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Best Films and More About Work, for Labor Day

Wyatt Closs | Posted 11.01.2011

Read More: Way Down in the Hole, Stanley Nelson, Wasteland, Made in Dagenham, Locked Out, A Better Life, Gael Garcia Bernal, Paul Giamatti, Ben Affleck, Miranda Richardson, Brazil, Even the Rain, Chris Cooper, Tommy Lee Jones, Hbo, Too Big to Fail, Ilwu, Wyatt Closs, Summit Entertainment, Kevin Costner, Freedom Riders, Colorado Coalfied War, Sally Hawkins, The Company Men, Chris Weitz, William Hurt, Miners, Curtis Hanson, Eric Eason, Freedom Rides, Demian Bichir, Popwork, Entertainment News
Wyatt Closs

This Labor Day week, we take a look at a listing of nominees for best films, tv shows, and other artistic expressions in what are called the "2011 Workers' Voice Awards" from PopWork USA.

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Where Are They Now?: The Freedom Riders

Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: Jim Crow, Civil Rights Movement, Mississippi, American History, Segregation, Freedom Rides, Black History, Congress-of-Racial-Equality, Freedom Riders, Black Voices News

Hank Thomas walked up the steps of the Greyhound bus on a sunny May 4, 1961. As he surveyed its drab, blue-gray interior, the lanky 19-year-old Africa...

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The Rapture Effect: Finding The Church's Voice When It Really Matters

David A. Davis | Posted 07.25.2011

Read More: May 21 Judgment Day, May 21 End of the World, Christian Church, Freedom Rides, May 21 Rapture, Christianity, Freedom Riders, Rapture, Religion News
David A. Davis

It is much less a credit to Harold Camping's marketing machine, much less a problem with the obsessive behavior of the media, and much more an indictment of the rest of us who seek to bring faith and life together in relevant ways.

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A Black History Perspective for 111 Million Americans

Denny Dressman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Freedom Rides, Jim Crow, Civil Rights Movement, James G. Thmpson, Eddie Robinson, Double V, Segregation, Civil Rights, Black History Month, Impact News
Denny Dressman

If you are 50 or younger, you are among more than 111 million Americans who either were infants during the Civil Rights Movement or were born after it.

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The Gifford Shooting & the Freedom Rides

Bruce Hartford | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Freedom Rides, Gabrielle Giffords, Political Violence, Gabrielle Giffords Shooting, Politics News
Bruce Hartford

As I try to absorb and understand the killings and attempted assassination of a Congresswoman in Arizona, my mind flashes back 50 years to the violent...

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Anti-Abortion Rally At MLK's Grave Held By Catholic Pro-Life Group (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Hunter Stuart | Posted 07.28.2010

Read More: Freedom Rides, Pro Choice, Abortion, Pro Life Freedom Rides, Mlk, Pro Life, Religion News

CORRECTION: The pro-life Freedom Ride event was organized and led by a multi-denominational group of protestors and advocates--not just Catholics. Sec...

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Nashville: Not Just Flooded with Water; But Civil Rights Memories

Molly Secours | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Freedom Rides, John Lewis, John Kennedy, Nashville Flood, Confederacy, c.t. Vivian, Recovery, Civil Rights, James Lawson, Healing, Tea Party, Diane Nash, Bernard Lafayette, Stanley Nelson, Bull Connor, Healthy Living News
Molly Secours

This week as Nashville struggles to deal with ferocious floods -- that so far have taken 10 lives -- I am am reminded of the markers of time which are currently submerged in water.

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