Showing posts with label Civil Rights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Civil Rights. Show all posts
Monday, December 16, 2019

Profiles in courage: The men and women who fought for civil rights

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"Did you say that President Trump wrote a book?" The questions came from a middle-aged African-American staffer in the Martin Lu...
Sunday, January 20, 2019

During a bad weekend for equality, I ponder the Catholic Church's social justice traditions

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By now, everyone has viewed the video of the Catholic school boys mocking tribal elder Nathan Phillips on the National Mall. To review, st...
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Tuesday, February 20, 2018

No more Mr. Nice Guy

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Our young people feel betrayed. Youngsters are getting murdered at a sickening rate. After the Florida high school attack, survivors are...
Wednesday, November 09, 2016

Those long drawn-out arguments among Baby Boomers brought us Trump

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"Wow, so disappointed in America right now." That was my daughter Annie's reaction this morning on Facebook. I said simila...
Friday, May 01, 2015

For Baby Boomers, the arguments go on forever

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Big news from the Brookings Institution: Baby Boomers are in each other’s faces – again. According to a Brookings report: “The primary po...
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Saturday, November 01, 2014

Wyoming ACLU shares some tips for election day

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Many people in Wyoming have already voted. I'm not one of them, as I'm an election day voter kind of guy. Not sure why really. Voti...
Saturday, May 10, 2014

Freedom to read under threat in South Carolina

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As a Wyomingite, I can't really complain about another state's legislature's interference in the affairs of higher learning with...
Saturday, November 09, 2013

Reading Mark Kurlansky, from "Salt" to "Dancing in the Street"

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The first book I read by Mark Kurlansky was called "Salt: A World History." I picked up a paperback copy when it came out in 200...
Saturday, February 09, 2013

Jack Pugh takes on the intolerance of Rep. Lynn Hutchings in latest WTE column

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Wyoming boasts a number of thoughtful and erudite commentators on the Liberal side. You can find some of the on my right sidebar under WY P...
Sunday, January 20, 2013

UW Days of Dialogue features screening of film about civil rights pioneer Bayard Rustin

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The Martin Luther King, Jr., Days of Dialogue at the University of Wyoming in Laramie features a full slate of events Jan. 21-25. On Tuesday...
Saturday, November 10, 2012

Selma Civil Rights March recalled by photo-essay by Wyoming's Wayne Thomas

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EDITOR'S NOTE: This was a grad school project by Wayne Thomas that actually never appeared in Doubletake Magazine , which had folded by...
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Friday, March 16, 2012

Felicia Follum's "Make it Plain" exhibit to be held in conjunction with the Shepard Symposium at UW

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Artist and fellow progressive blogger  Felicia Follum  (see blogroll on right sidebar) will be featured in an exhibition "Make it P...
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Friday, January 13, 2012

UPDATE: Occupy Cheyenne's plan for Monday's Martin Luther King, Jr., Day march

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Here's an update on the Martin Luther King Day Jr. Day march in Cheyenne. On Wednesday, after taking our cause to Monday's NAACP m...
Tuesday, January 03, 2012

Cheyenne NAACP and Occupy Cheyenne search for common ground

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The next meeting of the NAACP Unit #4108 is scheduled for Monday, January 9, beginning at 6:30 p.m., in the Sunflower Room of the Laramie ...
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Sunday, August 14, 2011

Heart Mountain Interpretive Learning Center opens Aug. 20

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The Heart Mountain Interpretive Learning Center opens the weekend of Aug. 19-21 at the Park County site of the former World War II Internme...
Wednesday, July 06, 2011

"Freedom Riders" asks: Would you put your life on the line?

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An amazing documentary. My wife and I saw it on WY Public TV several weeks ago. Donate to Truthout and get a fee copy.