Author: Fred Gardner

Fort Lawton doesn’t exist anymore –not as an Army base and not in historic memory, unless you come across “On American Soil” by Jack Hamann (University of Washington Press, 2007). In 1944, 43 Black soldiers...

In advance of tonight’s debate, the New York Times featured a “guest essay” by Donna Brazile in support of Kamala Harris. Brazile has the same Teflon coating that protected Judge Judy (AIDS patients...

Weed’s Black Neighborhood If you’ve only driven past Weed on Hwy 5, or stopped to take a photo of Mt. Shasta and have a cup of coffee at the Hi-Lo Cafe, you might not have known that the town had “a thriving...