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Homophobia Threatens to Turn Democracy Into a Fundamentalist Theocracy
The long-term unemployment, the collapse of housing prices, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the draconian cuts in social spending have created a climate in which the vulnerable, …
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Boot the Billionaires
President Obama probably didn’t change many votes with his announcement that he had completed his evolution on gay marriage, but it was the right thing to do. Coming a …
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The Peace Train: Seeing and Believing It
Personal steps toward a collective mentality of conscious consumption and resource respect embodies one piece of the peace puzzle.
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Romney’s Regressivism
According to the non-partisan Tax Policy Center, Romneyu2019s plan would give a $250K tax cut, on average, to everyone now earning over a million dollars a year.
A Jo’rneyman’s Song
According to the Department of Defense, Ryan J. Wilson was the 3,000th member of the coalition forces fighting that war, and the 1,974th American, to die since it began …
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Needed: Another Presidential Step Against Anti-Gay Bias
President Obama's bold endorsement of same-sex marriage should be only the first of his key acts in behalf of gay Americans. It's now past time for him to redeem …
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In the Flesh: Marriage and the State
After they obtained a marriage license at the Manhattan city clerk's office, Charlie Robin, left, and Al Fischer, right, of St. Louis, are married by the Rev. Robert Hagel, …
On Memorial Day Weekend, America Reckons With Torture
If we really want to honor the Americans in uniform who gave their lives fighting for their country, weu2019ll redouble our efforts to make sure weu2019re worthy of their …
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Why Even “Failed” Activism Succeeds
The beautiful thing about nonviolent activism is that, while risking no harm, it has the potential to do good in ways small and large that ripple out from it …
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Entrapped! Confessions of a Violent Consumerist
It is past time to wash our hands of these inscribed behaviors, reduce the damage being done in our wake, and start to clean up our collective act.