Barbara Howard

Home Magazine The Right to Vote: Who cares about it? President's Letter The Right to Vote: Who cares about it? Barbara J. Howard (Photo courtesy of the ABA) Earlier this year, I saw the Broadway musical Suffs. I had been so busy beforehand that I had not read a single preview or review of it. In fact, I thought the title might be a typo for “Stuff.” It was not until I opened the program that I realized it told the story of the suffragists. It was one of the best productions I have seen in years.

To the editor: After the election in Two Rivers, Alaska, in October 2021 to vote for a fire service area, it passed with some people not getting the chance to vote because of wrong dates of election in the News-Miner and people being misinformed about losing the ambulance service. Thus, we felt that a revote with the correct information and dates were a must.

Democrats control of the black community ramped up during the Civil Rights Movement. In an effort to discourage us from joining the Movement and discredit it, then FBI Director, J. Edgar Hoover charged Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the other civil rights leaders with being communists. CHURCH LEADERS Almost all the civil rights leaders were church leaders/preachers (Dr. King, Rev.