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Economic Crisis Yielding More Homelessness
An encampment of tents under an overpass in Fresno. Photo: Jim Wilson/The New York Times.Cities Deal With a Surge in ShantytownsBy Jesse McKinley / March 25, 2009 FRESNO, Calif. — As the operations manager of an outreach center for the … Continue reading
Kate Braun: Vernal Equinox Seasonal Message
Vernal Equinox Seasonal MessageBy Kate Braun / The Rag Blog / March 12, 2009 “Wise Mother whose love surrounds me all you make is sacred…” Friday, March 20, 2009 is the Spring/Vernal Equinox. Lady Moon is in her 4th quarter, … Continue reading
Porno and Politics : Mapping America
Graphic from Gallop Poll. Three of the five red Republican states top the list of states with the highest number of people who subscribe to online pornography sites. By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / March 8, 2009 Political … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Conservatives, Pornography, Religious Right
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Crowded Classrooms and Crowded Prisons – Why Is It So Hard to See the Connection?
The Dog Eats Its Tail: Oversized Classes, Overpopulated PrisonsBy Jesse Hagopian / March 7, 2009 One in thirty one. As a public school teacher I am quite familiar with this figure — it’s a typical teacher to student ratio in … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Education, Educational Reform, Prison Conditions, Prison Overcrowding
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Online Porn : Conservative Americans are Biggest Users
‘Some of the people who are most outraged turn out to be consumers of the very things they claimed to be outraged by,’ says Benjamin Edelman of Harvard. By Ewen Callaway / February 27, 2009 Americans may paint themselves in … Continue reading
‘Superpower’ Isn’t a Boast, It’s a Death Warrant
Graphic courtesy of Government Accountability Office.The Upside of the DownsideBy Case Wagenvoord / February 20, 2009 Dear George, Now ‘tis the season when we reap the bilious harvest of seven decades of hubric delusion. It wasn’t just economic bubbles that … Continue reading
James Howard Kunstler : ‘Economic Recovery’ and a Poverty of Imagination
James Howard Kunstler has a comprehensive and blistering view of the current crusade to stimulate the economy; he thinks it won’t work and that it’s based on obsolete and wrongheaded assumptions. He believes a basic change in attitude is required; … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Consumerism, Economic Recovery, Peak Oil, Sustainability
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Consumer Culture and an Insane Society
Fundamentalist Consumerism and an Insane SocietyBy Bruce E. Levine / February 2009 At a giant Ikea store in Saudi Arabia in 2004, three people were killed by a stampede of shoppers fighting for one of a limited number of $150 … Continue reading
Jonah Raskin : Outsiders in El Norte
Undocumented Mexican immigrant awaits deportation. Photo by Los Angeles Times / Calisphere. This is an except from my new, forthcoming book about farmers, farm workers, the environment, food for the Rag Blog. — Jonah. Field Days:Outsiders in El Norte By … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Books, Immigration, Mexico, Undocumented Aliens
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Candelmas Seasonal Message
Candelmas Seasonal MessageBy Kate Braun / The Rag Blog / January 26, 2009 “Like a candle burning through time…”Monday, February 2, 2009 is Candlemas, also known as Imbolc, Feast of Lights, Bridgit’s Day, and Groundhog Day. Lady Moon shifts from … Continue reading
Hirschhorn Asks: ‘Are We Cowardly?’
Learning From LatviaBy Joel S. Hirschhorn / January 26, 2009 When I read a recent article on public protests in Latvia I kept asking myself: Why do strong and sometimes violent public protests in democratic European countries often produce government … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Political Protest, Revolutionary Movements
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