August 20, 2025

The New Citizens Press

News For, By and About People

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Do you have an opinion? 7-6

Rina Risper03 mins

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Book Reveiw 7-6

Rina Risper07 mins

The Mermaid Chair
By Sue Monk Kidd
ISBN:  0-670-03394-4
Publisher:  Viking
Available:  Bookstores everywhere

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Blackflix.com Movie Reveiw: Meet the Browns

Rina Risper06 mins

Studio:     Lionsgate
Plot:     A single mom takes her family to Georgia for the funeral of her father she’s never met and meets her dad’s raucous family.
Cast:   Angela Bassett, Rick Fox, Lance Gross, Sofía Vergara, Jenifer Lewis, Irma P. Hall
Rating:   PG-13
Bottom Line:   **1/2

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Nu Poetry 7-6

Rina Risper01 mins

A poem by Ruby Richardson

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Jazz Review 7-6

Rina Risper07 mins

DARREN RAHN IS DEFINITELY READY TO BE OUT FRONT

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Wellness News 7-6

Rina Risper03 mins

LONGEVITY A NEW REALITY

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Teen Talk 7-6

Rina Risper04 mins

Now more than ever you see things in media are concerned about the threat of global warming. The other day I watched “An Inconvenient Truth”. It’s a documentary about global warming information complied by Al Gore, former vice-president.

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    Ask the Business Librarian 7-6

    Rina Risper05 mins

    Q:  I am trying to decide what structure my company should have and am thinking seriously about organizing my company as an LLC.  Is there any information at the library that can help me make this decision?

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    Sentencing Children to Die in Michigan?

    Rina Risper011 mins


    Efren Paredes, Jr. has been imprisoned for 15 years for a crime he says he didn’t commit.  A group of local citizens wants the court of public opinion to hear about the facts in this case.

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      Plain Talk 7-5

      Rina Risper03 mins

      When did you stop believing? Okay, maybe I should rephrase that question to be more specific. When did you stop believing in miracles? What happened to cause you to lose your God-given ability to believe in miracles?

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