Berry Craig

Lifelong Kentuckian Berry Craig is an emeritus professor of history at West Kentucky Community and Technical College in Paducah and a freelance writer. He is a member of American Federation of Teachers Local 1360, recording secretary for the Western Kentucky AFL-CIO Area Council, webmaster-editor for the Kentucky State AFL-CIO, and a member of the state AFL-CIO Executive Board. His ninth book on the history of his state, “Kentuckians and Pearl Harbor: Stories from the Day of Infamy,” was published by the University Press of Kentucky in November 2020.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Berry Craig

Politics

Dr. Fauci destroys Sen. Rand Paul at Senate hearing
July 22, 2021 By Berry Craig
Paul’s stupidity puts him in the lead of the pack of GOP Senate deniers of science regarding COVID.
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News

Sen. Roy Blunt confirms: GOP is the party of Jim Crow
June 28, 2021 By Berry Craig
What we see today is a Republican Party that follows naturally from Nixon’s Southern Strategy.
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Politics

Historian says right-wing attacks on Critical Race Theory prove its value
May 26, 2021 By Berry Craig
Murray State University historian Brian Clardy says the right-wing wig-out over Critical Race Theory reminds him of the castor oil he took as a kid. “It tasted awful but you knew it was good for you.”
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Politics

Hopes abound that Paul can be defeated by Booker in Kentucky
May 21, 2021 By Berry Craig
Some believe that Charles Booker could become the first African American sent to the Senate by the voters of Kentucky.
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News

Kentucky People’s Campaign organizing to oust Republican Rand Paul in 2022
May 12, 2021 By Berry Craig
The midterm elections are more than 17 months away but the Kentucky People's Campaign is already targeting the Bluegrass State's junior senator.
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Opinion

On Workers Memorial Day, honor those lost with a PRO Act win
April 27, 2021 By Berry Craig
April 28th was chosen as Workers Memorial Day because the Occupational Safety and Health Administration was born on that date in 1970.
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Opinion

Public infrastructure jobs helped beat the Great Depression; they can do it again
April 9, 2021 By Berry Craig
Today's Democrats would do well to learn from the legacy of the government jobs programs that helped save the country in the 1930s.
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Opinion

With rural whites massively outnumbering Black voters, Kentucky Republicans make voting easier
March 26, 2021 By Berry Craig
Kentucky is less than 9% African American, so unlike in Georgia, Republican legislators here saw no need to curb minority voting.
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