I just woke up to find that Tom Hayden passed away last night. Here, for those of you who may have missed it the first time around, is our discussion from 2012, which, sadly, I’ve yet to finish my transcription of. You can still listen to it, though. Earlier this evening, I had the occasion […]
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Tom Hayden, famed ’60s anti-war activist, dies at 76
Posted in Civil Liberties, History, Politics Also tagged 1960's, 1961, activism, Alan Haber, another famous person has died, Bob Ross, democracy protests, freedom rides, McCarthyism, Michigan Daily, New Left, participatory democracy, peace activists, Port Huron Statement, Sharon Jeffrey, Tom Hayden, University of Michigan 20 Comments
The ONE Campaign’s caravan to stop in Ypsilanti to discuss putting and end to global poverty
On Wednesday evening, representatives from the ONE Vote ‘16 Caravan will be pulling into Ypsilanti’s Cultivate Coffee and Tap House and engaging local voters in a discussion about global poverty and how critical it is that our elected leaders take the problem seriously. Following is my discussion with Juliet Vedral, the U.S./Canada Press Secretary for […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Ypsilanti Also tagged 2016, Africa, Bono, bounce houses, call to action, caravans, Cultivate Coffee and Tap House, debates, disease, Donald Trump, ebola, elections, foreign policy, gender inequality, Hillary Clinton, HIV, inequality, Juliet Vedra, national security, ONE, ONE Vote, poverty, race and poverty, Republican National Convention, sexism, terrorism, virtual reality 4 Comments
Clinton at the DNC: “We can’t afford to double down on trickle down”
Scheduled for 28 minutes, former President Bill Clinton spoke for 48 at the Democratic National Convention last night. And, by all accounts, he knocked it out of the park. Afterward, even Republicans were conceding that Obama would likely win reelection… Here’s the video. And, here, thanks to a Redditor by the name of TheRealTK421, is […]
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Bill Clinton, DNC, facts, Obama, Paul Ryan, Recovery Act, Romney, trickle down economics 24 Comments