Rosalynn Carter – Mary Curtis

Jimmy Carter’s version of being a man should still mean something

It sounds like the plot of an adventure film — an elite, trained military unit is sent on a mission that’s intricate, critical and dangerous. But the story was real. Long before he was president of the United States, Jimmy Carter was one of the heroes of this particular operation, one that called for smarts, […]

Carter funeral, Rustin biopic show lives getting deserved reexamination

Featured at Roll Call / Mary Curtis

In an ideal world, those who promote peace are heralded, those who elevate nonviolence held up as examples to imitate. In real life, not so much. In recent weeks, grown-up men challenging other grown-up men to fights have shown that acting out faux manliness and toughness is the quickest way to generate all-important buzz. That

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