Dear Gov. Sununu, We are responding to your statement of April 19, on New Hampshire Public Radio, in which you stated that “there is no systemic racism in New Hampshire.” Systemic racism: The way in which bias embedded in an organization’s procedures, policies, informal practices, and ...
May 5, also known as Cinco de Mayo, was an important celebration in Mexican history, honoring their great victory over the French in 1862. Unfortunately, in American history, May 5, 1925, was not a day that can be celebrated, especially by American educators. It is on that day, 96 years ago, ...
In the midst of divisive rhetoric and a welter of hateful, far right bills introduced in the New Hampshire Legislature this year, it is all too easy to overlook the positive, bipartisan efforts of a handful of public servants to advance reasonable legislation. A prime example is a bill, ...
The hypocrisy of the right is mind-boggling and laughable, except it has terrible consequences for democratic principles like truth, fairness, justice and, very importantly, the rule of law. Take one example: Tucker Carlson, a Fox News commentator who swims in the deep end of a fact-free ...
After the U.S. Census every 10 years, states reapportion the population into voting districts. When redistricting is fair, maps are drawn to consider how many citizens are in a town, what towns are in what school districts, and whether towns have a shared economic source like a mill, or a ...
Last Sunday, The Telegraph published an excellent letter by Jean Lewandowski about the problems with the NH GOP “divisive concepts” bill, which didn’t get out of committee, but is now attached to HB2, the budget bill. That hearing will be on May 4 at 6 p.m. The proposed bill would ban ...