winter White House, have a message for the outgoing commander in chief: We don’t want you to be our neighbor. That message in a demand letter was delivered Tuesday to the town of Palm Beach and was addressed to the U.S. Secret Service, saying Trump lost his legal right to live at Mar-a-Lago because of an agreement he signed in the early 1990s when he converted the storied estate from his private residence to a private club. The legal maneuver could force Palm Beach to publicly address whether Trump can make Mar-a-Lago his legal residence and home, as he has been expected to do, when he becomes an ex-president after the swearing-in of Joe Biden on Jan. 20.