Peter Paul and Mary

One Gray Night It Happened

David Witten | Posted 05.22.2012

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In 1999, Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul & Mary began a project called Operation Respect. Through dialogue, but more importantly, through song, children learn to accept each other's differences and shortcomings.

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Peter, Paul And Mary Bassist Dies

AP | Posted 03.28.2012

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SAUGERTIES, N.Y. — Dick Kniss, a bassist who performed for five decades with the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary and co-wrote the John Denver hit...

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For the Wall Street Protesters, Is the Answer Blowing in the Wind?

Sarwar Kashmeri | Posted 12.18.2011

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As I made my way down to Zuccotti Park, I had clearly misjudged the mood of the moment and the pent-up feelings of frustration that the Occupy Wall Street movement has unleashed.

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Exhaust the Limits: New Book Speaks to One Man's Successful Mission to Help Humanity

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Although our lives have turned out different, I learned in my friend Charles "Chic" Dambach's exciting new book, Exhaust the Limits, that we have much...

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Pete Seeger Continues to Inspire "Tomorrow's Children"

Holly Cara Price | Posted 05.25.2011

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91 year old Pete Seeger recently told a Rolling Stone journalist that his new album, Tomorrow's Children, is "the most inspiring thing I've ever done....

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Toy Story 3: A Mom Reflects

Vicky Collins | Posted 05.25.2011

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To this day I cry when I hear Peter, Paul and Mary sing, so I wasn't surprised that I got sentimental when I saw Toy Story 3 last night.

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No Word Yet From Our Orphaned Children in Haiti

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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I cannot imagine, however, how bad Haiti is at this moment -- and we cannot reach our project there outside Jacmel. We have just gotten through to our American neighbor there.

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"Don't Let the Light Go Out" - From Bergen-Belsen to the White House

Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the White House this week, Jewish leaders of all stripes and denominations seemed to let go of their differences, if only for a few hours, and revel in the freedom and dignity of America.

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Pete Seeger, Peter Yarrow Release New Books

Poughkeepsie Journal | John W. Barry | Posted 05.25.2011

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Two famous folksingers named Peter, who both have deep roots in the Hudson Valley, have released new books with accompanying CDs....

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Friday Talking Points [95] -- A Call To Action

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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The progressives and Blue Dogs are going to have a showdown. It is going to culminate not in statements to the press (or the lack thereof), not in some whispered whip count, but rather in a very public vote.

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Burns, Baby, Burns

Kathryn McGarr | Posted 05.25.2011

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At the concert in Central Park Wednesday night, Ken Burns was inspiring -- and used words like "apotheosis" and "inexorable," just to see if we were paying attention -- and was his usual energetic, charming self.

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Peter, Paul and Mary -- and Me

Charlotte Safavi | Posted 11.17.2011

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"Puff the Magic Dragon" became my son's first favorite song. Without failure, he stopped whatever he was doing when the song began and crawled over to the tape recorder.

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Thank You, Mary Travers

Anne Stockwell | Posted 05.25.2011

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My slightly older cousin was nuts about some off-key British jerks called the Rolling Stones. I waited for a clear coast and soaked up Peter, Paul & Mary when nobody was around.

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Mary Travers Dead: Dies At 72

AP | JAY LINDSAY | Posted 05.25.2011

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BOSTON — Mary Travers, who as one-third of the hugely popular 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary helped popularize such tunes as "Puff (The Ma...

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Mary Travers Dead: Peter, Paul and Mary YouTube VIDEOS

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mary Travers, the great folk singer of Peter, Paul and Mary, died Wednesday afternoon at 72. The trio got together in 1961, and -- despite an 8 year...

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CAP's Lawrence Korb: More Fringe Than Orly Taitz?

Derrick Crowe | Posted 05.25.2011

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The War on Terror frame is dangerous, and the policies that emerge from it make us less secure while failing to stop terrorism.

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My Response to the Mean-Spirited "Barack the Magic Negro"

Peter Yarrow | Posted 05.25.2011

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Taking a children's song and twisting it in such vulgar, mean-spirited way, is a slur to our entire country and our common agreement to move beyond racism.

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