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Re-Occupy: A Movement Seeks a Sanctuary
As Occupy Wall Street’s birthday party got going, the mood was mixed—not unlike the mood with which, in a series of improvisations, the movement began three months earlier on …
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Revolutions Don’t Happen in a Day: Five Ways OWS Can Stay Powerful and Truly Build a Movement
On September 17, we took Liberty Square, used it to begin to create the social norms and institutions of a society to come, and became the Occupy movement. We …
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Compassion Is Our New Currency: Notes on 2011’s Preoccupied Hearts and Minds
Usually at year’s end, we’re supposed to look back at events just passed — and forward, in prediction mode, to the year to come. But just look around you! …
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EPA Caps Toxic Air Pollution From Power Plants After Years of Industry Opposition
More than 20 years after Congress passed the Clean Air Act, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Wednesday new national standards that will limit the amount of mercury, …
Congress Moves Toward Tougher Stand on Pipeline Safety, But is it Enough?
A bill to strengthen pipeline safety regulations passed the House and Senate last week and now awaits President Obama’s signature. But while many applaud Congress’s move toward more oversight, …
Democrats Are Still Compromising Away Women’s Rights – What’s Wrong with the Pro-Choice Movement’s Strategy?
On December 7, when Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius made her decision to overrule the FDA's recommendation that Plan B One-Step, the morning-after contraceptive pill, should be …
Why a Democracy Needs Uninformed People
Uninformed people catch a lot of flak in society, whether they’re sitting on decision-making committees, choosing a new PTA president, or voting in a national election. Political commentators often …
That $335 Million Bank of America Settlement: The Good, the Bad and the Very Ugly
The Obama Administration announced a $335 million settlement deal with Bank of America to settle charges of discriminatory lending practices. Here is, in ascending order of importance, the good, …
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Will Young Voters Steal the Show in 2012? Maybe, If Lawmakers Listen
Before the 99 percent captured the world’s attention, another number helped energize an often overlooked part America’s electorate: 58 percent. That’s the percentage of black voters between the ages …
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Bomb Assaults Throughout Baghdad Kill at Least Sixty-Three
Baghdad - Four car bombs, one of them a suicide car bomb, and 11 roadside bombs, shook Baghdad Thursday morning, killing at least 63 and wounding 185 people, adding …