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Rabbi Lerner’s Response to President Obama’s Middle East Address
We at Tikkun magazine commend President Obama for his call for the US to align with democratic forces in the Middle East, and for a resumption of negotiations …
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Asking Obama to Protect Gaza Relief Ship
Dear Mr. President: Your speech on the Middle East earlier today emboldens me to claim your protection as we set out to put flesh on your rhetoric. …
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Honest Criticism Is Not Betrayal; It’s Democratic
President Barack Obama works as his motorcade arrives at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, May 18, 2011. (Photo: Pete Souza / White House) A very …
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Labor vs. Boeing: Corporations Fear Law Itself
Inside the Boeing Everett Factory 787 Dreamliner assembly plant in Washington. (Photo: cheukiecfu) The National Labor Relations Board is attempting to enforce our country's laws and the …
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How Fox News Uses “Big, Scary Hip-Hop” to Race-Bait Its Viewers (3)
Last week, Fox News' Sean Hannity tried to create a controversy over the rapper Common's invitation to a White House poetry event. Citing a lyric in which Common criticized …
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The Bright Places in the Gloom
Dear Friends, If you are anything at all like me, you are in the habit of looking for the bright places in the gloom. They are, all …
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Elle
Translated by Isabelle Métral and reviewed by Henry Crapo What about her? How's the woman doing? It must be one …
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The “People’s Budget” Is the Template
The debt limit has been reached. The President should be demanding a “clean” debt ceiling bill instead of letting hostage-takers force negotiations over their ransom. For deficit reduction the …
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One Lawman With the Guts to Go After Wall Street
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman during a joint press conference in New York, November 12, 2010. (Photo: Todd Heisler / The New York Times) The fix …
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Senate Gives Big Oil Another Free Pass
Just what Big Oil needed: another victory. First, Congress fails to pass legislation that would respond to last summer's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Then, President …