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Cinco de Mayo's Link To Slavery, Civil Rights For Blacks

AP | RUSSELL CONTRERAS | Posted 05.02.2012

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Here's what Cinco de Mayo has become in the U.S.: a celebration of all things Mexican, from mariachi music to sombreros, marked b...

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Victims Support Death Penalty Repeal in Connecticut

Andrea Lyon | Posted 04.10.2012

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Andrea Lyon

A recent study by former Yale Law School Professor Donohue has shown that the death penalty is given in Connecticut far more based on race and location of the victim than any other factor.

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The Death Penalty Is America's Blind Spot

Barbara Crafton | Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Death Penalty, Capital Punishment, Abolition, Troy Davis, Troy Davis Execution, Capital Punishment in America, Christianity, Ethics, Troy Davis Death Penalty, Death Penalty in America, Religion News
Barbara Crafton

The death penalty panders to the basest part of our personalities: our craving for revenge. Everybody has this craving, but we learn in early childhood that violence does not bring about peace.

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Did Secular Morality Shame Religion Into Condemning Slavery?

Matt J. Rossano | Posted 11.18.2011

Read More: Religion and Slavery, Imago Dei, Morality, Popes and Slavery, Abolition, Gregory of Nyssa, Slavery, Morality of Slavery, History of Slavery, Religious Rejection of Slavery, Slavery in the Bible, Religion News
Matt J. Rossano

Slavery's depravity is so obvious to us today that it obscures the collective mental conversion required to achieve this bit of moral clarity. And religion is often cast an impediment to slavery's stigmatization.

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A Christian Ethic of Social Justice: Will A Bible Fill An Empty Stomach?

Zach Hunter | Posted 11.02.2011

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Zach Hunter

We understand that it is not enough to talk, talk is cheap. We must "Be the change that [we] wish to see in the world." Because of this knowledge, students are shaping solutions to many social ills
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Our National Dark Night Of The Soul

Lisa Sharon Harper | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: Women's Suffrage, Abolition, Budget Debate, Dark Night of the Soul, Social Movements, Budget, St. John of the Cross, Civil Rights, Religion and Politics, Economic Injustice, Test of Faith, Religion News
Lisa Sharon Harper

We are a nation woven together by eclectic threads of common faith in the truth that all people are created equal. Again and again, our darkest hours have come when elements within our own national body have tested this faith.

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The 150th Anniversary of the American Civil War: Our Legacy Considered

Stephen Menendian | Posted 06.12.2011

Read More: Confederacy, Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, Anniversary, Reconstruction Constitution, Emancipation Proclamation, Abolition, Politics News
Stephen Menendian

The lessons of the abolitionist movement -- which ultimately galvanized a nation to the immorality of slavery, and profoundly influenced the terms of the debate over the war and its purpose -- are still applicable.

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Getting from A to Z: Why Animal Activists Should Support Incremental Reforms to Help Animals

Bruce Friedrich | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bruce Friedrich

Not supporting welfare reforms is both speciesist and counterproductive. And while saying "all or nothing" might make us feel pure, it hurts animals.

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Governor Quinn: Sign the Abolition Bill

Andrea Lyon | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andrea Lyon

Abolishing the death penalty is good for citizens of Illinois, good for our budget, good for families of victims and good for our court system. It may even make our state safer.

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South Carolina's Secession at 150

Manisha Sinha | Posted 05.25.2011

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Manisha Sinha

Long before Tea Party activists and other sundry conservatives detected the ghost of socialism in health care reform and financial regulation legislation, proslavery theorists argued that abolition was akin to socialism.

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When Capital Punishment is a Crime: the Atlantic Divide Over the Death Penalty

Rabah Ghezali | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rabah Ghezali

In searching for explanations there is a danger that the premise of pro-capital punishment America and anti-capital punishment Europe is reinforced rather than questioned.

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The Abolition of Slavery -- We Have Come a Long Way, or Not?

Diana Mao | Posted 05.25.2011

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Diana Mao

As I walked through the Cape Coast Castle, I realized that the slavery of centuries ago is not very different from modern day slavery -- the gross violation of human rights and the apathy of the masses towards their plight.

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Three Fundamental Differences Between Progressives and Conservatives, Pt. 1

Terrance Heath | Posted 05.25.2011

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Terrance Heath

Part I of III When caught at something, it's best to come clean. I was recently caught by the Crow, who -- in a response to my earlier post about po...

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Leveraging Social Entrepreneurship to Fight Slavery

Diana Mao | Posted 05.25.2011

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Diana Mao

Human trafficking is a $91.2 billion industry. It is the world's second largest criminal enterprise, topped only by the illegal drug trade. For victims, the emancipation process is extremely challenging.

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Obama's 'Nuclear Spring'

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Wallis

Let us hope and pray that Obama's recent nuclear disarmament accomplishments are steps on the path to the eventual abolition of all nuclear weapons.

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The Death Penalty is Dying

Mike Farrell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Farrell

As president of the board of Death Penalty Focus, an abolition organization, I find myself discussing executions a lot. Whether to kill a person who ...

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The Whore Wars

David Henry Sterry | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Henry Sterry

If this book helps people see that men and women who have sex for money are mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers, I will be happy. If it shines a compassionate light into the sex ghetto, it'll be worth all the slings and arrows.

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A Faith Declaration for Health Care Reform

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Wallis

There is no one "right" religious position on how health care should look; but I believe there are some fundamental moral and even biblical principles on which to evaluate any final legislative agreement.

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A Christian Conservative That Cared

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Charles Karel Bouley

His name was William Wilberforce. He's proof an evangelical Christian conservative can be a good person.

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Nukes versus Humanity

Tom H. Hastings | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tom H. Hastings

Why haven't we rid humankind of nuclear weapons?

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One-Sentence Health Insurance Reform

Mark Kleiman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mark Kleiman

A "Most Favored Nation" clause for health care, modeled after the WTO trade rules.

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Arthur Delaney

Feingold To Death Penalty: Drop Dead

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senator Russ Feingold (D-Wisc.) reintroduced legislation Thursday to abolish the death penalty at the federal level. The "Federal Death Penalty Abolit...

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