If you’ve never heard of Studs Terkel, take a moment to check out www.studsterkel.org, or better yet, pick up a copy of one of his many books of oral histories the next time you’re in a library or bookshop.
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”A lot of people feel, ‘What can I do, (it’s) hopeless,”’ Terkel told [...]
“He’ll end up dead before he can do any good.”
When I was volunteering in New Orleans in early 2007, Barack Obama’s name would often come up in casual conversations at bus stops or at the community resource center I was helping manage. Nearly every time a Black community member gave his or her opinion on [...]
During last night’s U.S. presidential debate, Barack Obama mentioned the Colombia Free Trade Agreement as one that he is opposed to because of the ongoing struggles of workers whose human rights–and even their lives — are threatened because the pursuit of profit is put before the needs of the workers.
Witness for Peace has been documenting [...]
I haven’t yet been to the newly dedicated cathedral in Oakland (I’ll be going there next weekend when some Jesuit classmates of mine are ordained deacons), but when I do go I’m planning to visit the healing garden.
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Some three years after Jennifer Chapin first proposed that a memorial to victims of clergy abuse [...]
I’ve been reading the latest round of “controversy” about Barack Obama’s ties to Bill Ayers with a lot of interest. Not because I believe for a second that Bill Ayers is a “terrorist,” but because of how baffled I am that this is even a story. From McCain and Palin’s speeches to the media reports [...]
So finally folks needing treatment for mental illness will get parity, and it will only cost $700 BILLION dollars. In order to sugar coat the bailout, lawmakers tied its passage to a bill mandating that health insurance providers must provide equal coverage to mental and physical illness.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — People with mental illness [...]
