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July 4 in Our Generation: Declaring Independence From Corporate Domination
A new Declaration of Independence for the 21st century.
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Getting Past Stars and Swipes Forever
If we want to rekindle that spirit of 1776, not just daydream about it, our course stands clear. We need to create a more equal America.
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To Be We the People Once Again
William Rivers Pitt: The idea behind and beneath ‘We the People’ is worth fighting for.
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Should Veterans Become Activists?
In time veterans realize that honor and duty require them to reject the patriotic hero myth and ensure that the Warists be prevented from further exploiting the memory and …
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Koch Brothers’ New Pledge for Planet Destruction
It should come as no surprise that the Koch Brothers would want to protect their perceived right to pollute our environment and do irreversible damage to our planet.
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Line of Fire: Finding Resilience in Times of Crisis
The shared experience of confronting loss and acknowledging mutual grief serve to weave the threads of resilience tighter.
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Continuing the Struggle Against Nuclear Weapons
Why continue the struggle when change seems to come so slowly? Here's the answer.
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The Pornification of Popular Culture
The extreme has become mainstream, but if we are all at the transgressive forefront, we many not realize it when we've gone too far.
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It’s Climate Change: I Told You So
We canu2019t resurrect the 19 firefighters who gave their lives in Arizona this weekend, but we can start to listen to what the scientific community is telling us about …
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On DOMA, Right-Wing Justices Got It Right — and Wrong
No one has ever accused Justice Antonin Scalia of timidity. So it's not surprising that his opinion in United States v. Windsor, the case that struck down the federal …