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Ray McGovern to Governor Brown on Prisons
Dear Governor Brown, I'm thinking that the Jesuits who educated you probably told you, as they did me, that Ignatius of Loyola required all Jesuits, including the …
Indigenous Groups Challenge Doctrine of Christian Discovery and Domination
Ask of Me and I shall Give to thee the Heathen as Thine Inheritance and the Uttermost parts of the Earth for Thy Possession. -Psalms 2:8 Margarita …
Local Energy, National Breakthroughs: An Interview With Deepak Bhargava of the Center for Community Change
Deepak Bhargava speaks about public education and civil rights. (Photo: Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights) "Staying true to progressive traditions means always asking the question, …
In Economic Crisis, Capitalism Delivers the Bads
(Photo: skez) Throughout its history, capitalism never succeeded in preventing recurring economic cycles or crises. However, they were usually contained within the system. Economic crises usually did …
Murdoch in the Morning, Part II: Watching Fox
What follows is a blow-by-blow breakdown of my Thursday with Fox News.
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Facing Up to the Real Cost of Carbon
Your house might not burn down next year. So you could probably save money by cancelling your fire insurance. That's a “bargain” that few homeowners would accept. …
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Murdoch Testimony on Hacking Comes Under New Scrutiny
London - Testimony by James Murdoch about Britain’s phone hacking scandal came under renewed scrutiny on Friday with Prime Minister David Cameron saying that Mr. Murdoch still had “questions …
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How the Debt-Ceiling Showdown Could Affect You
As Congress lurches about in search of a deal to raise the nation's debt ceiling before an August 2 deadline, ordinary investors are watching anxiously to see whether there'll …
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The Limits of Compromise
Washington - Before we make political partisanship a felony, punishable by endless lectures from weather-vane senators and allegedly “wise” commentators, let’s remember that some choices are real, consequential and …
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Republicans Approve Regulation-Blocking Coal Bill on ALEC’s Wish List
High-resolution aerial survey photograph of the fly-ash sludge spill that resulted in December 2008 when a dike failed at the Kingston, Tennessee, power plant. Over a billion gallons of …