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“I’ll see you in heaven.” It was the last thing Al Braccolino, 90, of Crown Point, told one of his daughters as paramedics loaded him into an ambulance Nov. 16. COVID-19 forced him into the final fight of his life. Ten days later, the chair Al usually occupied at the Thanksgiving table would sit empty. The husband to his wife of 70 years, father of three and grandfather of six died on the holiday. Al’s daughter, Sandra Noe, was herself suffering from COVID-19, which she contracted while caring for her sick parents, when the virus forced Al’s hospitalization. Noe, 66, ...

This, you're from the south as i am, there's always a stereotype of the south that these things happen down south, can't get justice in a place like missouri where it is predominantly white police officers, white mayor. here we are in the diversity hub of america and you have people who say this is supposed to be 1965 selma, not 2014 new york city where folks feel they can't get justice. >> yeah. if you actually look at american history, tamron, it has never been totally north, south split. in fact, there was slavery in the north, there was discrimination in the north. if it wasn't classic jim...

Own convention where they nominated a rival presidential ticket for the 1948 election. nominee was none other than strom thurmond, who is not always remembered as a former democrat, as a dixiecrat, but he should be. we think of the democrats and republicans as ageless eternal entities, and they have been the two major parties in this country for 150 years now. about the only thing either party kept for all that time is its name. once upon a time, no region more in love with the democratic party than the south. the white house segregationist south. this through a series of dramatic events in th...

What if we're living through a bigger more fundmental turns point. we think of the democrats and republicans as ageless, eternal entities and they have been the two major parties in the country for 150 years now. about the only thing that the party has kept for all those years is it's name. once upon a time there was no one more in love with the democratic party than the south. harry truman integrated the military. when lbj signed the civil rights act in 1964, which through a series of eventings like that that the white house south split off from the democratic party. that series of events als...

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