Harry Belafonte, who was supposed to appear at this year’s Race and Pedagogy National Conference, will not be able to travel to the University of Puget Sound for the conference as he is currently feeling ill and was advised not to travel. He was originally scheduled to deliver the Susan Resneck Pierce Lecture on public affairs and the arts as well as the keynote address for the conference. Belafonte cancelled earlier this week. Not much information is available regarding the details of his illness. “Our regards to Mr. Belafonte. We...
Jim Baum, a farmer who owns land in King County in Washington, has called for a rally to be held at Westlake Park in Seattle on Oct. 30 at 9:00 a.m. It is called the “Rally to Restore Sanity” and has the same name and date of a similar rally being held in Washington D.C. Baum’s frustrations were sparked by an altercation with King County. In 1988, Baum purchased a retired dairy farm in Maple Valley for a supplemental income. A couple years later, Baum wanted to buy a hay...