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Jody Williams won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 for her work to ban landmines. She is the Chair of the Nobel Women’s Initiative, a global organization that supports women’s organizations working for peace and climate justice.

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It's Time for Obama to Say No to 'Big' Oil

26 Comments | Posted November 3, 2011 | 12:15:23 (EST)

I think it is safe to say that the 99% is fed up with false promises. In the last election, many Americans -- including a rather surprising number of young people -- opted to vote for Barack Obama because they believed in his words about bringing change to the country...

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Nobel Peace Laureates Urge Obama to Reject the Keystone XL Pipeline

Posted September 7, 2011 | 14:40:30 (EST)

I don't know about you, but I felt pretty proud to be an American in recent weeks.

Watching 1,200 of my fellow citizens get arrested in front of the White House for nonviolently protesting a massive -- and unnecessary -- oil pipeline, I kept thinking about the power of...

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