Nature and nurture dance a full-tilt rock ‘n’ roll tango in Deborah Jiang Stein’s adrenaline pumping memoir,”Even Tough Girls Wear Tutus.” As a multi-racial child, adopted by Jewish academics in the early ’60′s, Deborah’s feelings of isolated “otherness” are ratcheted up to mythic proportions when at the tender and tumultuous age of 12 she discovers [...]
Social Media is going to be one of the central battlegrounds in the 2012 election cycle. It is essential for genuine grassroots supporters of real change and reform to take an active role on this front to fight back. The Progressives Guide to Social Media series will give you the tools to get started.
In their daily publication, Union City, the Metro Washington Council, AFL-CIO, issued a strong statement to their 20,000+ readership in support of Occupy DC, calling on the rank and file to join the protesters in fighting for the rights of the 99%. The statement reads as follows: Occupy DC to Resist Eviction at Twin Noontime [...]
In a statement released today, Occupy DC makes it clear that they have no intention of complying with the orders of Federal Parks Police or the National Parks Service. ‘We have a dream of a better world. Let us sleep so we have the energy to create it.‘ Participants of Occupy DC at McPherson Square, [...]
By Gilbert Mercier and Liam Fox Even though the revolution in Egypt is still at an uncertain, fluid stage, they’ve already made an irreversible geopolitical impact in the Middle-East, and beyond. If 9/11/2001 marked the start of a dark chapter in world history, 2/11/2011 may have been the beginning of a new era of positive [...]
