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Photo Essay: Israelis and Palestinians Join Up to Rebuild Homes
by Ben Gussposted Oct 18, 2012 - Volunteers from both the Jewish and Arab sides of the conflict join forces to rebuild homes demolished by the Israeli government.
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Julie Erfle: Unlikely Advocate for Immigration Reform
posted Oct 08, 2012 - Instead of turning against undocumented immigrants after her husband's killing, this journalist chose to work for positive policy reform.
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One Billion Rising
posted Sep 24, 2012 - Eve Ensler has said that nothing is more important than stopping violence against women. Her new short film encourages us to rise up do just that.
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Is an End to the Death Penalty in Sight?
by Laura Moyeposted Sep 21, 2012 - What’s the good news about the troubling practice of execution in the U.S.? We’re already abolishing it, state by state.
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Standing with Troy Davis in His Final Days
by Jen Marloweposted Sep 21, 2012 - A year ago today, the state of Georgia executed a man whose guilt was widely contested. Jen Marlowe, friend and journalist, on what it was like to stand with the Davis family on the last day.
- Fighting for Troy Davis: In Prayer and Protest
- The story in photos of the final day of Troy Davis's life for his family and supporters.
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No Papers, No Fear: Risking Deportation at the DNC
by Molly Knefelposted Sep 06, 2012 - Why did ten undocumented immigrants choose to get arrested in Charlotte, even when they knew they could face deportation?
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Widespread War on Reproductive Rights
by Lynsi Burtonposted Sep 04, 2012 - National polls show that most of the public supports birth control and abortion rights. So what’s with the trend of trying to limit them?
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Photo Essay: Mexican Caravan Goes 5,600 Miles for Peace
by Erin Siegalposted Aug 30, 2012 - We share more than a border with the 116,000 Mexicans killed and disappeared in the War on Drugs. Take a ride across the U.S. with poet Javier Sicilia and their families on the Caravan for Peace.
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America’s Deficit Attention Disorder
by David Kortenposted Aug 10, 2012 - Money is the least of our problems. It’s time to pay attention to the real deficits that are killing us.
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Eve Ensler: Freedom Starts With a “V”
by Madeline Ostranderposted Aug 09, 2012 - The “Vagina Monologues” author on why knowing your body can shake up the world.
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A Critical Mass for Real Food
by Anim Steelposted Aug 06, 2012 - The old logic of the slave plantation is still the logic of our industrial food system, 500 years in the making. There’s a new way of thinking taking off.
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The Radical Dissent of Helen Keller
by Peter Dreierposted Jul 12, 2012 - Here’s what they don’t teach: When the blind-deaf visionary learned that poor people were more likely to be blind than others, she set off down a pacifist, socialist path that broke the boundaries of her time—and continues to challenge ours today.
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Barrio Defense: How Arizona’s Immigrants are Standing Up to SB 1070
by B. Loeweposted Jun 21, 2012 - Beyond the Supreme Court: For immigrant communities in Arizona and beyond, the struggle against draconian laws begins at home.
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You Can’t Ban History
posted May 31, 2012 - An artist's response to Arizona's ban on ethnic studies.
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