(An update follows this post.) Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour is at it again. Seems like every time Barbour pops up in the news these days he’s busy whitewashing Mississippi’s racist past. The latest came my way yesterday via Digby and Joan McCarter at Kos. In an interview with the Weekly Standard, Barbour had the audacity [...]
Haley Barbour’s Raid on Historical Memory
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 21. Dec, 2010 in breaking news, civil rights movement, election, mississippi, politics, race and racism, voting rights
John Kerry, MLK and Access to Records
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 22. Jan, 2010 in boston, breaking news, civil rights cold case project, civil rights movement, clifton walker case, dee moore case, mississippi, politics, race and racism, southwest ms
Over the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend some attention turned to US Senator John Kerry’s (D-MA) renewed effort to open the FBI records of Dr. King. Civil Rights Cold Case reporter Jerry Mitchell reported: U.S. Sen. John Kerry plans to introduce legislation next week that would pave the way for the release of thousands [...]
Let These Voices Be Heard (The Speech)
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 20. Oct, 2009 in class and poverty, economic policy, friends, health, human rights, politics, video
The Speech from Document Films on Vimeo. On the night of Obama’s address to a joint session of Congress – a rarity for any sitting president – we dragged an old tv into the waiting room to show the assembled patients and staff Obama’s speech and get their reactions. Here Robert Taylor and Sheon Slaughter, [...]
I Live in MA, but Rep. Alan Grayson Speaks for Me
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 08. Oct, 2009 in economic policy, health, politics
We Can’t Afford to Wait (MoveOn & R.E.M)
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 13. Sep, 2009 in economic policy, health, human rights, politics, take action, video
Have you called Congress to say you support health care reform that includes a public option? Even if you have, call again. 202-224-3121
Rocky Mt. Health Care Town Hall Meeting
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 13. Aug, 2009 in class and poverty, human rights, politics, race and racism, video
Vimeo poster Ajamu Dillahunt writes: Southern African American community resists corporate organized rightwing protestors. Above the shouts the community tells its story and why they need health care for all to overcome historic health disparities. (h/t Jared Storey)
Jay Smooth Nails It
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 29. Nov, 2008 in election, politics, race and racism
The Sting of Victory
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 14. Nov, 2008 in civil rights, civil rights movement, election, friends, glbt, politics, race and racism
By Amanda Cary As a lifelong New Englander, I spent the final days of this election season in California. On the evening of November 5, after searching every newsstand for a newspaper to remember the historic day that came before, I finally found a copy of the San Jose Mercury Times. The two headlines read: [...]
Eyes on the Prize
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 10. Nov, 2008 in civil rights, election, friends, glbt, human rights, podcast, politics, race and racism, Weblogs, women and feminism
This is Nicole. She is one of the many talented photographers whose work I follow on flickr. The same night that the country voted for a Black president, majorities of voters voted against gay families and the rights of gay people in California, Florida, Arizona and Arkansas. Nicole is angry and so am I. We [...]
Barack Obama for the Generations
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 07. Nov, 2008 in civil rights movement, class and poverty, election, friends, hungry blues, john due, labor movement, politics, race and racism, southwest ms, women and feminism
Our election of Barack Obama to be President of the United States of America has been filling me with overwhelming emotions. As it has been doing for so many people. It has been hard to put any of this into words. For me it begins with my being a child of the Civil Rights Movement. [...]
MA Voters: Vote No on Question 1
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 03. Nov, 2008 in economic policy, education, election, local politics, politics
If you are in Massachusetts, please vote NO on Question 1 this Tuesday. Question 1 is a dangerous, binding proposal to repeal the state income tax, effectively cutting the state budget by $12 billion or almost 40%. http://votenoquestion1.com/
How Much Time Should She Do?
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 31. Oct, 2008 in election, politics, women and feminism
http://www.howmuchtime.org/
Poem for the Youth Voter
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 29. Oct, 2008 in election, politics, Weblogs
Make sure everyone you know who is eligible votes in the presidential election.
John McCain’s Character
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 28. Oct, 2008 in election, politics
In song: In prose: Just six months after being rebuked by the Senate Ethics Committee for exercising “poor judgment” when he interfered with federal regulators on behalf of a wealthy donor, Senator John McCain engaged in activities that may have constituted an abuse of his office for personal gain. In August 1991, McCain hosted a [...]
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