A militarized crackdown raises an outcry from local leaders: This is your morning tip sheet.
Armed federal agents are patrolling the streets of Portland against the wishes of local leaders, and the president refuses to guarantee that he won’t contest the official results of the election. It’s Monday, and this is your politics tip sheet. Sign up here to get On Politics in your inbox every weekday.
Federal agents dispersing protesters in Portland on Saturday.
When expressing your admiration for a departed civil rights hero, there’s always the temptation to wax poetic, to ponder the greater ideals of our society and the role of struggle in the fight for human equality.
But before you get to all that, just make sure you’re talking about the right guy.
John Lewis, who died on Friday at 80, co-founded the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and helped organize the 1963 March on Washington before eventually living out the promise in his own activism by becoming a member of Congress for over 30 years.
