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“The Elderly” for Beginners
As the AARP says that it is open to modest cuts in Social Security benefits, it's worthwhile asking a more fundamental question: are Social Security and Medicare programs that …

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Rigging the 2012 Election
Washington - An attack on the right to vote is under way across the country through laws designed to make it more difficult to cast a ballot. If this …

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Planting Seeds of Hope: How Sustainable Activism Transformed Detroit
In 1988, we in Detroit were at one of the great turning points in history. Detroit's deindustrialization, devastation, and depopulation had turned the city into a wasteland, but it …

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Business as Usual on Steroids
In the seven weeks since the killing of Osama bin Laden, pundits and experts of many stripes have concluded that his death represents a marker of genuine significance in …

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Big Coal Buys Access to Fourth Graders
If some predator were stalking fourth graders in your community, there'd be a mighty uproar to make the predator get away and stay away from your schools. …

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Gaza and American “Security“
Israeli soldiers in the port of Ashdod stand next to a ship which was part of a flotilla heading to Gaza, Tuesday, June 1, 2010. The wheelchairs in the …

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Been to a Nursing Home Lately?
(Photo: Ulrich Joho / Flickr) With Republicans in the Senate and Congress almost unanimous about wanting to terminate Medicare and Medicaid, I think it’s time we all …

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Chamber of Commerce, Wrong Again
Every year since 2003, the California Chamber of Commerce publishes its hit list of proposed legislation it labels “job killers.” The list includes legislation to protect consumers, workers …

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Fighting Against Those Who Rape
(Photo: Laurence Currie-Clark / Flickr) Devoted fans of the popular cop show can probably recite it in their sleep: "In the criminal justice system, sexually based offenses are …

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What Food Crisis? Measuring Global Hunger (2)
Last week, Oxfam launched its new international campaign, GROW, to fight food insecurity. The advocacy organization's campaign materials cite many of the statistics with which the post-food-crisis world has …