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Matthew Vernon Whalan is a writer and contributing editor for Hard Times Review. His work has appeared in The Alabama Political Reporter, New York Journal of Books, The Brattleboro Reformer, Scheer Post, The Manchester Journal, The Commons, The Berkshire Playwrights Lab, Op-Ed News, Multiculturalbridge.org, Red Crow News, and other newspapers and literary journals.
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Sunday, August 9, 2020
Alabama Prisoners on God and Faith Alabama prisoners discuss God and Faith with The Hard Times Review, adapted for Op-Ed News.
Sunday, August 9, 2020Alabama Prisoners on God and Faith Alabama prisoners discuss God and Faith with The Hard Times Review, adapted for Op-Ed News.
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Saturday, August 8, 2020
Kilby Prison, Alabama, 2020 Overcrowding, Violence, Pandemic, & the Systems of Mass Incarceration
Saturday, August 8, 2020Kilby Prison, Alabama, 2020 Overcrowding, Violence, Pandemic, & the Systems of Mass Incarceration
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Monday, July 20, 2020
Overcrowding in Ventress Prison During Pandemic, March-July, 2020 (Full Version: Parts 1 & 2) Alabama Prisoners discuss overcrowding, living conditions, the problems and dangers of mass incarceration during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Monday, July 20, 2020Overcrowding in Ventress Prison During Pandemic, March-July, 2020 (Full Version: Parts 1 & 2) Alabama Prisoners discuss overcrowding, living conditions, the problems and dangers of mass incarceration during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Friday, July 17, 2020
AL Prisoners on Childhood Trauma, Childhood Poverty Prisoner discuss childhood trauma and childhood poverty in two parts on mass incarceration in Alabama.
Friday, July 17, 2020AL Prisoners on Childhood Trauma, Childhood Poverty Prisoner discuss childhood trauma and childhood poverty in two parts on mass incarceration in Alabama.
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Thursday, July 9, 2020
Mid-Sentence Prison Transfers in Alabama (Full Version) Alabama prisoners discuss being transferred from one prison to another throughout their sentences.
Thursday, July 9, 2020Mid-Sentence Prison Transfers in Alabama (Full Version) Alabama prisoners discuss being transferred from one prison to another throughout their sentences.
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Wednesday, July 8, 2020
"Nasty as Hell": Work and Food in Alabama Prison, February-May, 2020 Alabama prisoners discuss conditions of unpaid labor and food quality.
Wednesday, July 8, 2020"Nasty as Hell": Work and Food in Alabama Prison, February-May, 2020 Alabama prisoners discuss conditions of unpaid labor and food quality.
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Saturday, April 11, 2020
"Now I'm Stuck in Here": Mass incarceration and Coronavirus Inmates describe life on the ground in Alabama prisons in the first of a series of stories on the subject for the fledgling news outlet, Hard Times Review, at jacksonwhalan.com
Saturday, April 11, 2020"Now I'm Stuck in Here": Mass incarceration and Coronavirus Inmates describe life on the ground in Alabama prisons in the first of a series of stories on the subject for the fledgling news outlet, Hard Times Review, at jacksonwhalan.com
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Tuesday, May 2, 2017
Part 1: War on Kids: Psychology of Politics of Future Destruction This an introduction to a series on contemporary youth resistance in the United States. The series will focus on youth actions, groups, theories, tactics, and figures, mostly in the Northeast region of the United States, engaged in the resistance and struggle for a more equal, open, and sustainable future, on specific social and political issues that have passed, are ongoing, upcoming, and usually all three.
Tuesday, May 2, 2017Part 1: War on Kids: Psychology of Politics of Future Destruction This an introduction to a series on contemporary youth resistance in the United States. The series will focus on youth actions, groups, theories, tactics, and figures, mostly in the Northeast region of the United States, engaged in the resistance and struggle for a more equal, open, and sustainable future, on specific social and political issues that have passed, are ongoing, upcoming, and usually all three.
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Saturday, January 7, 2017
What is a Terrorist? The Criminalization of American Dissent in the 21st Century On the trend of viewing dissenters, protesters and activists as terrorists -- surveilling them and talking about them as if they are terrorists.
Saturday, January 7, 2017What is a Terrorist? The Criminalization of American Dissent in the 21st Century On the trend of viewing dissenters, protesters and activists as terrorists -- surveilling them and talking about them as if they are terrorists.
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Sunday, December 25, 2016
The Political Philosophy of Vision and Rebellion in the 21st Century The political philosophy behind the reasons to rebel and the way of resistance. The fight for truth and justice is necessarily endless. "There are some fires that water cannot put out." MLK
Sunday, December 25, 2016The Political Philosophy of Vision and Rebellion in the 21st Century The political philosophy behind the reasons to rebel and the way of resistance. The fight for truth and justice is necessarily endless. "There are some fires that water cannot put out." MLK
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Saturday, December 3, 2016
Obama's Legacy There has been a great deal of speculation in the mainstream-news outlets about Obama's "legacy" in the hands of Trump. Perhaps we ought to look at his record instead of his legacy, and look closely at the most important tools his administration is handing to Trump's.
Saturday, December 3, 2016Obama's Legacy There has been a great deal of speculation in the mainstream-news outlets about Obama's "legacy" in the hands of Trump. Perhaps we ought to look at his record instead of his legacy, and look closely at the most important tools his administration is handing to Trump's.
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Sunday, November 13, 2016
Calm Down, Freak Out Donald Trump, Charlie Sheen, how we got here and how we can leave here.
Sunday, November 13, 2016Calm Down, Freak Out Donald Trump, Charlie Sheen, how we got here and how we can leave here.
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Sunday, October 23, 2016
We Got Next The politics of reality in an age of nuclear weapons and climate change, and how we can save our future.
Sunday, October 23, 2016We Got Next The politics of reality in an age of nuclear weapons and climate change, and how we can save our future.
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Tuesday, October 4, 2016
Voting For Resistance, Voting for the Youth: Why the Green Party is the Party of the Future Covers the points of continuity between the Democratic and Republican Parties, and analyzes the actions and policy proposals of the Greens Party. The piece lays out the continuity between the two parties on environmental issues, the war on terror, immigration, economic insecurity and civil liberties, and contrasts this continuity to the platform of the Greens.
Tuesday, October 4, 2016Voting For Resistance, Voting for the Youth: Why the Green Party is the Party of the Future Covers the points of continuity between the Democratic and Republican Parties, and analyzes the actions and policy proposals of the Greens Party. The piece lays out the continuity between the two parties on environmental issues, the war on terror, immigration, economic insecurity and civil liberties, and contrasts this continuity to the platform of the Greens.
