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Loving Earth: Developing a “Deeply Caring Reciprocal Partnership“
To save the Earth, we must fall in love with her, writes Robert Koehler, taking his inspiration from the work of Charles Eisenstein, author of Sacred Economics. Koehler and Eisenstein say that …
The Shame of Nations: A New Record Is Set for Spending on War
On April 17, 2012, as millions of Americans were filing their income tax returns, the highly-respected Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) released its latest study of world military …
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Occupy, the 99 Percent Spring, and the New Age of Direct Action
Collaboration or cooptation? Expansion or dilution? Mark Engler on what to make of the 99% Spring. Over the past several weeks, a broad coalition of progressive organizations—including National People's …
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Home Energy Program in Sonoma a Beacon for Broken National Effort
A judge forces the federal agency that squashed the PACE home energy program to draft rules and start over. At Rod Stevenson's sprawling country home in Santa Rosa, Calif., …
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New York Gives Romney Clean Sweep of Tuesday Primaries
Washington - Mitt Romney won all five Republican presidential primaries Tuesday, effectively ending the GOP nomination battle. The Associated Press called New York for the former Massachusetts governor not …
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Breaking Up With ALEC Is Hard to Do for Johnson & Johnson
As Procter and Gamble became the 13th major American firm to announce that it was dropping its membership in the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a few corporations have …
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Common Ground on the Kill Floor: Organizing Smithfield
Keith Ludlum and Terry Slaughter are two slaughterhouse workers who helped organize the union at the Smithfield Foods plant in Tar Heel, North Carolina. A bruising 16-year battle, the …
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Wall Street-Inflated Student Debt Bubble Hits $1 Trillion; Debtors Rally for Relief
Occupy San Francisco protest, November 16, 2011. (Photo: ericwagner) The collective weight of American student debt is a drag not just on those paying the debt, but on our …
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Rupert Murdoch Testifies as Hacking Case Shifts Focus to a Minister
Rupert Murdoch, chairman and CEO of News Corporation in his office in Manhattan in May 2007. (Photo: James Estrin / The New York Times)London - With a political firestorm …
From an “Ocean of Wisdom” Springs Pillars of Peace
Trudging across unforgiving Himalayan passes and crossing ice-cold river currents, a 23-year-old Tibetan born as Tenzin Gyatso (Dalai Lama XIV) began his legendary life in exile in March 1959 …