Good news sometimes comes in small victories. I this case, the good news is that the legislature in South Carolina did not pass bills banning teaching about race and restricting abortion.
The Charleston Post & Courier reported:
COLUMBIA — Legislation that bars race-centric lessons in South Carolina schools and further limits abortions are likely doomed for the year.
The highly partisan bills are among proposals that did not meet the Legislature’s deadline for clearing at least one chamber, which opponents count as success.
“I’m a firm believer that there is success in stopping bad things from happening,” said Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter, D-Orangeburg. “In some cases, it’s a matter of delay.”
The Legislature was preoccupied by debate on a bill about banning transgender athletes from participating in sports that do not match their sexual identity at birth. And they didn’t have time left to deal with other issues.
Diane Ravitch's blog 
Interesting that this happened in South Carolina. Some good news among all the other.
I would add this. Many of us who voted for Bernie Sanders implored those who would not vote for Hillary to vote for her although we too thought that the Democratic party missed the boat when they kept him from being their nominee. I personally believe that he could have won over Trump at that time, he was leading in the poles, but that is just my opinion.
The big point is that too many did not vote for Hillary at that time and that is the basis for so very many of the problems we have today. Once Trump became president this country will never be the same.
NOW, so many think that the Democrats may well lose both the House and Senate in this coming election. Don’t be fooled twice. Work to get out the vote in this next election. If the Trump agenda is put in place again ……..
Yes, agree 100%. Sadly, people like Chris Hedges (who is great on so many other issues) and the extremists refused to vote for a Democrat in 2016. Voting Green just helped Trump to win. We are stuck with a 2-party system and clearly the GOP has become a crazy far right wing/libertarian cult with folks like Trump and DeSantis leading the way to regressive policies. Trump tried to overturn a free and fair election, in effect, a softcore coup d’etat. I will be voting Democratic and democratic to keep Trump and the Trump clones out of office.
I no longer think the extremists of the GOP are libertarians. If they were, they would not impose their views on abortion, race, and gender. Either you agree with them, or you go to jail.
The Koch network claws at American laws and institutions in order to install oligarchy. The network plots against liberty for Americans.
Sometimes small steps forward are big!
Fighting back against Taliban-Lite.
Unlike Florida, Texas, and Oklahoma, I’m glad to know that there’s still some piece of sanity left in SC state congress.
The report about South Carolina is good news.
Unfortunately, also in the news- quarterback Cam Newton’s comments about women.
Newton’s father is a bishop over 5 Georgia pentecostal churches.
Media reports today that the quarterback (who self describes as very religious) opines, women don’t know when to be quiet. In a prior interview, he intimated that America is beyond racism.
Conservative religion retards progress toward decency and equality.