October 2020 | Page 3

October – in – Brief

Libraries We Love - Whitman County Rural Library District, Colfax, WA

Barbara Lloyd McMichael writes about the many challenges facing rural libraries, including the fiery destruction of a beloved library serving the small Washington town of Malden.

Does Democracy Have a Soul?

This question is posed by

Dr. Peter Corning, director of Institute for the Study of Complex Systems.

Pauli Murray and the process of becoming

by Barbara Lloyd McMichael

For more than 50 years, Pauli Murray was a prolific civil rights pioneer, plowing new territory for Blacks, women and LGBTQ populations.

Congressman John R. Lewis lived his life fighting for civil rights and social equity.

By Annie Searle

William Lulow Interviews Natasha Freidus, Co-founder and CEO of “Needs List

NOTES FROM THE WORKING-CLASS:

The Wildest Fire

by Patricia Vaccarino

Citizenship:

Bridging Individualism & Community to Sustain our Democracy

by Nick Licata