Monthly Archives: January 2021

“Caste is the powerful infrastructure that holds each group in its place.”

Posted on January 29, 2021 by Kate Stover

Ever since I started reading a history of the United States, I’ve been thinking long and hard about how our past has led to our present.  I am reassessing many of my assumptions about our core values. This provocative book … Continue reading →

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“Nearly five in ten white families and nine in ten black families endured poverty at some point during the Depression.”

Posted on January 19, 2021 by Kate Stover

Why was the rate of poverty so high for black families in the 1930s? The version of American history that I learned in high school decades ago never explored this question. In fact, I don’t recall learning much at all … Continue reading →

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“The inexplicable is all around us. So is the incomprehensible.”

Posted on January 8, 2021 by Kate Stover

Are you as astonished as I am by the events in Washington this week?  During uncertain times like this, I like to reach for the works of the wise poets who are drawn to things that they find inexplicable because … Continue reading →

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