by Pat Hartman | Feb 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
Last week, Richard R. Troxell of House the Homeless accepted the invitation from Austin’s CultureMap to contribute to a special editorial series called “Imagine Austin’s Future.” The best thing to do is just read “How to end homelessness in Austin: A plan”...
by Pat Hartman | Nov 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
The book we see over on the right-hand side of the page here, Looking Up at the Bottom Line, is really several books in one. It’s kind of an activist-how-to manual, as well as a history of the struggle for social justice as carried out (non-violently and always...
by Pat Hartman | Sep 27, 2011 | Uncategorized
“This screams for Living Wages,” was the reaction of Richard R. Troxell on learning about a study about child abuse, conducted by Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and three other children’s hospitals, and we will return to that remark presently. The study in...
by Pat Hartman | May 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
In Houston, Texas, a pair of documentarians roamed the streets to connect with people experiencing homelessness.They had one specific purpose in mind: to learn what possessions people hold onto when everything else has to be jettisoned. The writer is...
by Pat Hartman | May 5, 2011 | Uncategorized
The concept of a hate crime has to do with civil rights, identity politics, and quite a few other sociological factors. The idea is that although it is wrong to hurt or kill a person, it is especially wrong to hurt or kill a person just because of their skin color,...
