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Cold-Case List Omits Many Names

I was honored to be interviewed by Jerry Mitchell for this article that came out in today’s Clarion Ledger. A day after the FBI asked for the public’s assistance in solving 43 unpunished killings in Mississippi during the civil rights era, researchers say they know of at least 18 more slayings that haven’t been included. [...]

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Vote!

If you are like me, and you struggle to find full throated enthusiasm for any of the Democratic candidates, I want to encourage you vote and to vote for Barack Obama. In my most cynical moments I fear that there is little difference between Obama and Clinton and that neither will be a progressive President. [...]

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Check Out Beth’s Blog

Yesterday, I mentioned on Twitter that I gave a presentation at work about using an internal blog for sharing news and announcements. Before I knew it, non-profit tech consultant Beth Kanter was interviewing me via IM about the presentation and the launch of the internal blog. I gave Beth my slides from my presentation and [...]

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Manipulation and Control

Desegregation, A Story of Quiescence and Violence By Mario Marcel Salas Violence against integration efforts would not end after the Brown v. Board decision, and patterns of hatred and segregation would be revealed in graphic media images in the North. In 1965, a decade after the desegregation of southern schools, school segregation in the North [...]

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If Jesse Can Run the Dublin Marathon

You can help raise money for the Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership by sponsoring my good friend Jesse on his run in the Dublin Marathon. Jesse Edsell-Vetter of Somerville will run the 26-mile Dublin Marathon Monday, Oct. 29, and has pledged to raise $4,000 to support Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership’s efforts to end homelessness. Metropolitan Boston [...]

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A Biker’s Nightmare

J was out biking in Jamaica Plain, MA (part of Boston) on September 11: I joined The Club. I took a header on South Street, the tire of my bicycle caught in the groove of the unused trolley track. I tried to keep control of the bike, and managed to hang on to the handlebars [...]

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