December 11, 2021 Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News Mayor-elect Eric Adams wants to make sure whistleblower cop Frank Serpico gets the honor he was denied 50 years ago. Serpico, 85, will get a Police Department Medal of Honor certificate, Adams promised Saturday night on Twitter. Read the full story here More about Serpico’s whistleblower story (AWTT)
December 07, 2021 Linguist and political activist Noam Chomsky was born in Philadelphia on this day in 1928. In his early academic career, Chomsky was best known for his work Syntactic Structures, a theory of “generative grammar” that transformed linguistics from an obscure discipline into a major social science. Outside of academia, Chomsky is better known as a political activist—a […]
December 7, 2021 The Ezra Klein Show Don’t miss this interview with domestic worker advocate Ai-jen Poo on the December 7 edition of The Ezra Klein Show. “This conversation is about how caring for the people we love became so atrociously unaffordable and unmanageable — and what it would take to change that. It also explores why Poo […]
December 4, 2021 The 17th annual MY HERO International Film Festival was held virtually on December 4, 2021. The festival brought together student and professional filmmakers and their heroes from around the world. All winning short films (including some especially for children) are available online for you and your family to enjoy throughout the holiday […]
November 18, 2021 Demicia Inman, VIBE “Two men convicted for the shooting death of activist and prominent Civil Rights leader Malcolm X are set to be exonerated decades after the tragedy. The New York Times reported Muhammed Aziz and Khalil Islam will have their convictions overturned after an investigation uncovered evidence previously withheld by law enforcement. … [B]oth Aziz and Islam spent more […]
November 07, 2021 Institute for Humane Education Zoe Weil, President of the Institute for Humane Education, interviewed AWTT artist Robert Shetterly recently. Robert expresses his views on several issues, including education, climate change, and the role of art in educating and changing society for the better. Read full interview here
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 date in 1857. Tarbell is probably best known for writing The History of the Standard Oil Company, a 19-part series of articles in McClure’s in 1902 that exposed the questionable business practices of […]
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, we remember the vital work of Charles Hamilton Houston who paved the way for many of the legal victories of the Civil Rights Movement. The Supreme Court ruled that schools in the […]
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 “the widening circles that reach out across the world.” Macy’s wisdom about how to approach life – and the impending climate crisis that threatens all life – continues to widen […]
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 the great white chiefs where they get their authority to say to the Indian that he shall stay in one place, while he sees white men going where they please. […]