Georgia Congressman John Lewis waves at the National Action to Realize the Dream march and rally for the 50th Anniversary of the march on Washington.
John R. Lewis – recently deceased Congressman from Atlanta, Freedom Rider, leader of SNCC, speaker at the 1963 March on Washington, antagonist-then-ally of Martin Luther King, Jr., leader of the 1965 Bloody Sunday march in Selma – was born near Dunn’s Chapel AME Church a few miles east of Troy in 1940. He was educated…
Wind farms are one aspect of the 'Green New Deal' proposed in Congress. (photo/Harvey McDaniel/Wikimedia Commons)
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions to curb climate change will require enormous sacrifice. The enormity of the required sacrifice suggests that we should have consensus on the goal before acting. Recent discussions of the Green New Deal have highlighted some of the required sacrifices, but I suspect that the full implications of an all renewable power…