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World-Healing Wisdom: Karen Armstrong’s Vision for a Compassionate Future
by Nadia Colburnposted Jul 31, 2013 - Armstrong believes that we can find the wisdom we need by looking to the origins of today’s world religions.
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Florida Occupation Digs in after Meeting with Governor Scott Turns Sour
by James Trimarcoposted Jul 19, 2013 - The association says it will bring in retired members in an effort to defuse tensions between young occupiers and capitol police.
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Day Four: Youth-Led Occupation of Florida Capitol Still Growing
by James Trimarcoposted Jul 18, 2013 - For the last three nights, a growing group has camped out in the Florida Capitol building, demanding the governor address their concerns about the Zimmerman acquittal.
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100 Young Black Activists Respond to George Zimmerman’s Acquittal
by Jamilah Kingposted Jul 17, 2013 - The statement, by the Black Youth Project, conveys profound sorrow along with a commitment to hold on to hope.
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Want Justice for Trayvon? Start by Turning to Your Neighbors
by Sarah van Gelderposted Jul 16, 2013 - Your community is the perfect place to begin healing the wounds of racism.
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Peaceful Revolution? Gandhi’s Four Paths to Get There
by Madhu Suri Prakashposted Jul 12, 2013 - The Indian leader saw nonviolence as an active and powerful thing—not just the absence of war.
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“Non-Indigenous Culture”: Implications of a Historical Anomaly
by Derek Rasmussenposted Jul 11, 2013 - Modern westerners often see indigenous people as weird or exotic. A look at history shows why they’re not the strange ones.
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To Keep Kids Out of Trouble—And Prison—Teach Them to Understand Their Emotions
by Katherine Gustafsonposted Jul 02, 2013 - After teaching students to understand and talk through their conflicts, schools in Denver and Los Angeles have seen major reductions in disciplinary action.
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A Caring Economy Requires Building Bridges—Not Burning Them
by Sally Kohnposted Jun 28, 2013 - Traditional organizing makes opponents into “enemies,” but a new crop of activists is using love and empathy to create new alliances and possibilities.
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A Road Trip to Save El Salvador’s Water
by Robin Broad, John Cavanaghposted Jun 26, 2013 - A delegation of activists from 12 different countries on the fight to stop gold mining in Central America.
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Supreme Court Ruling Is “Call to Action” on Voting Rights
by Katrina Rabelerposted Jun 25, 2013 - Civil rights advocates are calling the Supreme Court’s decision in Shelby County v. Holder “a dagger in the heart of the Voting Rights Act” and “a call to action.”
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A Healing Walk through Canada’s Tar Sands Dystopia
by Clayton Thomas-Mullerposted Jun 06, 2013 - Cree organizer Clayton Thomas-Muller provides a deeply personal account of a ceremonial healing walk through the broken landscape of Canada’s tar sands. This year’s walk begins July 4.
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Meet the Refreshing Evangelical Who’s Leading a Revival—of “the Common Good”
by Sarah van Gelderposted May 30, 2013 - Pastor Jim Wallis has been arrested for protesting the Keystone XL pipeline, builds bridges between polarized politicians, and pushes Christians to worry less about gay marriage and more about justice. And even better—there’s a whole new generation following his lead.
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A Roadmap to a World Without Drone Proliferation?
by Ken Butiganposted May 30, 2013 - It’s not too late to forge a drone-free future. International treaties have already helped ban landmines and nuclear weapons testing—and could mitigate drone warfare’s worst atrocities.
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Meet the Rainforest-Dwelling Malaysian Farmers Fighting to Keep their Land above Water
by James Trimarcoposted May 24, 2013 - The dams would cost $105 billion, flood an area twice the size of LA, and force the relocation of tens of thousands of indigenous people. Against all the odds, the local forest-dwelling people are coming together and organizing in a way that’s unheard of in this part of the world.
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