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Walt Rubel Commentary: Journalists in need of protection

2/4/2025

I write most columns from the outside looking in. This one is different.

New state Rep. Sarah Silva, D-Las Cruces, has introduced a bill protecting journalists. And, she’s got a couple of heavyweights backing her. Speaker of the House Javier Martinez and Senate Majority Leader Peter Wirth are both cosponsors.

Think Again: Two Weeks In

2/3/2025

Today's conversation with Keith Whelpley, Jack Turney and Randy Harris explores the new administration's attacks on our Democracy and our cultural values. We address the scrubbing of public information sites, mass firings of government workers, deportation, immigration, Christians, violations of human dignity, abortion, social justice, economics, and more. We discuss avenues of action for personally coping with these increasingly threatening policies, and how to bring our own compassion, kindness, and generosity to those around us who are at greatest risk today.

DELVING IN: Erik Baker on How American Capitalists Harnessed the American Work Ethic

2/2/2025

Stuart Kelter interviews Erik Baker, a historian, writer, and teacher based in Boston, a lecturer in the History of Science department at Harvard University and associate editor of The Drift, a magazine about culture and politics. In addition to articles about labor, politics, and American history, he recently published his first book, Make Your Own Job: How the Entrepreneurial Work Ethic Exhausted America, which explores how social scientists and management intellectuals reshaped the American work ethic during the turbulence of twentieth century U.S. capitalism.

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Walt Rubel Commentary: Journalists in need of protection

Think Again: Two Weeks In

DELVING IN: Erik Baker on How American Capitalists Harnessed the American Work Ethic

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