More Cuts for the Poor
More Cuts for the Poor By Staff Vol. 9, No. 1, 1987, pp. 1-2 Most attention to President Reagan’s proposed 1987 budget has been placed on the overall size of the budget and the record-breaking deficits. But this budget is
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H.L. Mitchell A Lifetime of Organizing and Hell-Raising
H.L. Mitchell A Lifetime of Organizing and Hell-Raising By Mike Land Vol. 9, No. 1, 1987, pp. 3-7 The way H.L. Mitchell figures it, the central mission of his life has been to “raise hell.” “I always believed that if
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Popular Education in Nicaragua
Popular Education in Nicaragua By Marty Collier Vol. 9, No. 1, 1987, pp. 7-9 “Watching the Nicaraguan popular educators reaffirmed my own experience that to do popular education, you have to start from people’s own experiences. In SALT this is
Building the Union in an Anti-Union Age
Building the Union in an Anti-Union Age By Stewart Acuff and Robert Sarason Vol. 9, No. 1, 1987, pp. 10-11 How does a labor union organize and represent a group of employees who neither have a collective bargaining contract nor
Lillian Smith: A Southerner Confronting the South. By Anne Loveland. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1986. $22.50).
Lillian Smith: A Southerner Confronting the South. By Anne Loveland. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1986. $22.50). By Rose Gladney Vol. 9, No. 1, 1987, pp. 13-14 Before she died in 1966 Lillian Smith was contacted and sometimes interviewed
Myth, Media, and the Southern Mind By Stephen A. Smith (Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1986.)
Myth, Media, and the Southern Mind By Stephen A. Smith (Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1986.) By John Egerton Vol. 9, No. 1, 1987, pp. 15-16 If anything is more prolific than kudzu in the South, it’s mythology. The collective
The Color of Death
The Color of Death By David Bruck Vol. 9, No. 2, 1987, pp. 1-3 According to the headlines, the Supreme Court’s McCleskey decision last month on race discrimination and the death penalty was a disastrous defeat for the effort to
Arthur Raper, 1899-1979: A Life Looking ‘for the Heart of the Thing’
Arthur Raper, 1899-1979: A Life Looking ‘for the Heart of the Thing’ Interview by Cliff Kuhn Vol. 9, No. 2, 1987, pp. 4-10 Introduction No Southerner had a deeper commitment to regional reform than sociologist Arthur Raper. Born on a
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Black Women’s Economic Development Project
Black Women’s Economic Development Project By Carolyn Caver Vol. 9, No. 2, 1987, pp. 15-16 One black woman is having trouble naming her business; another walks past ten other black women to get a black man’s opinion; musing aloud, another
Super Tuesday? Titanic Tuesday? South’s Stake Large On Super Tuesday
Super Tuesday? Titanic Tuesday? South’s Stake Large On Super Tuesday James Clyburn and Victor Mcteer Vol. 9, No. 2, 1987, pp. 16-19 Sidebar: James Clyburn I want to thank you for inviting me here this evening, but before I say
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