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THE EMPIRE STATE LIVES UP TO ITS NAME: 80 YEARS OF MISERY FOR FARM WORKERS.4 comments

Claire Marie O'Brien wrote 6 months ago: INTER PRESS SERVICE Some U.S. Farmworkers Face ‘Inhuman Conditions By  Carey L. Biron Dolores … more →

Tags: farming, community journalism, Journalism, Social Justice, commie propaganda, social commentary, Poetry, Politics, Latino/Hispanic

Heritage as a commodity:Anglos buying up historic Latino neighborhoods 2 comments

Claire Marie O'Brien wrote 6 months ago: Your house is the last before the infinite, whoever you are. R.M.Rilke First, paint one wall red.  / … more →

Tags: Photography, Art, Storytelling, community journalism, feature writing, Journalism, documenting community life, Social Justice, commie propaganda

IT ALL STARTED IN THE FORD COUNTY JAIL

Claire Marie O'Brien wrote 7 months ago: Fort Dodge Jail (Photo credit: Kevin H.) Less than a week after I wrote this story, I was subpeonead … more →

Tags: Storytelling, community journalism, Journalism, Social Justice, commie propaganda, social commentary, EXPERIMENTAL JOURNALISM, Politics, Freedom

REMEMBERING LISA LOPES

Claire Marie O'Brien wrote 7 months ago:   The last days of Left Eye Lopes, Honduras, 2002 The day I learned you were gone A new star was bor … more →

Tags: Photography, Art, Literature, Storytelling, feature writing, community journalism, feature writing, Journalism, Culture

A RADICAL GAZE FALTERS: HOW CALVIN TRILLIN FAILED DODGE CITY5 comments

Claire Marie O'Brien wrote 8 months ago: (Photo: Wikipedia) THE VIEW FROM UP THERE:  When a famous journalist uses a murder trial  to illumin … more →

Tags: Photography, Storytelling, community journalism, feature writing, Journalism, Photography for community journalism, Social History, Culture, Social Justice

Puesta de sol de las Cruces: buenas noches, montañas: Oriente y Occidente.

Claire Marie O'Brien wrote 8 months ago: Buena noche gran valle en el centro/O’BRIEN 2011 THE VIRGIN OF GUADELUPE WATCHES US SLEEP. THE … more →

Tags: Photography, Art, Literature, Storytelling, feature writing, community journalism, feature writing, Journalism, Photography for community journalism

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WORLD

Claire Marie O'Brien wrote 8 months ago: And my umbrella is perfect, too / Claire O’Brien 2009 … more →

Tags: Photography, Art, Storytelling, community journalism, feature writing, Journalism, Photography for community journalism, Culture, Social Justice

WHERE HE IS STANDING 1 comment

Claire Marie O'Brien wrote 9 months ago: I MET EDDIE MONTOYA WHERE I SEEM TO MEET MOST PEOPLE THESE DAYS: in front of a gas station. This one … more →

Tags: Photography, Art, Literature, Oral Histories, Tractors, Storytelling, community journalism, feature writing, Farming culture and history

IMMIGRANT INVADERS RAID THE FEDERAL RESERVE; ALEC NOW MANAGING NATION3 comments

Claire Marie O'Brien wrote 10 months ago: Tumbling Down: Several hours after leaders of the invading Zapata-Nat Turner-Geronimo Coalition seiz … more →

Tags: Photography, Art, Literature, Tractors, Storytelling, community journalism, feature writing, Journalism, Photography for community journalism


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