Gene Lantz
LATEST ARTICLES BY Gene Lantz
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U.S.
Bernie Sanders uses signatures, not money, to get on Texas ballot
December 2, 2015Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign has been petitioning for ballot status all over the Lone Star state, and the payoff is now.
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Labor
Dallas marchers stress climate and wage justice
December 1, 2015On Black Friday, we marched from the City Place Target to the Uptown Walmart to add our voices and actions to the nationwide "Fight for $15!"
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Arts
“When Government Helped”: Comparing FDR and Obama
August 21, 2015Just reading the notes at the end of every chapter is an education. The writers' research is deep and wide.
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Arts
Review: how corporate America invented Christian America
July 1, 2015"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful."
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Arts
Movie Review: “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl”
June 24, 2015Half way through this film, I cried because it was so good at explaining the highs and lows, the pure misery, of adolescence.
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Arts
Sci-fi in “Tomorrowland” makes a good point
June 5, 2015It's refreshing to see science fiction used for something that isn't dystopian!
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U.S.
Texans exhale as legislative session ends
June 5, 2015In Texas, labor's victories consist not in getting legislation passed, but in stopping some of the worst of the worst.
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Labor
Activists demand re-hiring at Walmart
June 3, 2015On June 2 in Dallas, nationwide rallies demanded re-hiring of laid-off Walmart workers.
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