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Further Our Better Angels Lincoln speaks to his weary people. Congressional Record/AP On this date 156 years ago, Abraham Lincoln was asked to "give a few appropriate thoughts" at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It was only four and a half months after the Union armies had... Read more |
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News Climate Groups Applaud Newsom's Temporary Fracking Ban in California, But Say Other 'Critical Next Steps' Still Needed "Relentless organizing" by climate action groups across California forced the governor to call for a moratorium on fracking, 350.org co-founder Bill McKibben said. Read more |
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News Ocasio-Cortez: 'I Was Sent Here to Safeguard and Protect People,' Not the Profits of Private Equity During a hearing on Capitol Hill, the New York Democrat rails against industry destroying jobs and gutting the U.S. economy. Read more |
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Views The Health of Millennials (and those coming next) Can Benefit from Lessons of Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood Declining physical and mental health is linked to social isolation, which is tied to atrophied social skills, practices, and values that were staples of Rogers’ programming. Read more |
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News Rep. Ilhan Omar Asks Judge to 'Show Compassion' for Hateful Man Who Threatened to Put Bullet in Her Head "Who are we as a nation if we respond to threats of political retribution with retribution ourselves?" Read more |
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News Tortured by CIA and Detained at Gitmo Without Trial, Ahmed Rabbani Gives Haunting Review of 'The Report'—a New Film He'll Likely Never See "If we do not learn from history we will be doomed to repeat our mistakes—and I would hate for anyone else to endure what I have had to endure." Read more |
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News Backing Call for Prime Time Impeachment Hearings, Petition Signed by Nearly 100K Delivered to PBS "History is unfolding on Capitol Hill while most Americans are at work or school and as the nation's public broadcaster, PBS should be airing the proceedings during prime time as [a] service to the nation." Read more |
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News Regardless of Party, Poll Shows 66% of Key Early State Voters Support 'Ending Production of Fossil Fuels' "These results show that there is public support for a steadfast leader who is willing to take on the fossil fuel industry—so candidates shouldn't be afraid to put forth progressive policies." Read more |
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Further Hell To The Yeah Vindman, hero. AP Photo Tuesday's impeachment hearings featured more damning testimony from local hero and National Security Council aide Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, ranging from his statement "I knew I had to report" the Ukraine call to his defining Trump's ask for investigations into Biden "not a... Read more |
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Views Record Inequality and Corporate Profits Are What Media Call a 'Strong Economy' Corporate news outlets have an inherent interest in cloaking class warfare by equating a "strong economy" with the prosperity of the investor class, even if it comes at the expense of everyone else. Read more |