Buffalo The New York Review of Books is not exactly everyday reading for the masses. As a publication, it is what its title implies: a review of books. It is also a cultural touchstone for the last more than fifty years for the intelligentsia with long form essays on arts, movies, politics, and other matters …
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The Long March Against Chemical Poisoning in Death Alley
New Orleans In a close vote, the Louisiana legislature recently rejected an effort by the oil, gas, and chemical industry to allow companies in the state to self-report to the state environmental quality agency any violations of pollution standards from their operations. The other gift the industry was seeking was the ability to restrict …
Understanding the True Values of Fran Piven
New Orleans There was a full-page profile of sorts on Frances Fox Piven, now an 86-year old professor emeritus of political science of the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. The headline was, “The Unlikely Revival of a ‘60’s Radical” with the subhead of “Not All Liberals are Ready to March …