Frisk the Powerful

by | May 20, 2011 | Blog

With the growing discrepancy between rich and poor, we are witnessing more privilege in action. While privilege is typically enjoyed by rich, white males it is also shared with wealthy, white females, moneyed people of color, and all those born into the ruling class....

Ann J. Simonton & Activism Archive

by | Apr 11, 2011 | Blog, Media

Sports Illustrated Retrospective of Swimsuit Covers Woman Warrior 25th Anniversary Issue Women of the Year Simonton shaves Hair Ms. Magazine Using Consumer Boycott for Social Change Throwing in the Towel by Bruce Horovitz Los Angeles Times, Business San Francisco...

Support Women’s Voice in Egypt

by | Mar 9, 2011 | Blog

The Christian Science Monitor – CSMonitor.com In Egypt’s Tahrir Square, women attacked at rally on International Women’s Day After helping to overthrow Mubarak, Egyptian women – and some men – demonstrated today in favor of giving women more of a...

Farewell Lapham’s Notebook

by | Mar 2, 2011 | Blog

Kudos to Lapham for his many years of fine writing. I appreciated how he often made me think and for this rare gift we offer our readers his final piece from Harper’s NOTEBOOK      By Lewis H. Lapham Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own...

Attention Journalists

by | Feb 25, 2011 | Blog

Now, this is the way journalism needs to be done. We wonder where were all the currently angry Wisconsin democrats in Nov. 2010 when they were needed to keep Russ Feingold in office? Wisconsin had a big 50% voter turnout but Republicans won easily! Let’s get to...