On the next Story Told, Michael remembers when America’s tax day was 15 April in “Taxing the People’s Democracy.” Also, from Robert Brake, “Ahh . .Freedom,” and from Michael Kazin “The 1776 Follies.” Lastly, “What to do when Stopped by The Police,” published by Portland’s Black United Front in 1980.
Spring Planting
Michael McCusker discusses the criminalization of poverty, and explores what Donald Trump’s “concepts of a plan” statement about US healthcare might mean.
Drawing ever so closer to the 2020 election, Michael reads a New York Times opinion piece "Will American Prestige Ever Recover?" by Timothy Egan....