News from the American Composers Forum November 2016 Steve Heitzeg’s VOTE Celebrates Democracy ACF recently received this postcard from composer Steve Heitzeg. With a premiere of this work under his belt and Election Day coming up, we thought there would be no better time to feature this piece. Though this piece…
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“Politics is not about power. Politics is not about money. Politics is not about winning for the sake of winning. Politics is about the improvement of people’s lives.” ~ Senator Paul Wellstone ((July 21, 1944 – October 25, 2002) In era where government is so vilified, we at Critical Mass…
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From The Oyez Project: The Fourteenth Amendment protects every person’s right to due process of law. The Fifteenth Amendment protects citizens from having their right to vote abridged or denied due to “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” The Tenth Amendment reserves all rights not expressly granted to the…
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The Neo-Confederate Supreme Court Gearing Up to Restore White Rule Over America, Alternet: If white rule in the United States is to be restored and sustained, then an important first step will be the decision of the five Neo-Confederate justices on the U.S. Supreme Court to gut the Voting Rights…
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† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm. Editors note: Next week we will be back on…
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Praise Song/Prophecy commentary by nancy a heitzeg For reasons unclear to me at the time, I re-read the 2009 Inauguration poem, “Praise Song for the Day”. And there it was. Not just a poem for one day, but everyday. A poem for now. A poem for tomorrow. Not just a…
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From NBC News: New Jersey state officials say they are extending the deadline for mail-in ballots and will deploy military trucks to serve as polling places on Election Day in storm-battered communities. Republican Secretary of State and Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno said Thursday county clerks’ offices have been ordered to…
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