March on Blair Mountain

by | Jun 13, 2011 | Environmental and Food Justice

This week an important protest is taking place in the coalfields of West Virginia. The March on Blair Mountain began on Monday as several hundred people embarked on a five-day journey retracing the steps of over 10,000 miners who 90 years ago staged the largest armed...

From Nick Mottern

by | Jun 10, 2010 | Progressive News Network

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Lynne Stewart

by | May 28, 2010 | Criminal Justice

Lynne Stewart and the Guantanamo Lawyers:  Same Fact Patterns, Same Opponent, Different Endings? By Ralph Poynter In the Spring of 2002, Lynne Stewart was arrested by the FBI, at her home in Brooklyn, for materially aiding terrorism by  virtue of making a public press...

Mount Vernon Youth Bureau

by | Apr 29, 2010 | Local Job Offers

City of Mount Vernon Youth Bureau The City of Mount Vernon Youth Bureau is seeking a part time youthdevelopment worker for a grant funded, after-school and community-basedprogram at Mount Vernon High School. Successful candidates must have a goodknowledge of the...