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We’ve adjusted to the new normal, and that’s unfortunate

August 5, 2014 Susan Cunningham 2014 Election, Activism, Energy, Environment Leave a comment

Don Corrigan, newspaper editor, author and college professor, taught us something new at the Missouri Progressive Action Group meeting on Saturday. In addition to

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The unbearable invisibility of political underdogs

August 1, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2014 Election, Campaigns, Missouri region, Voting/Elections 2 comments

In theory, Americans love the underdog. In practice—especially in 21st century media coverage of political campaigns—underdog candidates might as well be wearing Harry Potter’s

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Reporters Without Borders: For international freedom of the press

July 31, 2014 Occasional Planet Activism, Media, Progressive people, Progressive spotlight Leave a comment

Reporters Without Borders was founded in Montpellier (France) in 1985 by four journalists. The non-profit organization describes its missions as: To continuously monitor attacks

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A small increment of progressive progress: Can you see it?

November 21, 2013 Arthur Lieber Media, Sports 2 comments

I was looking at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (print copy) the other day and noticed the following:   I glanced at the spreads and

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Walking on the thin line of racism

September 11, 2013 Arthur Lieber Media, Sports 3 comments

One of the lines that sets off an alarm in me is when someone says, “I’m not a racist.”  The major lesson that I

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