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Publishing Anniversary of Silent Spring
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
Portraits of Racial Justice Launch!
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
How Female Activists in the U.S. are Rescuing Afghan Women — or Trying to
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
Letters from an American: The Social Security Act of 1935 and Frances Perkins
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
Art as Protest: Maine Artists Discuss the Role of Artists Who Use Their Work for Activism
August 13, 2021 Maine Public Radio “There is a long history of fine artists using their work as a form of protest against injustice and
Winona LaDuke Feels That President Biden Has Betrayed Native Americans
August 10, 2021 The New York Times Magazine “Right now in northern Minnesota, the Canadian oil-and-gas-transport company Enbridge is building an expansion of a pipeline,
Wendell Berry’s Birthday
August 05, 2021 The Perquimans Weekly While celebrating the 87th birthday of Wendell Berry today, we ran across this earnest review of Berry’s book Jayber Crow – published recently in The Perquimans
Remembering Those Lost During Freedom Summer 1964
August 04, 2021 PBS It was on this day in 1964 that the bodies of three murdered civil rights workers, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner,
The Quiet Courage of Bob Moses
July 28, 2021 William Sturkey, The Atlantic William Sturkey’s tribute to Bob Moses, who died on July 25th, reveals the heart of an extraordinary activist: “Moses