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Challenging the Old Boys Network in the Vatican
We never thought it would end up on a hard wooden bench inside a police station in Piazza Cavour. Maryknoll priest Fr. Roy Bourgeois, young Erin Saiz Hannah of …
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SPECIAL REPORT: Out-of-State Corporate Money Floods Ohio Battle Over Anti-Collective Bargaining Bill
Workers' State of the State Response Rally, protesting against Senate Bill 5 on March 8, 2011 in Columbus, OH. (Photo: netzanette) ALSO SEE: Democratic Boundaries: Corporate Cash …
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Secret Reports: With Security Spotty, Many Had Access to Anthrax
The Army laboratory identified by prosecutors as the source of the anthrax that killed five people in the fall of 2001 was rife with such security gaps that the …
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Is the Perfect Factory Possible?
(Photo: netzanette) Aracelis “Kuky” Upia, a 39-year-old factory worker in the Dominican Republic, is participating in an experiment that, if successful, could help end sweatshops as a …
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Interview With Julie Doucet
Last week in Ladydrawers, we talked to established and celebrated Alison Bechdel about challenges she faces in the comics industry. But what about the creators that find those challenges …
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Mike Check
We find these views to be mutually relevant . . . that all people, by virtue of their basic humanity, deserve the opportunity to live, work, and associate according …
The Occupy Movement: What Democracy Looks Like
In my last post, I talked about how the “Occupy” movement originated, and its potential to provide a space for renewed social justice and community organizing. In this blog, …
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For Earth’s Sake, Leave It in the Ground
I was half-way through writing this post when I realized I was weary — not fading light weary or tired from a life suddenly too busy — but weary …
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Arizona Latinos at Center of Redistricting Process
Phoenix - Minorities, and Latinos in particular, have a lot at stake in Arizona’s ongoing redistricting process, which has again thrust the state into the center of a national …