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 …
First blog of 2014! We’d like to wish everyone a happy, healthy, and powerful new year. Also a warm one—watch out for the polar vortex! Latin Heat loved Diana Yanez in the Latina Christmas Special, which left audiences “dreaming of a Brown Christmas.” After Ellen talks to Yanez about family and where she finds her funny, and she enlightens audiences and …
Released only hours ago, Annie Leonard’s new video is here! Watch the Story of Solutions, and read her interview with Alternet. “Rather than giving boring lists of solutions, we decided to inspire people to think more deeply about the kinds of solutions we need.” Stephanie Coontz at TIME drops historically substantiated facts, debunking …
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The Sierra Club confers its highest honor, the John Muir Award, upon the “Father of Environmental Justice,” Dr. Robert Bullard, to whom we offer our enthusiastic congratulations. Possibly the first African American to receive this award, Bullard notes, “it is highly unlikely that I could have been a member of the Sierra Club in my …
In the wake of the announcement that Tokyo, not Istanbul, will host the 2020 Olympics, Arsalan Iftikhar over at Time outlines historically unfair patterns of selection and makes a compelling case for the International Olympic Committee to select a Muslim-majority country to host Olympic games. We’ve known how to cure it for centuries, so …
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Read an interview with Arsalan Iftikhar, ” The Ghandi Files: Arsalan Iftikhar talks about his new book, Islamic Pacifism“… Treehugger feature with Kyle Thiermann, “Pro Surfer Kyle Thiermann Talks Nuclear Power in South Africa with Kelly Slater, Van Jones and Foster Gamble“… ARC President Rinku Sen addressed the topic of Deportation & Child Welfare on …
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…
Arsalan Iftikhar’s recent column on Lowe’s contorversy from the TLC reality show “All-American Muslim” was named ‘Quote of the Day’ on CNN’s Belief Blog… The “Nanny” Fran Drescher has joined Sandra Steingraber and the fight against fracking… The “5 best books about John Lennon” from The Christian Science Monitor features Tim Riley’s “Lennon: The Man, …
Annie Leonard, creator of The Story of Stuff brings us The Story of Broke… Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson steals the show at TAM 2011 panel, watch here… A big congratulations to Dr. Bob Bullard, Dean of Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs at Texas Southern University… The Guardian reviews “Gold Boy, Emerald Girl” by …
John Hodgman talks to astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson about the multiverse, ideal space travel scenarios and the trick to explaining dark matter… Watch Urvashi Vaid speak at the National Equality March Rally… Lennon: The Man, the Myth, the Music – The Definitive Life, by author Tim Riley is reviewed on Suite101… Dr. Robert Bullard …
Dr Neil deGrasse Tyson discusses “The Future of the Space Program” and “Manhattanhenge“… “Do Americans Really Have to Chose Between Health and Energy?” See the comment for Dr. Robert Bullard in the Huffington Post… Samhita Mukhopadhyay participated in the highly successful Women’s World: Breaking Ground… In These Times, features Susan J. Douglas – “Bachmann-Media …
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Jessica Valenti‘s piece on Palin’s fake feminism is the most read Washington Post article this week. Read the article here. Stephanie Coontz, an expert on marriage, discusses the split of Al and Tipper Gore. Check it out here. And also here. Amber Madison discusses teens and sex with some parents from The State here. Robert Traynham asks …
Since school is back in session, maybe it’s time to get to know a few of our professors! Robert Bullard is the Ware Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Director of the Environmental Justice Resource Center at Clark Atlanta University. He’s also called the “father of environmental justice” and is the author of 15 books. Stephanie …
Busy, busy week . . . Bad News: Season two of Animal Planet’s Whale Wars ended last week. Good News: 3.2 million viewers tuned in to watch AND the network announced the third season. Read the LA Times article on the popularity of Captain Paul Watson and the crew. And for VIDEO FRIDAY, check out …
“Bottled water is the greatest advertising and marketing trick of all time” – Tapped Tapped is a documentary about bottled water. And sure, that may sound simple. But the film goes deep into the core of bottled water, delving into issues like water privatization, environmental impacts, lax regulation, health concerns, and all that plastic. The …
With Twitter and Facebook dysfunctioning this week, it’s possible you may have missed some seriously interesting news stories. Check out our Weekly Roundup below! The highly anticipated film The Cove has been all over the place this week. Read what the LA Times says about the film here, listen to an interview with filmmaker Louie …
“The Environmental Protection Agency is focusing on the effect of hazardous waste recycling plants on minorities and low-income communities. The move hearkens back to a Clinton-era executive order that required federal agencies to consider the effect of their policies on disadvantaged communities. Although the Bush administration largely ignored the mandate, Obama-appointed EPA administrator Lisa P. …
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