Ryan C. Ebersole

Ryan Ebersole is a mental health counselor on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Having finished his Masters degree at the University of Southern Mississippi, his undergraduate degree at the University of Evansville in Indiana, high school in the Fort Worth area of Texas and pre-K in Puerto Rico, and having been born in Florida, he has experienced several areas of the county.

While in Indiana, he worked at a social work agency for HIV+ clients, as well as a low-income community drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility - both of which caused him to take a great interest in the stigmatized and the disadvantaged in our society. Now as a mental health professional, he hopes to serve these groups, as well as continue political activism, especially for LGBT and health care rights, on the side.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Ryan C. Ebersole

Opinion

Rick Perry and the push for American theocracy
August 31, 2011 By Ryan C. Ebersole
Recently there has been an increasing push to further inject a right-wing version of Christianity into the governance of the nation.
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Opinion

A few facts about Rick Perry’s Texas
August 16, 2011 By Ryan C. Ebersole
Whether it's jobs, deficits, education or other concerns, an examination of Texas under Rick Perry ought to give any American a shudder.
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U.S.

Koch money aids Scott Walker in Wisconsin voter suppression
August 11, 2011 By Ryan C. Ebersole
It appears that the GOP is not alone in initiating voter suppression: Americans for Prosperity has joined in on the action.
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U.S.

Mississippi is still burning, vicious murder shows
August 10, 2011 By Ryan C. Ebersole
This crime, tragic and vile as it is, seems to only be the latest example of long-standing racism that appears to permeate Mississippi to the core.
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Opinion

Scott Walker’s new voter suppression ploy: shutting DMVs
July 26, 2011 By Ryan C. Ebersole
Following a string of hotly contested bills passed by the GOP-controlled state legislature, including a controversial voter ID bill, Walker has his next target in sight: close down state motor vehicle offices in Democratic-leaning districts.
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Opinion

Herman Cain’s peculiar politics
July 25, 2011 By Ryan C. Ebersole
Perhaps in an effort to show off his conservative potential, Cain has made a string of controversial comments.
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Opinion

Eric Cantor: GOP drama queen with an agenda
July 18, 2011 By Ryan C. Ebersole
Cantor's most cruel political grandstanding came after the terrible tornado that ravaged Joplin, Mo., killing and injuring hundreds this year. Cantor proclaimed that he would block all federal relief funding for the suffering people of Joplin...
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U.S.

Mitt Romney: waffles and Bain in 2012
July 12, 2011 By Ryan C. Ebersole
Bain Capital, the source of much of Romney's vast wealth, does little to help his job-creating credibility.
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