Bechdel’s New Graphic Novel Analyzes Her Uniquely Screwed Up Family
The artist and writer Alison Bechdel was interviewed recently by Lambda Literary about her new graphic novel memoir, Are You My Mother?, which was published last month. Bechdel's beautiful new book...
View ArticleNuns Fight Congress & the Vatican: Colbert Interviews Sister Simone Campbell...
Courageous nuns have taken on the Vatican and the conservative right wing christian agenda. Hear Sister Simone Campbell, Director of the socially minded "Network" lobbying organization, talk with...
View ArticleVermont is First US State to Enact Universal Single-Payer Healthcare for All
As citizens across the United States celebrate the Supreme Court's decision upholding the constitutionality of Obamacare, and the future possibility of millions of uninsured people being able to access...
View ArticleUnited States is Now the Most Unequal of All Industrialized Nations
Jon Stewart spoke with Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz about how the extreme concentration of wealth in the hands of a few plutocrats is destroying the very principles upon which our...
View ArticlePete Seeger Appears on the Colbert Report to Promote His New Book & Sing
The legendary singer Pete Seeger was a guest on the Colbert Report last night; he performed and discussed his new book, Pete Seeger: In His Own Words. The volume chronicles his compelling personal...
View ArticleRomney’s Bain Capital was Created with Salvadoran Death Squad Money
The Huffington Post just reported that in the early eighties families connected to violent death squads in Latin America gave many millions to help found Mitt Romney's Bain Capital. Democracy Now...
View ArticleRep. Todd Akin Believes “Legitimate” Rape Victims Can Not Become Pregnant
Each week it seems like right-wing extremist politicians expose how painfully ignorant they are in newly bizarre and surprising ways. Missouri Representative and US Senate candidate, Todd Akin,...
View ArticleGun Control Activists Occupy the NRA
One of the fasted growing recent offshoots to arise from the Occupy Wall Street movement is a new group entitled Occupy the NRA. The activist organization is demanding sensible gun safety legislation,...
View ArticleDepp Helps Publish Woody Guthrie’s Long Lost Novel about Natural Building
In 1947 Woody Guthrie wrote House of Earth, a fictional story about struggling young sharecroppers, poverty and building sustainably with dirt and natural ingredients. The book was never published at...
View ArticleRise of Cooperatives and Credit Unions is Revolutionizing the US Economy
Recently I was listening to an engrossing radio interview with the visionary economist and author, Gar Alperovitz, as he was discussing his new book, What Then Must We Do?, which highlights the rise of...
View ArticleDanny Glover: Failed Drug War is Really a War on People
Actor and political activist Danny Glover is the executive producer of a powerful documentary, The House I Live In, which critiques our nation's bloated and dysfunctional prison industrial complex. The...
View ArticleTheater of the Oppressed Engages Audiences and Injustice
The Theater of the Oppressed takes place in public spaces, while directly engaging the audience and addressing issues such as economic inequality, racism, or sexism The post Theater of the Oppressed...
View ArticleThe Dark Side of Crude: Firsthand Accounts of Korea’s Oil Spill Cleanup
What’s it like helping to clean up after the single worst ecological disaster in a nation’s history? Ecolocalizer went to the Taean Peninsula–the site of South Korea’s recent oil spill–to lend a hand...
View ArticleRachel Maddow: the Jon Stewart Interview
Two of my favorite public figures, Rachel Maddow and Jon Stewart, recently sat down together and talked at length about everything from the media, politics and the Rally to Restore Sanity, to Bush,...
View ArticleRachel Maddow and Gene Robinson Talk Occupy Wall Street
Last night Rachel Maddow interviewed New Hampshire Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson about his perspective on the Occupy Wall Street movement. The two had a compelling conversation analyzing what this...
View ArticleSalvador Dalí Completely Confuses Mike Wallace
Did you know that Salvador Dalí spoke at length with Mike Wallace back in 1958? The interview is bizarre, hilarious, entertaining and thought-provoking. The surrealist artist shares all manner of...
View ArticleMaddow & Krugman Explain Link between Wealth Disparity & Economic Disaster
Paul Krugman, the Nobel prize winning economist and author of the new book, End This Depression Now!, spoke with Rachel Maddow about the direct correlation between expanding income inequality and the...
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