All posts tagged "New York"
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900Labor or UnionsWomen Leading the Labor Movement: Frances Perkins
As a student at Mount Holyoke College, Frances Perkins, born in 1880, studied the working conditions in a factory. Perkins later remembered...
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783Political EducationThe Good is Oft Interred with the Bones: Rudy Giuliani
“The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones.” Shakespeare Many followers of The Sexy...
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860Gun ControlJustice Scalia and The Second Amendment
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear...
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2.8KPolitical EducationReflections on 20+ years of day trips to New York City.
Yesterday, I had an interview. In New York City. As my train approached the city, I felt a lot of the same...
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5.4KPoliticsA Woman Shouldn’t Have To Carry A Gun To Walk Down The Street
Catcalling, street harassment, no matter what term you use, it’s all the same. Unsolicited remarks made by a person on the street....
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1.9KLGBTQIA+Mary Cheney Gets Hitched
Former Vice Presidential daughter Mary Cheney was married to her long time partner Heather Poe on Friday. According to the Huffington Post,...
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1.3KPolitical EducationCan you still have OWS without Occupying Wall Street?
In New York Zuccotti Park is nearly empty. After the 1 AM raid on November 15th the protesters were moved out and...
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1.4KPolitical EducationWhat should Occupy Wall Street do?
Just two months after protests began, the parks in New York are nearly empty. And yet, the Occupy Wall Street war chests have nearly $450,000. What...
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1.8KElectionsYour Republican Presidential Candidate… Jimmy McMillan
Jimmy Mcmillan is an exciting candidate and has a great beard. He is a Vietnam war vet and believes Global Warming is...
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1.7KPolitical EducationSeptember 11, 2011
As a US citizen alive and well during the September 11th attacks, I don’t think I could come across this anniversary without remembering....