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A recent trip to Itasca State Park, in the great state of Minnesota, prompted many thoughts back to the days of the Civilian Conservation Corps, a federal government program started by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in ...

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I was surprised this morning when I saw “The British Clare Hollingworth Award” account retweet a retweet of mine. (Boy, how news travels these days). The originator of this activity was the industrious David Sirota, the ...

","url":"https://wisdomvoices.com/f/independent-journalism-discovering-clare-hollingworth","title":"Independent Journalism & Discovering Clare Hollingworth","summary":"I was surprised this morning when I saw “The British Clare Hollingworth Award” account retweet a retweet of mine. (Boy, how news travels these days). The originator of this activity was the industrious David Sirota, the ...","date_modified":"2017-12-08T18:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://wisdomvoices.com/f/david-dvoraks-refugee-lullaby","html_content":"

We re-connected with David Dvorak M.D., M.P.H., who until recently practiced emergency medicine in Edina, Minnesota. We had met David, a proponent of single payer and a member of Physicians for a National Health Program ...

","url":"https://wisdomvoices.com/f/david-dvoraks-refugee-lullaby","title":"David Dvorak's \"Refugee Lullaby\"","summary":"We re-connected with David Dvorak M.D., M.P.H., who until recently practiced emergency medicine in Edina, Minnesota. We had met David, a proponent of single payer and a member of Physicians for a National Health Program ...","date_modified":"2017-01-10T18:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://wisdomvoices.com/f/a-wrong-turn-leads-down-progressive-memory-lane","html_content":"

We don’t often travel at the holidays for a variety of reasons. But we found ourselves this year on the road at Thanksgiving—mostly to reassure our two adult daughters that love can still trump hate.

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One of the goals of our work here at Wisdom Voices is to remember and highlight the work of progressives who have walked before us. Too often we forget – or never learned about –the lives of those who worked tirelessly t...

","url":"https://wisdomvoices.com/f/rosalie-edge-joan-of-arc-of-the-conservation-movement","title":"Rosalie Edge: 'Joan of Arc' of the Conservation Movement","summary":"One of the goals of our work here at Wisdom Voices is to remember and highlight the work of progressives who have walked before us. Too often we forget – or never learned about –the lives of those who worked tirelessly t...","date_modified":"2016-04-17T17:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://wisdomvoices.com/f/labor%E2%80%99s-defiant-lady-remembering-mother-jones","html_content":"

Ask someone if they know the name Mother Jones. If they do, they might answer that they know the name because of the publication dedicated to investigative journalism. Some might even know that yes, Mother Jones is a lab...

","url":"https://wisdomvoices.com/f/labor%E2%80%99s-defiant-lady-remembering-mother-jones","title":"Labor’s Defiant Lady: Remembering Mother Jones","summary":"Ask someone if they know the name Mother Jones. If they do, they might answer that they know the name because of the publication dedicated to investigative journalism. Some might even know that yes, Mother Jones is a lab...","date_modified":"2015-09-01T17:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://wisdomvoices.com/f/what-made-henry-wallace-controversial","html_content":"

Avid listeners, like me, to the Thom Hartmann Show know that recently he has been talking and quoting a lot from Henry Wallace, Franklin Roosevelt’s vice president from 1940-44. And anyone who knows if Thom Hartmann spea...

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“Knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged.”

","url":"https://wisdomvoices.com/f/remembering-the-history-of-land-grant-colleges","title":"Remembering the History of Land Grant Colleges","summary":"“Knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged.”","date_modified":"2015-02-26T18:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://wisdomvoices.com/f/bill-proxmires-200-senate-campaigns","html_content":"

Perhaps it was reading Wisconsin-native Mike McCabe’s great book Blue Jeans In High Places (a look at the failure of our current two-party system and what needs to be done to change it) or maybe it was the constant sinki...

","url":"https://wisdomvoices.com/f/bill-proxmires-200-senate-campaigns","title":"Bill Proxmire's $200 Senate Campaigns","summary":"Perhaps it was reading Wisconsin-native Mike McCabe’s great book Blue Jeans In High Places (a look at the failure of our current two-party system and what needs to be done to change it) or maybe it was the constant sinki...","date_modified":"2014-11-02T18:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://wisdomvoices.com/f/paul-robesons-commitment-to-social-change","html_content":"

This summer — before the tragedy of Ferguson rekindled (yet again) the discussion of race in this country — I had the good fortune of seeing an incredible one-person play based on the life of Paul Robeson. It was hosted ...

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Immigration issues. Women’s rights. Evangelicals taking control of he Republican Party. Creationism vs. science. Wealth inequality. And the issue of the day that would not disappear from the headlines—a “living wage” for...

","url":"https://wisdomvoices.com/f/john-ryan-the-continual-struggle-for-a-living-wage","title":"John Ryan & The Continual Struggle For A Living Wage","summary":"Immigration issues. Women’s rights. Evangelicals taking control of he Republican Party. Creationism vs. science. Wealth inequality. And the issue of the day that would not disappear from the headlines—a “living wage” for...","date_modified":"2013-10-30T17:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://wisdomvoices.com/f/clarence-darrow-attorney-for-the-damned","html_content":"

Today’s headlines scream of a new gilded age; worker rights and the poor are being assaulted almost daily. Now may be the time to reflect when we as a country faced similar situations and to remember there were handfuls ...

","url":"https://wisdomvoices.com/f/clarence-darrow-attorney-for-the-damned","title":"Clarence Darrow, Attorney for the Damned","summary":"Today’s headlines scream of a new gilded age; worker rights and the poor are being assaulted almost daily. Now may be the time to reflect when we as a country faced similar situations and to remember there were handfuls ...","date_modified":"2013-05-01T17:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://wisdomvoices.com/f/what-might-gaylord-nelson-think-about-earth-day-today","html_content":"

We make no secret that we here at Wisdom Voices are huge admirers of former Wisconsin Senator and Governor Gaylord Nelson. The Founder of Earth Day, he exemplified the best of the term public servant. He was one of 23 pr...

","url":"https://wisdomvoices.com/f/what-might-gaylord-nelson-think-about-earth-day-today","title":"What Might Gaylord Nelson Think about Earth Day Today?","summary":"We make no secret that we here at Wisdom Voices are huge admirers of former Wisconsin Senator and Governor Gaylord Nelson. The Founder of Earth Day, he exemplified the best of the term public servant. He was one of 23 pr...","date_modified":"2013-03-31T17:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://wisdomvoices.com/f/paul-wellstones-death-10-years-later","html_content":"

This month marks the 10th anniversary of the plane crash that took the life of Minnesota Senator Paul Wellstone, his wife Sheila, their daughter Marcia, and several key staff members (Tom Lapic, Mary McEvoy, and Will McL...

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