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The 9 Worst Things Said About Women, Abortion, and Rape in 2013
By Molly Redden Opponents of reproductive rights had a busy 2013. By the end of June, state lawmakers had passed 43 abortion restrictions into law—as many restrictions as were enacted in all of 2012, according to an analysis by the … Continue reading
Preventing South Sudan’s Inferno
By George Clooney & John Prendergast After suffering so long for independence, South Sudan faces a new civil war. What the country’s leaders and the international community can do to contain the crisis. The world’s youngest country, a mere two … Continue reading
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Tagged Botswana, civil war, Eritrea, etnic cleansing, George Clooney, John Prendergast, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda, violence, war
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Nelson Mandela ‘received weapons training from Mossad agents in 1962’
By Harriet Sherwood Nelson Mandela apparently underwent weapons training by Mossad agents in Ethiopia in 1962 without the Israeli secret service knowing his true identity, according to an intriguing secret letter lodged in the Israeli state archives. The missive, revealed … Continue reading
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Tagged African National Congress, Ethiopia, Israel, Mossad, Nelson Mandela, South Africa
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George Zimmerman Gets Back 5 Guns Confiscated During Domestic-Assault Case
By Breanna Edwards George Zimmerman is back—personal arsenal and all. After being cleared of all charges in a domestic-assault incident, in which his girlfriend insisted that she was misinterpreted by the police, Zimmerman was free to pick up his confiscated … Continue reading
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Tagged AR-15, domestic violence, George Zimmerman, Glock, guns, Kel-Tec, Shooting of Trayvon Martin
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Trickle-down economics has made America an “indecent society”
By Robert Reich It’s the season to show concern for the less fortunate among us. We should also be concerned about the widening gap between the most fortunate and everyone else. Although it’s still possible to win the lottery your … Continue reading
Raising The Minimum Wage To $10.10 Would Boost Growth By $22 Billion
By Bryce Covert Raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour by 2016 would increases wages by $35 billion, and the resulting increase in consumer spending would mean a GDP boost of $22.1 billion, which would support about 85,000 new … Continue reading
Why High Unemployment Actually Destroys the Fabric of American Life
By Thom Hartmann The Declaration of Independence was the first founding document in the history of the world to specifically mention happiness. As Thomas Jefferson’s famous words read, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created … Continue reading
A Silent Bulletproof Prayer For Our Nation
by Michael Skolnik This morning I was awoken by sounds of a nine month baby boy trying to learn how to talk. Before the sun shed her glory upon this great nation and through my bedroom windows, I could … Continue reading →