Got this happy news in my inbox today, from the Prison Policy Initiative, about an important victory in the movement to end prison-based gerry mandering: On June 30, the Delaware Senate passed a bill ensuring that incarcerated persons will be counted as residents of their home addresses when new state and local legislative districts are [...]
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What the FBI Showed Him
Last weekend, on February 6, Catherine Walker and I were emailing back and forth about our plans to interview people familiar with the unsolved civil rights murder of her father Clifton Walker 46 years ago. Around mid-afternoon we had a breakthrough; Catherine wrote to tell me about her conversation with the son of a possible [...]
Don't Talk Crazy (Again)
I first heard Mark Mulcahy's music three and a half years ago, at a live performance in Somerville, MA. I was blown away by the songs and by his performances of them and have been a huge fan ever since. A couple of months after the show I found an mp3 of one of the [...]
Civil Rights Cold Case Trailer
Since I first posted about The Civil Rights Cold Case Project, we’ve added the trailer for the documentary mini-series that we are currently developing in partnership with WNET.org and Paperny Films. I’m on there with the Clifton Walker Case a few times, starting at around 00:45.
US Representative John Lewis Steps Up for GLBT Rights
Many thanks to Pam Spaulding for capturing John Lewis’ speech at Equality Alabama’s gala a couple of weekends ago. John Lewis is an American hero and a powerful speaker; it is fantastic to hear him speaking so strongly on this issue and declaring himself an ally to the GLBT community. John Lewis took batons to [...]
If I Had My Way
You can’t grow up in in the home of a political radical from the 1950s and 60s without hearing Peter, Paul and Mary. I’m very sad to hear of the death of Mary Travis. She raised the roof for freedom and justice her whole career. If there’s a heavenly place where great spirits celebrate together [...]
We Can’t Afford to Wait (MoveOn & R.E.M)
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
Fatherhood (from The Waiting Room)
This video is from a film by my friend Pete Nicks, who is the guy with the camera in my banner image, above. The film, The Waiting Room, is a timely documentary about our health care system, as seen at The Alameda County Medical Center in Oakland, CA. THE WAITING ROOM will follow three people [...]
Rocky Mt. Health Care Town Hall Meeting
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)
I Never Knew His Name
Though I did not know his name until today, Heinz Edelman has been one of my artistic heroes for decades. He was the illustrator and designer who made the visual landscape of the animated Beatles film Yellow Submarine. Heinz Edelman has died at age 75. The movie’s mod-psychedelic look, which typifies the era’s spirited graphic [...]
Still Outraged over the Valley Swim Club Segregationists? Ask AG Holder to Investigate
Glad I checked my RSS feeds tonight and tuned into the Jack & Jill Politics coverage of the Valley Swim Club incident. I found Cheryl Contee’s post with the video above (“Hi, my name is Elon James White and I’m broadcasting from 1952…”), and I found the ColorOfChange.org call for letters asking Attorney General Eric [...]
Racially Motivated Attack in Courtenay, BC
I came across this chilling report via Kulpreet on Twitter: The original YouTube video of the racist scumbags attacking the Black man, Jay Phillips, is here. I am glad to find the CBC reporting that the attackers have been charged: Three men have now been charged with assault in an attack on Vancouver Island that [...]
Man in the Sand
Sometimes I think I´m gonna lose my mind But it don´t look like I ever do I loved so many people everywhere I went Some too much, others not enough I don´t know, I may go down or up or anywhere But I feel like this scribbling will stay Maybe if I hadn’t seen so [...]
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