Monthly Archives: January 2014
Pete Seeger, iconic troubadour and activist, dies at 94 in New York | The Current from Minnesota Public Radio
Some follow up on Pete Seeger’s passing, including this obit from our local NPR music station.
Also, this old Fresh Air interview from longer ago than I would like it to feel.
Remembering Pete Seeger
America lost a voice of the people today. Pete Seeger passed on early today. I remember my father and grandfather teaching me about him and the Guthries and the voices who kept those fighting for their rights a reason to unify, and sometimes to smile. They told the stories of our nation, often in the only way folks would listen to them.
Start here. They keep adding stuff over at the Maddow blog and there hasn’t been a bad piece yet.
If you still can, read the New York Times obituary.
Also read this from PRI.
Some backstory on Seeger and his fight against censors and the hate-filled boogeymen like Joe MacCarthy.
And, a rememberance, from a contemporary.
Let us wrap up with this from the Nightly News.
The Best Of Code Switch In 2013 : Code Switch : NPR
A little bit of everything under the sun concerning race in America last year.
I found Code Switch only a few months ago and am enjoying their work.
Stunning Portraits Of The World’s Remotest Tribes Before They Pass Away (46 pics) | Bored Panda
I may have posted this before. I don’t care, it still is haunting and somewhat sad that we may lose some of these cultures in the name of progress.
Program teaches cybersecurity students how to think like hackers | PBS NewsHour | Jan. 19, 2014 | PBS
At least we’re trying to fight back.
Planet Money Makes A T-Shirt
This was an interesting – and somewhat sad – series about how much effort goes into making our clothes, as well as how little concern is given to those doing the actual work.
Give yourself some time to properly give it all a listen.
And here is a sort of follow-up story concerning the origin of some donated shirts and the stories behind them.
House Rules | This American Life
I am glad we are in a nice house but I realize how very lucky we are. Years after the recession, even more years after we were supposed to reform housing laws – and yet.