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Dave Johnson — Fri, 10 May 2013 16:01:42 +0000

The Most Dangerous Discussion In The World?

Falling in Love… with Dirt

James Boyce — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 23:23:57 +0000

Paul Quinn College has found a way to score big on the football field—without playing a single down.

The Dallas, Texas college, which was founded in 1872, recently abandoned its football program and converted the field into a working organic farm maintained by the students themselves.

The metamorphosis was the idea of Quinn president Michael Sorrell, whose goal was to teach agriculture to students in an urban community that, due to the dearth of supermarkets in the area, has difficulty obtaining quality food.

The ‘We Over Me Farm’ is, as Sorrell describes it, the fundamental core of the institution.

“It shapes the way we view ourselves,” says Sorrell. “It shapes the way we teach our students, it shapes the way we reach out to the community, it provides a very real and tangible example of this notion that we simply can do better and we don’t have to wait for anyone to do for us [what] we can do for ourselves.”

The project has caught on with enthusiastic Quinn undergrads like Ronisha Isham, who has the neighborhood in mind. “It helps the community,” Isham says, “and I’m really big on community service.”

Fellow student Benito Vidaure beams, “I just fell in love with the dirt.”

Slow Films has more on ‘We Over Me Farm’ in a short-form video viewable here. For further reading, see Janet Heimlich’s article in ‘The Texas Observer.’

NPR, Hairy Dogs and the Federal Budget: EXPLAINED!

Sandi Behrns — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 17:54:59 +0000

Exactly how much does our federal government spend to fund National Public Radio? And how does that compare to other things we spend money on? And how is the federal budget like a hairy dog?

The answers to these questions and many more can be found in this fabulous video produced by Sally Kohn. Though unlikely to change many minds on the right, Sally beautifully displays the absurdity of GOP arguments to defund NPR and PBS. Enjoy!

Don’t Complain About “The” Democrats

Dave Johnson — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 23:09:29 +0000

Because there are Democrats like this. Here is video of Rep. George Miller talking about workers and the right to organize.

SOME Democrats are bad Democrats, others are GREAT!

Senate Dems Cave

Dave Johnson — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 21:05:24 +0000

Because you’ve never seen a story with that title before.

Senate Dems agree to GOP bill to cut spending. Here is a video that illustrates Senate Dems in action: (The Dems are the ones in the blindfold.)