The 2010 Oscars are ripe with visionary, talented women poised to take over the world! Ok, maybe not the world, but these women are reshaping the way we tell our stories, revealing the depths of our hearts and in general rocking our socks off. CODEPINK’s own Jodie Evans has been nominated for her role in [...]
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
An amazing victory for a community in Atlanta that didn't want the military helping to create a public high school for their children. Activists waged a two-month campaign to oppose the establishment of a military-themed high school which the U.S. Marine Corps and the DeKalb County Board of Education had hoped to open on Aug. 10. Relentless watchdogs of their school board, this team of parents, students and community members used media coverage and direct actions to successfully oppose the plan. That's the good news. The bad news is that Obama's new Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is known in Chicago for having fostered many such schools during his tenure as superintendent of schools. And plans continue for military-themed high schools in other low-income areas around the country. Who's watching your school board?
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Dear readers, notice much in the news today, and on Facebook, Twitter and in the blogosphere, about Afghanistan? No coincidence — hundreds of people in a huge coalition of peace groups including CODEPINK, United for Peace and Justice, Peace Action, American Friends Service Committee and more are doing all they can today in a National [...]
Thursday, May 21, 2009
In the kitchen the other night, I was thinking about my nephew, the Marine lieutenant, and suddenly these words flashed through my mind: “I want him to come to my funeral. I don’t want to go to his funeral.” A few years ago, when my family gathered for my father’s funeral, the only thing that comforted [...]
Friday, February 26, 2010
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