Search Results for: Molly Ivins

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Molly Ivins: Keeping Our Eyes on the Ball

Journalist Molly Ivins combined sharp political critique with Texas humor in her 2006 column urging voters to stay engaged during a turbulent election season. She condemned partisan attacks, voter suppression, and what she saw as ethical and policy failures of the Bush administration. Reminding readers that democracy depends on participation, Ivins called for vigilance, fairness, and civic courage—insisting that politics belongs to the people, not merely those in power.

Source: truthdig.com (2006) Read More

Bushwhacked : Life in George W. Bush’s America

Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose take a brisk, sharp tour through the George W. Bush years — from the campaign machine to the policy aftermath. The book treats politics less like abstract ideology and more like a lived system: money, messaging, crony networks, and consequences that land on ordinary people. It reads like a field guide to power — funny, furious, and specific — with names attached and receipts implied.

Source: Random House (2003) Read More

Republicans for Environmental Protection (REP America)

Republicans for Environmental Protection challenged the idea that conservation belonged to one party. As shale politics hardened along partisan lines, REP argued for water safeguards and responsible oversight grounded in stewardship, not ideology. Their presence complicated the narrative: support for environmental protection did not neatly map onto party identity — even in energy-producing states.

Source: Republicans for Environmental Protection (2010) Read More

In Pursuit of Sustainability

In The Coming Transformation: Values to Sustain Human and Natural Communities, contributors including David Grant recount environmental advocacy efforts in New Jersey that exposed contamination flowing from an abandoned industrial site into residential neighborhoods. Community activist Robert Spiegel contacted the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and organized public screenings of videotaped evidence, prompting federal response. The work connects grassroots environmental action to broader questions of sustainability, public accountability, and civic engagement, themes also supported by the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation through its environmental and community initiatives.

Source: Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation (2009) Read More

Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water

This is an expert’s view of our worldwide water crisis. References to facts are found in the back of the book making for an uncluttered read in language everyone can understand. Follow some of the stories about the

Source: The New Press (2009) Read More

Lisa P. Jackson, EPA (lisapjackson) on Twitter

Twitter is one of the ways the Environmental Protection Agency communicates with the public. She has 13,000 followers and follows

Source: Lisa P. Jackson, EPA (lisapjackson) on Twitter (2010) Read More

Crimes against nature: how George W. Bush and his corporate pals are plundering the country and high-jacking our democracy

In Crimes Against Nature, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivers a sweeping indictment of the George W. Bush administration, arguing that corporate cronyism has undermined public health, national security, and democratic governance. Kennedy emphasizes the enduring importance of the public trust doctrine, which holds that resources such as air, water, fisheries, and wetlands belong to the commons and cannot be diminished for private gain. He contends that protecting these shared resources is essential to preserving democracy itself.

Source: HarperCollins (2004) Read More