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Growing Local: Interview with BALLE's Michelle Long
by Brooke Jarvisposted Nov 29, 2009 - By working with local businesses, Michelle Long helped make Bellingham, Washington a national leader in urban sustainability. As executive director of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies, she's taking her vision to cities around North America.
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Public Attitudes, Knowledge, and Values Around the Climate
posted Nov 13, 2009 - "The Energy Learning Curve", a Public Agenda poll, and additional polling data show America's changing attitude to climate action.
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In Defense of the Goldstone Report
by Stephen Zunesposted Nov 05, 2009 - Stephen Zunes: By condemning the report on war crimes committed during the Gaza war, the U.S. Congress is undermining the protection of human rights.
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Spokane Considers Community Bill of Rights
by Mari Margilposted Nov 04, 2009 - Thousands of people voted to protect nine basic rights, ranging from the right of the environment to exist and flourish to the rights of residents to have a locally based economy and to determine the future of their neighborhoods.
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Clean Energy Works: Portland Project a Model for Green Stimulus
by Roger Valdezposted Oct 26, 2009 - In Portland, Recovery Act funds are 'laying the foundation for long-term economic, environmental, and community health.'
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8 Years of War—And What Do We Get?
by Jo Comerfordposted Oct 13, 2009 - The skyrocketing costs and casualties of the war in Afghanistan should make us re-evaluate our national priorities and broaden our definition of security.
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In Search of Care :: International Adventures in Public Health
by Michael Foxposted Sep 29, 2009 - Michael Fox has sought medical care in more than a dozen countries. One of them stands out as the most difficult place to get treatment: his native United States.
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7 Ways to Support Iranian Democracy
by Mary Armstrongposted Sep 23, 2009 - Democratic reforms are up to the Iranian people. But we can offer support and friendship as Iran takes its own brave steps toward freedom.
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Push Back Against Big Money
by Fran Kortenposted Sep 18, 2009 - No matter how hard we worked during the 2008 election, our voice, our presence, our money is even more important now.
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Health Care Déjà Vu
by Brooke Jarvisposted Aug 28, 2009 - Can health care reform that does not build on the universal right to health care be successful?
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Upgrading the Way We Do Politics
by Sandy Heierbacherposted Aug 21, 2009 - Is it really democracy without space for dialogue and deliberation? How to cut through the yelling and get something done.
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We Are All Responsible for Making Health Care a Right
by David Scheinerposted Aug 07, 2009 - Uninvited from a White House forum, President Obama's former doctor says it's time to give single-payer health care a fair hearing.
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Netanyahu at the White House: Not Yet Change We Can Believe In
by Phyllis Bennisposted May 20, 2009 - The reality of power–that the U.S. is still the financial, military, diplomatic and political superpower patron on which Israel depends–was not reflected in the press conference that followed the meeting.
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Is President Obama Serious About a New Relationship with the Americas?
by Sarah van Gelderposted Apr 21, 2009 - The Summit of the Americas gave President Obama a chance to hear the hopes and fears of an entire continent. Are we, finally, stepping into a new relationship with our neighbors?
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President Obama Calls for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons
by David Kriegerposted Apr 07, 2009 - President Obama’s speech in Prague was a world-changing moment, a promise of unprecedented historical change on the most profoundly dangerous issue confronting not only America but the world.
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