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Letter to the Editor of the Legislative Gazette, Published April 21

Tuesday, April 21st, 2015

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Dear New York Legislators – By Neal Deas

Saturday, December 20th, 2014

Do the Right Thing

Dear New York Legislators, I hope your holiday season is going well, and all your families are doing well also.

Today, I write you as the close of the years is coming upon us. In a few weeks you will be thinking about your New Year’s Resolutions and what you can do personally to improve yourself, your families and your communities. Today, I am offering you all one New Year’s Resolution that maybe you can achieve together, and that is to help pass the “Healthy Workplace Bill” and set a National Precedence on Human Rights and Human Dignity.

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White House Internship Program Announces Summer 2014 Participants

Thursday, June 26th, 2014

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THE BUTLER Opens Next Friday, August 16, in New York City: But Will It Cop

Friday, August 9th, 2013
THE BUTLER Screening

THE BUTLER Screening

Will Forest Whitaker cop another Oscar? Will Director Lee Daniels cop his first Oscar? Will the screenwriter cop his first Oscar?

Editor’s Note: The original headline stating that THE BUTLER was opening August 9 was an OBVIOUS error.

“Race Determines Everything in the Criminal Justice System”

Wednesday, July 17th, 2013

From the July 16 Anderson Cooper CNN 360 show: Criminal defense attorney Mark Geragos, who was not part of Zimmerman’s legal team, said “race determines everything in the criminal justice system.” “Nobody thinks of themselves as a racist, and I’m not accusing anybody of being a racist. What I’m saying is race is the prism through which people see things,” Geragos said.

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An Open Letter to America about the Central Park Five

Saturday, April 13th, 2013

This was published several months ago in Indiewire by Josh Raiske but I just came across it and thought it needs to see more light of day.

It’s in my nature to overanalyze and to equivocate, and to make light of the things that are most important to me, but sometimes even those who can close off their emotions with seemingly little effort come up against a force that moves us in strange and powerful ways.

I saw The Central Park Five at the closing night of DOC NYC last night, and at the end, when the five men who’d been wrongfully convicted came up onto the stage, together in one place for the first time since that night in Central Park on April 19, 1989, I was choking back tears, and maybe all my perspective (too much fucking perspective) has gone out the window, but I think this is one of the most important films I’ve ever seen.

Full blog article here.

 

 

The Semester Has Started and Posts Are in the Works

Wednesday, January 30th, 2013
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The Central Park 5

Saturday, December 22nd, 2012
This picture of Yusef Salaam is one of the most haunting pictures of the century.

This picture of Yusef Salaam is one of the most haunting pictures of the century.

Everyone should see this Ken Burns documentary at least once on the big screen. Then a few times on the screens at home. And recommend to families and friends and neighbors.

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White House Blog: Thursday, December 20

Friday, December 21st, 2012

The House Republicans’ Spending Reduction Act of 2012 Will Hurt Middle Class Families

The House Republicans introduced a bill last night, The Spending Reduction Act of 2012, that would negatively impact the American people in several ways.

I’ve been spending so much time “studying” facebook that I’ve neglected this blog. That’s all about to change even though the first few steps can be measured in picas.

I might go to the inauguration in January.

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Boycotting the Aronson Awards – Sending Peter Parisi a Message

Monday, December 10th, 2012

Should journalism professors who support news censorship be publicly pilloried?
Stories are in the works.

Peter Parisi