Are any of you on Spotify?

I would love to have more Spotify friends and listen to others' playlists, but my own long-time friends are music shy....so I don't have a lot of friends on there.

I am open to many, many genres - from contemporary pop and r&b to classic rock, soul and funk and I like lots of darkwave and alternative. Rather than post my name here, I'll link to a playlist I made that shows you what I like to listen to : soulful grooves, dance music, soundtracks and a bit of hip-hop.

https://open.spotify.com/user/kerrylkatriviera/playlist/4vsWm3mlrHFX4rkGx8xn0q?si=ZIwayO2CSiylq4a-AMBcBA

If you're interested, feel free to add me and I'll add you back!

Reparations and that Chicago story Cohen told about Trump

I spent years covering the struggling Chicago neighborhoods like the one Cohen described. I also know a lot of success stories that have come from public-private partnerships between low-income residents and enlightened downtown executives who know a simple truth of urban life: Inside every ghetto there’s a neighborhood struggling to make a comeback.

I think neighborhood development could be a form of reparation, but it will have a much broader consensus of support if we don’t limit it to African-Americans.

Most serious proposals, by the way, ask not for a big lump-sum payout to black folks, as many imagine, but programs and policies to reduce inequality and promote education and skills training.