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30 April 2010

A mayday for May Day

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Tomorrow, May 1, is May Day, also known as International Workers' Day . On May 1 each year, workers and their supporters engage in celeb...
29 April 2010

Politics over planet

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Last Thursday, we celebrated Earth Day. So now what are we doing this week as a follow-up? We're learning that bipartisan efforts at cl...
28 April 2010

Evidentiary hearing set for Troy Davis - June 30

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Good news (hopefully) in the case of Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis: An evidentiary hearing has been scheduled for June 30 in Savannah...
27 April 2010

Republicans protect Wall Street, ignore Main Street

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The Republicans in the Senate are playing their procedural games and not even letting financial reform be debated on the Senate floor. They...
26 April 2010

Arizona - The hate state?

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In the past, I never imagined that Arizona was a state full of xenophobic right-wing extremists. But recent events seem to suggest that it i...
23 April 2010

Thoughts on the recent passing of a civil rights icon

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I and many others have been mourning the death on April 20 of civil rights icon Dorothy Height . During her impressive life of activism, Hei...
22 April 2010

Things you can do on this Earth Day 2010 (and beyond)

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Today, April 22, is Earth Day . In fact, this is the 40th anniversary of the very first Earth Day on April 22, 1970. On this day, there ar...
21 April 2010

Thoughts on the latest birther stunt

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Barack Obama has occupied the White House for 15 months now, but the "birthers" will not give up on their conspiracy theory that O...
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20 April 2010

It's Fair Pay Day: Urge your senators to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act

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Today, April 20, 2010, is Fair Pay Day, also called Equal Pay Day. This date symbolizes how far into the year a woman must work, on average,...
19 April 2010

A lesson on the Oklahoma bombing anniversary

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April 19, 2010, marks the 15th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing , in which 168 people died (including 19 young children) and more t...
16 April 2010

McCain: From maverick to teabagger?

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Up through the latter portions of the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign season, we kept hearing about what a maverick John McCain was. Then S...
15 April 2010

It's April 15. Where are your tax dollars going?

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Today, April 15, is the deadline for filing our U.S. tax forms for income earned in 2009. I don't mind paying taxes if the money is spen...
14 April 2010

On corporate campaign finance (and more), the GOP vs. the people

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The Hill reports that Senate Republicans are threatening a possible filibuster if President Obama's next Supreme Court nominee expresse...
13 April 2010

Dawn Johnsen is a victim of the war on terror

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On April 9, Dawn Johnsen, President Obama's nominee to lead the Office of Legal Council (OLC), withdrew her nomination. Her nomination h...
12 April 2010

Dangerous coal, neglected lives

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Last week, 29 workers died as a result of an explosion at a West Virginia coal mine. The mine was owned by Massey Energy. Apparently, Massey...
09 April 2010

Temple squanders million$ to replace striking nurses

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About 1,500 nurses and other health professionals from Philadelphia's Temple University Hospital are currently in their second week of a...
08 April 2010

With death penalty, the U.S. stands alone among democracies of the world

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Question: What does the U.S. have in common with China, Iran, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia? Answer: These five countries carried out the overwhe...
07 April 2010

April 7 is World Health Day - "1000 Cities, 1000 Lives"

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World Health Day, sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO), is celebrated each year on April 7. This year's theme, " 1000 C...
06 April 2010

Oil, coal, and us

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As with oil, not only does coal ruin the environment when used as fuel, mining it can be pretty deadly as well. We've had to learn that ...
05 April 2010

Racism then and now

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April 4, 2010, marked the 42nd anniversary of the assassination of the great civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I often wish th...
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02 April 2010

How Christian is the pope, really?

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The independent and foreign press have written much in the past about the current pope's ongoing cover-ups of clergy sex abuse in the Ca...
01 April 2010

Solar, Barry, solar!

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At the 2008 Republican National Convention, they chanted "Drill, baby, drill!" So the American people instead elected Obama. That ...
31 March 2010

Republican hypocrisy over recess appointments

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Republicans are upset over President Obama's decision to make some recess appointments to circumvent the Republicans' obstructionis...
30 March 2010

Fred Phelps & his Westboro crew to picket Temple U on April 1

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When I first learned of "Reverend" Fred Phelps and his Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church, I thought that their website, godhat...
29 March 2010

Sarah Barracuda flirts with violence

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On March 23, former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin tweeted to her followers the following message: Commonsense Conservatives ...
26 March 2010

In death row case, Supreme Court came through but Texas remains guilty

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On March 24, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a stay of execution for Texas death row inmate Hank Skinner. The stay will allow the Court more ...
25 March 2010

Earth Hour this Saturday (March 27)!

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Did you participate in Earth Hour last year? I did, and the vibes felt great. And now we'll have another opportunity this Saturday. On M...
24 March 2010

Hey Boehner, here's what really ruins the country

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My fellow Americans, the sky is falling! And it's all because the health care reform bill is now the law of the land . Last weekend, you...
23 March 2010

The far-right fringe: Armed, bigoted, and dangerous

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Things have gotten really ugly in the tea party world. It was scary enough when some people showed up at town hall meetings last summer with...
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22 March 2010

Health care and the new Obama

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Last night, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the health care reform bill that was previously passed by the Senate. It will now go t...