You don’t have to be poor to know that the lower and middle class are beginning to show their frustration with current economic policies around the world, but at the core of every social movement is a close-knit community of organizers waiting for their chance to spread the word. In France, protesting is considered more […]
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Robert Fisk is a Middle East correspondent for British newspaper The Independent. He is regarded as one of the most well respected and well known foreign correspondents in international journalism. Fisk was born in Kent, England where went to school at Lancaster University and then earned his PhD in Political Science at Trinity College in […]
Nellie Bly fakes insanity, exposes women’s lunatic asylum
Posted by: Danielle Roussey | October 12, 2011 | No Comment |Nellie Bly’s story sounds like it should be turned into a box office hit. A striking young woman fakes insanity to expose a mental institution from within. A little “Shutter Island” mixed with, “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.” Credit: Nellieblyonline.com Nellie Bly was the pen name of Elizabeth Jane Cochran. She was given the […]
Not long ago, when there was still hope in Philadelphia that a World Series could be won in 2011, I faced a horrific dilemma. I had just finished watching my brother’s soccer game at York College in Pennsylvania. The Philadelphia Phillies were already underway in Game 1 against the St. Louis Cardinals. That is […]
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