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Democracy in danger? What will you do if Trump wins?
Betty Bayé has been living in a constant vortex of anxiety since Donald Trump took the presidency in 2017. She spoke to LEO from her sanctuary — the home in which she tempers her constant worry with re-runs of “In the Heat of the Night” and Natalie Cole albums. But even that hasn’t blocked out…
Tuesday has to be a beginning, not the end
Broken. Regardless of what happens on Tuesday, America is broken in a way the removal of Donald Trump alone cannot fix. In the way cell phone video has exposed the brutal racism of our nation to those who are finally willing to believe with their eyes what our black neighbors have been telling our ears…
How To Support Racial Justice, Diversity and Activism This Week In Louisville (11/2)
MONDAY, Nov. 2 Louisville Out of the Darkness Experience Anywhere Donations accepted | Any time This week is the annual Out of the Darkness walk by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Kentucky chapter. But, because of COVID-19, the event has been changed to a weeklong digital experience and self-guided walk on Friday and the…
How To Support Racial Justice, Diversity and Activism This Weekend (10/30)
FRIDAY, Oct. 30 Halloween at the Square Jefferson Square Park Free | Times vary Over two days, there will be Halloween events at Jefferson Square Park — the hub of Louisville’s Breonna Taylor protests. On Friday, The Black Women’s Collective is hosting a movie night starting at 7:30 p.m. with the “Nightmare Before Christmas” and…
Countdown to election 2020 — Good, evil and Mitch McConnell
After decades of writing about politics, never have I been so eager — anxious may be a better word — for an election to be over. That thought came when I read an Oct. 20 story in the Somerset Commonwealth Journal about a Republican rally where U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell’s campaign manager, Jonathan Shell, declared,…
Savage Love: Jealous Typologies
Q: I’ve been in a relationship with a wonderful guy for the past year. The only problem is that he works with a girl he used to fuck. It wasn’t just sex — they would go on dates and even went on vacation together. He kept this little “detail” to himself for six full months…
7 recently-released songs from local artists
There are a lot of different emotions floating around this playlist of local songs, which have all been released in the last month or so. Probably because we live in a time that evokes a fair share of various feelings. In the following songs there’s optimism and despair, love and worry, one song that has…
Big Momma’s Soul Food Kitchen a standout
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, we interrupt our dining review for this public-service announcement: Have you voted yet? Good! Wait, you over there! You haven’t voted? Please vote on Election Day, Nov. 3, or vote early in person at one of Louisville’s convenient early polls. But vote! Vote as if your life depends on it, because just…
What could we do with $165 million in campaign contributions?
As of Sept. 30, the total amount raised by federal campaigns in Kentucky and Indiana is about $165 million. This does not include state and local races, just U.S. House and Senate. Of course, a big chunk of that — $140 million — is owed to the Senate race between the Democratic National Committee’s Fighter…
Who is ‘anonymous’? A senior Trump administration official?
[Ed. note: On Wednesday, the day LEO published this analysis, The New York Times ran a story in which Miles Taylor, the former chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security, says he is “Anonymous,” the author of “A Warning,” Read his full statement here.] For two years, U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell and Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao…
Amendment 2 has a hidden agenda, but it’s a good one
As our tumultuous, pandemic-extended election consumes the country, this space takes a breath to offer a closer look at something important on Kentucky’s ballot and a look back at a political kingmaker. If your ballot has several races, you may miss one or both of the constitutional amendments on the back. You may have heard…
How Louisville and Kentucky voters view Beshear, Biden, Fischer, McConnell and Trump
We in the media, myself included, tend to cover elections through the frame of the candidate, i.e. “Will Joe Biden win?” “Can President Trump appeal to people in the suburbs,” “Does Amy McGrath have the right message for Eastern Kentucky?” But that in some ways distorts how elections actually work. The real actors in the…
Thorns & Roses: The Worst, Best And Most Absurd (10/28)
Absurd: The LMPD pisses off everyone! One detail not fully explained in the Breonna Taylor case is why the Louisville police cannot ask the U.S. Postal Service about suspected parcels. The Courier Journal reports that Shively police act as a go-between. Postal inspectors “don’t want any more dealings with Louisville Metro units” because of “bad…
Vote for the better candidate
I get it… “Both parties are the same!” (No, they’re really not.) “The two-party system is broken!” (Yeah, because the two-party system needs two parties! Democrats are in one party and Republicans are posing as a party and only want to shrink and dismantle government.) “I’m voting for a third-party candidate, because I’m staying true…
