On this week’s Past Present podcast, Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, and Neil Young discuss Hillary Clinton and Reconstruction, Curvy Barbie, and Bernie Sanders and atheism. Hillary Clinton and Reconstruction Hillary Clinton stepped into controversy when she named Abraham Lincoln as her favorite president, in part, because he would have brought the nation back […]
Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist by Sunil Yapa 2016, Lee Boudreaux Books The Idea The interwoven narratives of key players whose lives were thrust together by the 1999 Seattle World Trade Organization protests are an exercise in empathy. Recommended For Neoliberals and grassroots civic activists alike (as well as anyone in
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On this week’s Past Present podcast, Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, and Neil Young discuss #OscarsSoWhite, Oprah Winfrey and the history of Weight Watchers, and why Iowa’s caucus goes first. #OscarsSoWhite For the second year in a row, the Academy Awards will feature only white nominees in the acting categories, leading to an #OscarsSoWhite boycott.
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Operation Nightwatch is a non-sectarian night ministry providing hospitality to promote dignity and community among the neediest populations in the greater Portland, OR area. One of the only service organizations open at night, Nightwatch provides shelter, food, and health care to the homeless and those who need extra support to survive. Called “the poor person’s Starbucks,” Nightwatch
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On this week’s Past Present podcast, Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, and Neil Young discuss Flint’s water crisis, New York values, and Wheaton College. Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show: The water crisis in Flint, Michigan, is the latest challenge this post-industrial town has faced. Niki recommended the book,
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On this week’s Past Present podcast, Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, and Neil Young discuss the Oregon standoff, President Obama and executive orders, and Downton Abbey. Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show: The grievances listed by armed militants in the Oregon standoff include the federal government’s ownership and regulation of
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On this week’s Past Present podcast, Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, and Neil Young discuss Star Wars, marriage and income inequality, and Tamir Rice. Star Wars The Force Awakens is the latest entry in the Star Wars franchise. Niki argued that the optimistic Star Wars movies are a departure from the dystopian anxieties apparent
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