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You know, when I wrote “Simply” for M. S. all those years ago, who knew that someday it would be arranged and orchestrated and performed in the Teton mountains? I […]

How to we change poverty? First of all, gotta admit it. It’s here. It’s everywhere. It’s rampant. It’s in your neighbor’s eyes. It’s down the street, Up the street, All […]

Rob puts his sticks beneath his Folded arm He studies the chart. He is playing with the verve Gusto Drive That is a person In love with rhythm. John blows […]

Sticky lemonade under foot. Gotta mop this floor! Making breakfast of bagels and cereal and cold, sweet orange juice… making sure there is a napkin in each lunch box, next […]

Stick figures Sad sacks Faces looming up to car windows When least expected Nor wanted… Barefoot, dirty children: Why can’t they clean up? What are their parents doing Letting them […]

….you…over there in Japan…and Idaho Falls…maybe even New York, Canada or Los Angeles…!) I’m going to be blogging for the next hour about poverty in Austin. I thought I’d start […]

Mayor Cook’s willingness to stand up for his belief is more than refreshing in this day and age of political panderers who say only what they believe people want to […]

Dear Sir or Madam, The death penalty isn’t an easy issue to talk about. In fact, very few of us ever, truly, discuss or debate the issue. Why? Simply because, […]

Recently the El Paso Mayor joined our Music for Life Tour, spending his own time and his own monies to get to five of the events where he sang and […]

Here they are Saturday at Pioneer Farms with the Biscuit Brothers after the SPU show!

Today, 20% of the folks in our wonderful hometown live in what is considered poverty conditions – approximately 200,000 of Travis County residents are classified as “working poor” by the […]

Back when I was still in college at North Texas State University, I was working as a waitress in a seafood restaurant when a friend gave me a bracelet to […]

Hey, There, Bingo Lovers! Print out all 4 cards and pass them around for the debate. Not sure what the winner gets, but at least you can say that you […]

Sara Hickman, guest column: Let’s talk about the death penalty Monday, September 15, 2008 The Waco Tribune In the early 1990s, I started correspondence with a man on death row, […]

Hi…I printed out this letter this morning, and sent it off to Rep. Kilpatrick, and plan to send it to other local, state and national officials. It seems like a […]

Twenty Questions: Social Justice Quiz 2008 Friday 12 September 2008 by: Bill Quigley, t r u t h o u t | Perspective In its 2007 Annual Homeless Report to […]

This morning I am doing a performance at the conference of “OUT AND EQUAL”, a group dedicated to helping gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people meet with their employers in […]

Dear World of Neighbors, May today be a day of peace within your heart. May it be a day of forgiving old wounds. May it be the start of living […]

PLEDGE By Sara Hickman I pledge allegiance to my family and to the love that created me I promise to honor and respect
my liberties at hand And all that is […]

Yesterday, Tue, 9/9/08, my mom, Anita, sent me an email that really bothered me, mostly for it’s tone, judgement and obvious dislike of Michelle Obama, Barack Obama’s wife. I wrote […]

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Watch this 12 year old girl speak out on behalf of SAVING THIS PLANET and all of us.\ Then get up and DO SOMETHING, just like she did!!! Now! Go! […]

Heart, Jackson Brown, Mellencamp etc should put their songs together on a compilation cd w/ all monies going to OBAMA! That would speak volumes!!!!

Ok, when I heard “Barracuda” during the RNC, I completely flipped my lid and KNEW they hadn’t asked permission of Heart for the right to frame the song in such […]