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Five Reasons to Serve: What Doing Things for Others Does for Ourselves
At the height of the dot-com boom in 1999, a few tech-savvy friends and I walked into a homeless shelter to give without any strings attached. Our motivation? …
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The Arc Is Bending Toward Justice. But That Doesn’t Make Our Work Easier
As 2011 ends, the arc of the moral universe appears to be bending in the direction of justice. Developments in immigration, criminal justice and labor policy point to shifts …
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Iowa Republicans Poised to Remake Campaign for White House
Polk City, Iowa - Iowa Republicans will gather Tuesday night at fire stations, schools, libraries and community centers across the state to vote their choice for the GOP nomination …
Debacle! How Two Wars in the Greater Middle East Revealed the Weakness of the Global Superpower
It was to be the war that would establish empire as an American fact. It would result in a thousand-year Pax Americana. It was to be “mission …
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Panetta to Offer Strategy for Cutting Military Budget
Washington - Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta is set this week to reveal his strategy that will guide the Pentagon in cutting hundreds of billions of dollars from its …
Year of Global Uprisings, From the Arab Spring to Occupy Wall Street: A Special Look Back at 2011
Today we look back at 2011, a year that saw the U.S. killing of Osama Bin Laden, the ouster of a dictator in Egypt and the death of one …
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New Graphic Novel Reveals the Orwellian Underworld of the Iranian Theocratic Regime
(Image: First Second) Over the past few years, Amir, an Iranian human rights activist and documentary filmmaker living in the United States, struggled to tell anyone who …
ALEC – America’s Secret Political Power
A participant in a protest against the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) holds a sign in Cincinnati, Ohio, April 29, 2011. (Photo: Mentatmark) Scottsdale, AZ - …
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As Big Bank Stocks Plunge, CEOs Continue to Reap Huge Salaries
Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan Chase & Company, talks with the media after testifying in front of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, on Capitol Hill in Washington on …
Year of Global Uprisings, From the Arab Spring to Occupy Wall Street: A Special Look Back at 2011 (2)
Today we look back at 2011, a year that saw the U.S. killing of Osama Bin Laden, the ouster of a dictator in Egypt and the death of one …