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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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Occupy the Dam: Brazil’s Indigenous Uprising
by John Perkinsposted Jul 23, 2012 - In the Amazonian backcountry, tribes are challenging construction of the world’s third-largest dam—by dismantling it. Here’s what they can teach us about standing up to power.
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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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A Pastor, a Rabbi, and an Imam Walk Into a Book ...
by Jenn Carretoposted Jul 04, 2012 - In "Religion Gone Astray," three leaders—and friends—from different religions take on violence, exclusivity, gender inequality, and homophobia in some of their scriptures' most controversial verses. What they discovered surprised them.
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Radical Religion, an American Tradition
by Rev. Wendy Bellposted Jul 02, 2012 - Book Review: “Prophetic Encounters” reminds us that we are part of a long and rich tradition that is more than simply a series of isolated movements for social change.
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The Achilles' Heel of the American Dream
by Sean Burnsposted Jun 28, 2012 - Book Review: “Hillbilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels, and Black Power” profiles the radical, working-class movements of the '60s and '70s—a guide for transformation 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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Redefining Radical: Catholic Nuns Vs. the Vatican
by Mark Englerposted Jun 14, 2012 - Chastised for sticking up for social justice, a group of nuns is pushing back against the Vatican.
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Street Credibility: Homeless Protesters Fight For Recognition
by Claudia Roweposted Jun 05, 2012 - Do corporations have an obligation to help the poor in their communities? These unconventional occupiers think so.
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The Real Reason the Military is Going Green
by Natalie Pompilioposted Jun 04, 2012 - Big Oil is a big risk for national security. Can our military—the world's No. 1 oil guzzler—change the politics of climate change?
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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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Treaty Like It’s 1999: Connecting the Dots on Trade
by Raj Patelposted May 25, 2012 - From Japan, Raj Patel on the expansion of the Trans-Pacific trade agreement and the homegrown battle to stop it.
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North Carolina’s Fight for Marriage Equality Continues
by Sue Sturgisposted May 15, 2012 - In the wake of North Carolina’s new amendment banning same-sex marriage, couples across the state are protesting by requesting marriage licenses.
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Same-Sex Marriage Brings Healing to Me—and My Tribe
by Madeline Ostranderposted May 10, 2012 - Heather Purser set out to win gay marriage rights within the Suquamish Tribe and found herself on a personal journey toward self-acceptance.
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