As one decade turns into the next, I find myself struggling with one of the great existential questions of our time: Which version of “Betcha By Golly, Wow” is best—the Stylistics’s or Prince’s?
But I’m going to try to look on the bright side, starting with national politics . . .
In short, my argument is that Democrats are better off vigilantly defending their values in a fight with a despicable Republican than watering them down to accommodate the nervous nellies in a Democratic White House.
Every mayor has pledged to do what they can to bridge the gap between the poor and rich. And yet the gap continues to widen as Chicago becomes more expensive and more poor people leave. Especially Black people.
Byrd-Bennett pled guilty to helping a couple of scam artists win more than $20 million in contracts to operate a principal training program that no one needed, asked for, wanted, or benefitted from.
