I was only 34 years old when I marked the first significant item off my professional bucket list: covering a national presidential nominating convention.
Here’s the plot line: An out-of-state company wants to build a cell tower near a small cluster of mostly rental houses just outside the city limits. The neighbors say “not in my backyard.”
It was 2 a.m. when our eyes met. I sleep poorly because of back problems. So most nights, after a couple of hours of fitful dozing, I’m up pacing the floor.
On July 5, 2016, Alton Sterling was shot at close range by two police officers outside a Baton Rouge convenience store. Sterling, 37, was black; the officers, white.
