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whistleblower

90 top US national security pros say whistle-blower did the right thing

October 7, 2019 Gloria Shur Bilchik Ethics, Good government, Protest/Resistamce, Widgets: Letters of protest Leave a comment

While the Trump administration blusters and tries to discredit the brave staffer who blew the whistle on Trump’s politically motivated extortion of the president

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police behavior

Bad police behavior in STL draws protest letters from ACLU, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

September 21, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Activism, Missouri region, Police One comment

In St. Louis, bad behavior by police responding to protests about…previous bad police behavior—has sparked another form of protest: the publicly published protest letter.

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demagogue

How do you stop a demagogue? No easy answers

December 29, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Activism, Trump One comment

Now that the Electoral College has failed—not unexpectedly—in its wished-for mission to stop a demagogue from becoming President of the United States, we need

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kingsolver

Kingsolver: It’s too late to play nice

November 27, 2016 Susan Cunningham 2016 Election, Media Leave a comment

Barbara Kingsolver is one of my favorite writers, and she has to tour with a bodyguard because she dares to speak out about environmental

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High expectations vs low expectations in a Trump presidency: Let’s go high

November 16, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Trump Leave a comment

By what standards should we judge our next president? Maybe there are more choices than what I’m about to propose, but so far, I

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peaceful protest

The hypocrisy of protesting about peaceful protests

November 12, 2016 Steve Sorkin 2016 Election, Activism Leave a comment

It is amazing to see Trump voters complaining about peaceful protests. How many of them were silent when Trump spewed his hatred, and encouraged

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After Ferguson: Who makes the rules?

December 12, 2014 Steve Sorkin Activism, Ferguson Leave a comment

I recently had the misfortune of hearing KMOX radio [in St. Louis] while in the car. (Except for some Cardinals games, I haven’t listened

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The Klan and Ferguson: Who didn’t see this coming?

November 20, 2014 Willy Kessler Crime/Violence, Missouri region, Police, Public safety, Violence Leave a comment

A few day ago many sources reported on the efforts of the Missouri KKK to get in on the Ferguson action. The white-robed bubba

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The real state of emergency in Ferguson

November 19, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik Activism, Cities, Civil Rights, Justice, Missouri region, People Leave a comment

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon’s declaration of a “state of emergency” in Ferguson is bad news in many ways, but I’ve been struggling with finding

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When politicians dictate how the music should sound: Lessons from Shostakovich

November 14, 2014 Susan Cunningham Activism, Missouri region, Politics, Privacy/surveillance, Uncategorized Leave a comment

There was a saying popular among anti-war protestors of the 1960s. Just because you’re paranoid, don’t think they’re not out to get you. We

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