Good afternoon! We start off with a quick reminder that President Obama will deliver the State of the Union Address this evening. The address is scheduled to begin at 9PM. Look for fierce crusader and client, Lilly Ledbetter, namesake of the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, who will be in attendance! We are very …
Happy Tuesday! Looks like our neighbors on the East coast are bracing for another snowstorm over the next few days, stay safe and stay warm! We hope that everyone celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King’s Birthday! We honor his legacy and work and encourage folks to remember him in giving back to their communities. Here’s …
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MPRnews features ‘Should we label genetically modified food?‘ with guest speaker Gary Hirshberg… The life of Arn Chorn Pond is highlighted in ‘Exploring the fiction of Patricia McCormick, crusading journalist and writer for young adults‘… Lilly Ledbetter continues to make headlines in, ‘Lilly Ledbetter Sends Open Letter to Mitt Romney Over Paycheck Fairness Act Stance‘… …
Keynote speaker Lilly Ledbetter tells women to “push for fair wages” at the NEW Leadership conference… The fight against fracking continues! This weekend ecologist Sandra Steingraber was joined by actor Alec Baldwin to speak against hydrofracking… Amazon hosted Jessica Valenti for newest book, ‘Why Have Kids?’ for their first e-book lunch… Social Venture Network honors …
Raffi writes for The Huffington Post, “My Pete Seeger Spring: A Visit to Say Thanks“… The Anniston Star features, “Book Reveiw: Grace and Grit” a novel by Lilly Ledbetter… Listen to an interview with Bernice Johnson Reagon, founder of Sweet Honey in the Rock at Loyola… In “Icon to set Chelsea’s Table” Stonyfield Farm founder …
SXSW Eco has announced Annie Leonard as the 2012 Keynote… Arsalan Iftikhar writes, “Romney should avoid pandering to anti-Muslim sentiments“… The Nashua Telegraph features “Silence isn’t golden with equal pay law” by Lilly Ledbetter… Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson is interviewed in “Neil deGrasse Tyson on Space Mining , NASA’s Future, and American Space Exploration“…
Lilly Ledbetter is featured in scrippsnews in “Lilly Ledbetter, equal-pay crusader, pushes for justice“… Read up on Raffi, “Legendary entertainer Raffi still honouring children“… Stephanie Coontz answers questions in “Is the ‘War on Mothers’ Really A War on Working-Class America?“… Watch Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson Keynote the 28th National Space Symposium…
The Huffington Post interviews Lilly Ledbetter in “Equal Pay — Will We Ever Get There“… Filmmaker named Reserve Knight Fellow! Ian Cheney will visit the Western Reserve Academy campus… Latest from Jessica Valenti founder of Feministing.com, “The Nation: Why Hilary Rosen Is Right“… One World Cafe features an interview with Carolina De Robertis on her …
The Weekly Challenger features Robert Bullard for Black History Month… Lilly Ledbetter writes “3 years ago today, fairness prevailed” for the Charlotte Observer… Watch Steve Brodner sketching Cab Calloway on American Masters for PBS… Neil deGrasse Tyson shoots down Gingrich’s Moon Base…
Read input from Stacy Malkan in the Ashbury Park Press article “Beauty products linked to cancer, birth defects, hormonal issues”… “What’s pro hockey got to do with world peace?” Singer and songwriter Raffi explains… Video: Watch Sen. Jeff Sessions congratulate Lilly Ledbetter for law he opposed… The Christian Century features Stephanie Coontz in “Mating Games: …