Dedicated to The Wisconsin I Love: Sam Cooke, “A Change Is Gonna Come,” 1964 and The Impressions, “We’re A Winner,” 1967
• March 13, 2011 • Comments Off on Dedicated to The Wisconsin I Love: Sam Cooke, “A Change Is Gonna Come,” 1964 and The Impressions, “We’re A Winner,” 1967Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Bailouts, Budget Cuts, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Democrats, Discrimination, Education, Joblessness, Labor History, Labor Relations, Lena Taylor, Music, Obama Administration, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Revolutions, Sam Cooke, The Economy, The Impressions, The Rest of the World, The Tea Party Movement, Unions/Union Busting, Wisconsin, Women
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Former President Jean Bertrand Aristide Returning to Haiti
• March 12, 2011 • Comments Off on Former President Jean Bertrand Aristide Returning to HaitiPosted in Africans, American Foreign Policy, Brazil, Canada, Class, Democrats in Name Only, Education, Exploration and Colonization, France, Haiti, Haitians/Francophone Caribbean, Natural Disasters, Obama Administration, Race, South Africa, The Clintons, The Rest of the World
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Yesterday Was “Fighting Bob Fest” in Wisconsin
• September 12, 2010 • Comments Off on Yesterday Was “Fighting Bob Fest” in WisconsinPosted in American History, American Politics, Bailouts, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Consumerism, Democrats, Joblessness, Obama Administration, Public Intellectualism, Subprime Loans-Foreclosures, Teabagging Party, The Economy, The Rest of the World, The Stimulus Bill, Wisconsin, Women
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Guns Going Off All Over the Country
• April 7, 2009 • 4 CommentsPosted in American Politics, Black People, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Joblessness, Mass Shootings, Obama Administration, Race, The Economy
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