Wishbone
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Activists Are Arrested Protesting Walmart’s Low Wages
The Nation
1,500 demonstrations were held across the country today at Walmart stores. As reports are coming in, 110 people have been arrested.
I'll Have What He's Having: Dogs Eavesdrop on Human Interactions
PLOS One
Do dogs "listen in" to interactions among human beings, and learn who it is best to beg from? Yup.
Vermont Approves Single-Payer Health Care: ‘Everybody In, Nobody Out’
Occupy Democrats
Vermont is the home of Ben and Jerry’s, maple syrup, Bernie Sanders and the first state to pass marriage equality. Now, Vermont will be known for something that will impact every resident in the state -- a single payer health care system.
Billie Holiday Sings 'Strange Fruit'
Billie Holiday created the powerful classic rendition of the anti-lynching song by Abe Meeropol.
Nina Simone -- 'Strange Fruit'
Nina Simone's album Pastel Blues, released in 1965, included her version of Strange Fruit.
Strange Thanks
robertmeeropol.com
Although the great red scare of the 1950s almost erased the anti-lynching song Strange Fruit from the public arena, the strange fruit allusion - lynched bodies hanging from trees – was one of genius. It had gotten under our culture’s skin, and as time went on, it seeped out of its pores.
Protest at Wal-Mart in Ontario on Black Friday Draws Dozens of Workers
Los Angeles Times
Black Friday Wal-Mart protesters, including community members, demanded fair wages and better working conditions. As they reached the front of the store, their chants of "What do we want? Justice!" grew louder.
'I'm on my way to Canaan land'
Burt Lancaster stars as the religious huckster Elmer Gantry in the 1960 movie version of Sinclair Lewis' novel. Find more Alt-Xmas music here.
Atheists Don't Have No Songs (Steve Martin)
Steve Martin fills a gap in the seasonal hymnal by creating a song for atheists. Musically appropriate, if irreverent. Find more Alt-Xmas music here.
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