November 05, 2021 The Writer’s Almanac Thanks to The Writer’s Almanac for reminding us of the birthday of the great journalist Ida Tarbell, born on this

October 29, 2021 Zinn Education Project On this anniversary of the Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education Supreme Court ruling on desegregation on Oct. 29, 1969,

October 10, 2021 Old Dog Documentaries Old Dog Documentaries has posted on Vimeo this twenty-minute interview with Joanna Macy.  Quoting from Rilke, Macy talks about living life in

October 05, 2021 Americans Who Tell The Truth On this date in 1877, Hinmatóowyalahtqit (Chief Joseph) surrendered to the United States Cavalry.  “I have asked some of

October 03, 2021 Americans Who Tell the Truth AWTT has been so focused on the release of Truth Tellers — the new documentary film of artist Robert Shetterly’s

September 27, 2021 The Writer’s Almanac Rachel Carson’s groundbreaking book Silent Spring was published on this date in 1962. “If the Bill of Rights contains no guarantee

September 08, 2021 New Village Press New Village Press releases artist Robert Shetterly’s book Portraits of Racial Justice on September 19, 2021. The first in a series, the

August 27, 2021 Robin Abcarian, Los Angeles Times Read about how Oklahoman Allyson Reneau, Katherine Spillar of the Feminist Majority Foundation, and other advocates are trying to

August 14, 2021 Heather Cox Richardson, Letters from an American “On this day in 1935, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into