All Views Articles for 2015-06-17
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Claire Hutkins Seda Pope Francis’ Call to be Ecologically ‘Pro-Life’ Abortion is a polarizing issue in America, with half the country believing individuals should be free to choose, and 44 percent believing we must safeguard life. But “pro-life” can encompass far more... Read more |
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William Grover, Joseph Peschek The Wild Ride of President-Elect Bernie Sanders "We can elect the best person in the world to be president, but that person will get swallowed up unless there is an unprecedented level of activism at the grassroots level." —Sen. Bernie Sanders... Read more |
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Chris Walker Debt and Despair: How Small-Scale Farmers Feel the Impact of So-Called "Responsible Investment" What is now happening in Tanzania should be an example of how not to behave if you want to help poor farmers make a living and feed their communities Read more |
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DeRay McKesson Washington Needs to Tell the Truth about Police Violence There have only been 9 days this year when the police have not killed somebody. Some news outlets put the number as high as 500 dead in the past six months, according to both The Guardian and Killed... Read more |
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Diane Ravitch If Elected, Jeb Bush Will Privatize Public Education Matthew Pulver, writing at Salon.com , describes Jeb Bush’s dangerous belief in privatization and free markets in education. It is not so much a belief as an ideology, one that is impervious to... Read more |
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John Nichols "I'm Really Rich": Donald Trump’s Absurdly Appropriate Candidacy Were it left to me, I’d probably retire the “ clown car ” analogy for the crowded 2016 Republican presidential contest. Like the “ Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ” line employed by those who sought... Read more |
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George Lakey Americans Must Go on the Offensive or Risk Losing Ground Both Bernie Sanders and the national campaign to raise the minimum wage are sounding a wake-up call for all progressive Americans, especially those trying to save public education. Both are breaking... Read more |
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George Monbiot Why We Fight for the Living World: It's About Love, and It's Time We Said So Pope Francis reminds us that our relationship to the natural world is about love, not just goods and services Read more |
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Ellen Booth I Spent the Night in the Tate Gallery, Listening to the Quiet Sounds of Art Activism It’s 5:20am in the morning, and I’m sitting on a small folding stool at the side of Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall. It feels strangely soothing as I sit listening to the musical night time sounds inside... Read more |