Monthly Archives: May 2014

In a Commanding Literary Voice, Maya Angelou Sang Out to the World

By ELIZABETH ALEXANDERMAY 28, 2014 Inside Photo Maya Angelou in 1986, the year she published “All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes.” Credit Mary Ellen Mark A friend recently directed me to the Modern Library’s one-volume reissue of Maya Angelou’s six … Continue reading

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Thomas Paine, Our Contemporary

Posted on May 25, 2014 By Chris Hedges   Portrait of Thomas Paine by Auguste Millière (1880).   Cornel West, Richard D. Wolff and I, along with moderator Laura Flanders, next Sunday will inaugurate “The Anatomy of Revolution,” a series of panel … Continue reading

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The Practical Choice: Not American Capitalism or ‘Welfare State Socialism’

Posted on May 21, 2014 By Robert Reich     A sign reads “People Over Profits” behind a child on a man’s shoulders at a protest. Luciano Castillo (CC BY 2.0) This post originally ran on Robert Reich’s Web page. For years Americans have assumed that … Continue reading

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