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In Maryland, House Passes Gay Marriage Bill
Annapolis, Maryland - The Maryland House narrowly passed a law legalizing same-sex marriage on Friday, delivering a major victory to Gov. Martin O’Malley, a Democrat, who had proposed it. …
Russia’s Winter of Discontent
In just under two months Russia’s increasingly diverse opposition movement has held three larger than expected rallies in the center of Moscow. Each one has defied expectations. The first, …
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A Story and a Book: On the Nature of Violence and Nonviolence
Amidst a bombardment of Black Bloc commentary, questions about the militarized nature of tear-gas toting police, and the ever-frustrating all-too-abstract dialogues about the meanings of nonviolence, violence, strategy, tactics, …
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Florida Lawmakers Defeat Prison Privatization Amid National Push for For-Profit Jails
The Florida State Senate has defeated a measure to privatize at least 27 prisons, which would have created the largest corporate-run prison system in the country. Despite the vote, …
Media May Give Hamas Extreme Makeover
Supporters wave Hamas flags to welcome released prisoners in Ramallah, West Bank, December 18, 2011. (Photo: Rina Castelnuovo / The New York Times) Hamas may be headed …
Honduras: Our Continuing Catastrophe
(Photo: davidNallah / Flickr) Honduras has become a human rights disaster. The country now has the world’s highest murder rate. And impunity for political violence is the …
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To My Mother
Catholic Bishop William Lori, the Rev. Matthew Harrison, Dr. Ben Mitchell, Rabbi Meir Soloveichik and Craig Mitchell are sworn in during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing …
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Eastern Europe’s Conservative Crackdown on Reproductive Freedom
Across Eastern and Central Europe, as unemployment surges and the European Union dithers, nationalist conservative and far right parties are on the march. Emboldened right-wing leaders are resurrecting debates …
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All Politics Aren’t Local: Florida GOP Wants to Block Local Government from Enforcing Wage and Hour Laws
In a break from conservatives' typical interest in devolving power to local governments, Florida State Republicans are pushing a bill that would forbid local municipalities from enforcing wage and …
Bill Moyers Programming Note: Decoding the Campaigns
We're saturated with deceptive political advertising — aided and abetted now with spending by citizens, corporations and super PACs that seems to know no bounds. But help …