Edward Snowden: The Asymmetry of Courage
One of the ironies of warfare is that an apparently vastly superior force can be defeated by an apparently much weaker one when the weaker
June 19, 2013
Rob's Blog
The Militarization of North American Life
AWTT portrait subject Bruce Gagnon argues for transforming military spending to create humane jobs and a healthier culture.
June 4, 2013
Students Managing Their Own Loans?
What would a student-managed educational lending system look like?
February 27, 2013
Across the Partisan Divide: A Curious Encounter with My Senator, Susan Collins
On the first leg of a trip last week to work at the Maxwell School for Citizenship at the University of Syracuse, I flew from
October 8, 2012
In Memory of Larry Gibson: 1946-2012
In honor of environmental activists Larry Gibson, artist Robert Shetterly contemplates the devastation of Mountain Top Removal.
September 13, 2012
Report from Louisville: August 28-30, 2012
For many years Americans Who Tell the Truth has had a special relationship with the city, the people and the schools of Louisville, Kentucky. The
September 10, 2012
Labor Day, 2012: Thank Goodness Labor is its Own Reward!
A couple of nights ago I had dinner with friends I have known for a long time. I think all of them – an inner
August 27, 2012
Elizabeth Mumbet Freeman and the End of Slavery in Massachusetts
It’s true that the Americans Who Tell the Truth project has become all about education, but the primary education has been my own. In the
August 22, 2012
Painting Walt Whitman
I had pinned this credo (below) of Walt Whitman to my studio wall many years ago because it represented to me the essential democratic impulse,
July 23, 2012