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Inner Strength That Will Carry His Family Forever
Ilse Ackerman, Meeno Peluce and their daughters get cozy in the nest the couple built from repurposed eucalyptus in the yard of their Lincoln Heights home.A Lincoln Heights fixer-upper is transformed into a country escape in urban L.A.By Lisa Boone … Continue reading
Election of Judges : Only in America
Michael J. Gableman, left, defeated Justice Louis B. Butler Jr. of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, right, after a campaign in which he falsely suggested Justice Butler had helped free a rapist.American ExceptionFor American Judges, Rendering Justice, With One Eye on … Continue reading
The Kernel of Solidarity Exists in Every Workplace
The Myth of the Reactionary Working Classby Adam Turl / May 23, 2008 The working class is back–or at least the words “working class” are. For decades, an army of pundits and academics argued that the majority of people in … Continue reading
Wedding Vows
Thanks to Harry Edwards / The Rag Blog
At Holly Beach With You
Holly Beach,LA. a thousand cheap vacationswith free seagulls and sunburnsall you can step on beach jetsamand the purifying grit of Gulf watersa working family’s paradise spreepopulation you and me in a couple hundred cobbled cottagesshambled alongside cramped alleyswith ample crawl … Continue reading
Austin Family Joins War Against Stuff
Like many young couples, Aimee and Jeff Harris spent the first years of their marriage eagerly accumulating stuff: cars, furniture, clothes, appliances, and, after a son, Quinn, 5, and daughter, Nichola, 15 months, came along, toys, toys, toys. Photo by … Continue reading
Dying Over the American Housing Crisis
Let’s be clear about the facts here: it’s okay to bail out the lenders who are in trouble, but we will ignore the home-buyers who cannot meet their mortgage payments. Just another example of BushCo’s “we-don’t-give-a-flying-fuck” approach to America. “If … Continue reading
Big Win for Gay Rights
John Lewis, right, hugs his partner, Stuart Gaffney, left, outside of the California State Supreme Court building in San Francisco, Thursday, May 15, 2008, after the California Supreme Court overturned a voter-approved ban on gay marriage in a ruling that … Continue reading
Unboxed: Moving from Curiousity to Wonder
Can You Become a Creature of New Habits?By Janet Rae-Dupree HABITS are a funny thing. We reach for them mindlessly, setting our brains on auto-pilot and relaxing into the unconscious comfort of familiar routine. “Not choice, but habit rules the … Continue reading
"Liberty City 7" and the Marginalization of Black Discontent
In this courtroom drawing, U.S. Attorney Jacqueline Arango, center, makes her closing arguments before Judge Joan Lenard during the so-called “Liberty City Seven” trial in Miami on Thursday, Dec. 13, 2007The Vendetta Against Black MenBy Salim Muwakkil / May 13, … Continue reading
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To Embrace the Concept of Universal Oneness
Next Mothers Day Let’s Invite the Whole Familyby Medea Benjamin / May 12, 2008 Next Mothers Day, I don’t want to be organizing yet another rally of Mothers Against War in Washington DC and lamenting the state of our dysfunctional … Continue reading
