(Middle East Eye) Congressional hopeful Solomon Rajput says his early morning commute to school, more than 20 years ago, left an indelible mark on his political outlook.
Growing up in Ann Arbor, Michigan, a school bus would pick him up from his family home and take him on a journey through some of the city’s less-developed neighbourhoods and pothole-infested roads.
Looking out from the windows, shops would be closed and their windows boarded up.
But within a matter of minutes, the journey would begin to get smoother and far less daunting.
The smell of freshly cut grass would fill the air as the bus, now on freshly tarmacked roads, drove past split-level houses adorned with perfect patches of green lawns — an idyllic vision of the American dream.
