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From Rome, Five Basic Insights on Inequality
In plain yet powerful language, Pope Francis is challenging the givens of our deeply unequal world - and helping inspire resistance to it.
Pentagon Approves Record Sale of Advanced Arms to Countries at War
Congress will decide if deal first struck by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel in April should go through.
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The Right’s Misconstrued Constitution
The Supreme Court will rule on the right of a corporation owned by abortion opponents to assert its freedom of religion on health insurance, trumping a woman's choice of …
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A Year Later, Feds Inch Forward on Fair Housing
There have been several significant developments in fair housing. Here's what's happened.
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Obama Approves Major Border-Crossing Fracked Gas Pipeline Used to Dilute Tar Sands
Although TransCanada's Keystone XL tar sands pipeline has received the lion's share of media attention, another key border-crossing pipeline benefitting tar sands producers was approved on November 19 by …
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“Somebody Had to Do It First”: The Story of Shirley Chisholm
Barbara Winslow's ‘Shirley Chisholm: Catalyst for Change’ profiles the first black - or woman - presidential candidate, a person who prided herself on being ‘unbossed and unbought.’
Bumper Cars for the Bundestag
If you’ve ever been on a bumper car at an amusement park - and who hasn’t? - you can get an idea of current German politics. Here, too, the …
One Step at a Time: The Gabr Fellows’ Story
In the midst of the confusion and uncertainty that characterizes current US-Egypt relations and with American and Egyptian attitudes toward each other having plummeted to all-time lows, I recently …
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US Commander in Afghanistan Apologizes for Civilian Death, Injuries
The American commander of coalition forces in Afghanistan telephoned Afghan President Hamid Karzai to apologize for an airstrike that killed at least one Afghan civilian and badly wounded two …
Repro Wrap: Your Boss May Get to Veto Your Birth Control and Other News
The Supreme Court has agreed to review complaints over the birth control mandate in the Affordable Care Act, which will allow them to decide whether private corporations have the …