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Inspiring a Mindful Nation: An Interview With Tim Ryan

Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D. | Posted 05.30.2012

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There have been a number of people and books raising awareness of the importance of cultivating greater mindfulness for the purpose of healing great stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, chronic pain and even creating great joy.

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The Great Populist Wave

Brent Budowsky | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Populist Wave, Populism, Military Families, Voter Mobilization, National Front, Liberals, France, Buying Legislation, Shared Prosperity, Progressives, Shared Sacrifice, Hispanics, Inequities, Injustice, Financial Felons, Voter Registration, Jesus, Job Destruction, Buying Elections, Cheating, Medicare, Fairness, Britain, Voter Suppression, Bank of America, Homeowners, Democracy, Democrats, Voter Turnout, Wells Fargo, Austerity, Stealing Elections, Fraud, Abraham Lincoln, Patriotism, Human Rights, Voter Rights, Elites, Insurers, Consumers, John Kennedy, China, Chen Guangcheng, Republicans, Politics News

At this moment, in our land, it is time for the true champions of the 99 percent to launch the largest voter registration, mobilization and turnout campaign in the history of freedom.

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Elizabeth Warren Will Lead

Brent Budowsky | Posted 04.26.2012

In a Washington full of revolving-door sellouts who effortlessly glide between special-interest sinecures and government jobs earning personal fortunes on the payroll of the 1 percent, Elizabeth Warren will never sell her public conscience for private wealth.

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City Council Tells KFI To Hire Non-White Staff

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 03.23.2012

Just three days after singer Whitney Houston passed away, KFI AM hosts John and Ken dismissed her as nothing more than a "crack ho." Nearly one month ...

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Protestants Marrying Santorum Should Use Contraception

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: 2012 Election, John Kennedy, Norman Vincent Peale, Rick Santorum, Mormonism, Separation of Church and State, Franklin Graham, Houston Ministerial Association, Pope, Catholicism, Barack Obama, Jesus Thieves, Richard Land, Protestants, Evangelicals, Religion, Politics News

Leaving aside Ron Paul, there are four candidates remaining in the presidential race. The three top Republicans are comprised of two are Roman Catholics and a Mormon. Pity the poor right-wing Protestants.

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Will The Help's Oscar Revive Interest in The Long Walk Home?

Peter Dreier | Posted 04.28.2012

In contrast to The Help, The Long Walk Home shows African-American maids as active participants in the civil rights struggle -- and remains a much more uplifting and hard-hitting movie about the plight and pluck of black domestic servants confronting racism.

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JFK Intern Details Affair In New Memoir

Posted 02.06.2012

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In a new tell-all memoir, former White House intern Mimi Alford details her 18-month long affair with President John F. Kennedy. The book, "Once Upon ...

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How Obama Can Win Big

Brent Budowsky | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: American Davos, Martin Luther King, Obama Second Term, Insider Punditry, Economy, Ronald Reagan, Shared Prosperity, Morning America, Pay Equity, Obama Presidency, Patriotic Capitalism, Ayn Rand, Teddy Roosevelt, Main Street, Abraham Lincoln, Obama 2.0, State of the Union, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, 2012 Election, Hope America Fails, John Kennedy, News Cycle, Socialism, Newt Gingrich, Made in the USA, Shared Purpose, Food Stamp President, Politics News

While President Obama lifts his presidency to champion the cause of jobs that are made in the USA, his Republican opponents stake their plans for powe...

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The Return of the Blues Wanderer: A Conversation With Dion, Plus Anthony Green's Beautiful Things Album Streamer

Mike Ragogna | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: The Big Bopper, Jimmy Reed, Buddy Holly, Anthony Green, The Lovin' Spoonful, Paul Simon, Tracy Nelson, Circa Survive, Good Old War, Dion, Dave Marsh, Matthew Nelson, Sam Nelson, John Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Abraham Lincoln, Ritchie Valens, Dion & the Belmonts, Hank Williams, Gunnar Nelson, Lou Reed, Richard Nixon, Bobby Kennedy, Muddy Waters, Nelson, John Hammond Jr., The Deer Hunter, Bob Dylan, Robert Johnson, Mike Bloomfield, John Hammond, Dion DiMucci, John Lee Hooker, Bob Hyde, Ricky Nelson, Richie Havens, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News

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So You Think You're A Baby Boomer? Think Again

Debra Ollivier | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Gen-Xers, Generation Jones, Gen Jones, Vietnam, Woodstock, John Kennedy, Optimism, Jonathan-Pontell, Obama, Baby Boomers, Civil Rights, Election, Fifty News

If you were born between 1954 and 1965, you're not a Boomer. You're a Gen Joneser. You might be part of an engaged minority that's aware of (and very beholden to) this generational distinction. But more likely than not you're a Gen Joneser and don't know it. And that's partly because the very term Generation Jones didn't exist until relatively recently, when social commentator/historian Jonathan Pontell put it on the map.

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Ordinary Citizens Fight Big Coal in The Last Mountain

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Maria Gunnoe, Particulates, Bo Webb. Mountain Justice Summer, Mountaintop Blasting, George W. Bush, Documentary Film, Penn Future, Obama, Coal River Mountain, Bruce Mansfield Power Plant, Coal, Ed Wiley, Electricity, Activism, Coal River Valley, John Kennedy, Susan Bird, Asthma, New Source Rule, Robert F. Kenedy Jr., The Last Mountain, Ovec, Massey Energy, Joe Manchin Greenhouse Gases, Silicosis, Alpha Natural Resources, Green, Uncommon Productions, EPA Fine, Bill Haney, Appalachian Mountains, Coal Lobby, Mine Disaster, Heavy Metals, Jennifer Hall-Massey, Green News, Toxic Fly Ash, Ozone, Video, Green News

Featuring citizen activists fighting for clean air and water against entrenched interests and corporate dollars, the documentary combines backstory, statistics, and human interest to explain more fully the narrative of where our electricity comes from.

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The Day America Died

Jerry Nelson | Posted 01.29.2012

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Standing on that hillside beside Kennedy's grave and having a remarkable view of Washington D.C. something struck me. I had lived to see the degradation of the American presidency and with it the decline of America.

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Marilyn Monroe: Still Dead. Still Selling. How Come?

Tom Alderman | Posted 01.09.2012

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Marilyn Monroe lives on as the last of an archetype we cling to from our innocent past but is now gone forever -- or until a future generation invents her again.

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PHOTOS: A-List Party For MSNBC Host

HuffingtonPost.com | Christina Wilkie | Posted 01.03.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The back room of the Hay Adams Hotel was the place to be on Wednesday night, as Washington A-listers turned out to toast Chris Matthews'...

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Remembering the Cuban Missile Crisis: The Brink of Nuclear War

Lea Lane | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Nuclear War, Huff Post 50, Fidel Castro, World, John Kennedy, Nikita Khrushchev, Thirteen Days in October, Cuba, Cuban Missile Crisis, Politics News

I recently saw two movies dealing with the end of the world -- Melancholia and Tree of Life. These artsy films sparked a remembrance of fears I once f...

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The U. S. Government's Largest Means-Tested Anti-Poverty Program Has Severe Problems

Robert Auerbach | Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: Milton Friedman, Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), Douglas Schulman, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, John Kennedy, Nina Olson, University of California Los Angeles (U.C.L.A., Beverly Hills, George Mcgovern, Lyndon Johnson, Watts), Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Barack Obama, Politics News

During these dire times for millions of people, many of whom have been unemployed for long periods, the nation's safety net is mangled and inefficient.

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Al Gore for President

Brent Budowsky | Posted 10.10.2011

Read More: John Kennedy, New Frontier, Al Gore, Democratic Party, 2016 Elections, Elections 2012, Politics News

Let's begin a draft movement to make Al Gore president in 2016. While times are tough today, let's stop selling short our aspirations and start planning for the next New Frontier.

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Save the Nation From Economic Collapse

Brent Budowsky | Posted 10.04.2011

The gathering storm of a recession threatens America with the danger of a lost decade of economic pain. President Obama and Congress can save the nation by reaching a new agreement to lower the deficit and create jobs by Labor Day.

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Both Sides Now: Weiner Dem Headache -- Medicare GOP Migraine? Who Is Jon... Huntsman?

HuffPost Radio | Posted 06.12.2011

Ron Reagan and Kellyanne Conway debate whether pols or voters should decide Weiner's fate and whether Ryan's Medicare Plan could give Dems back the House?

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How Change Happened

Craig K. Comstock | Posted 08.10.2011

Read More: Bertrand Russell, Charlotte Despard, To End All Wars, Barbara Tuchman, John Kennedy, Sylvia Pankhurst, History, Adam Hochschild, Book Reviews, Hochschild, Books News

In just his most recent few books, Adam Hochschild has examined the scandal of the colonial Congo, the anti-slavery movement in Great Britain, and the fighting of and opposition to what we now call WWI.

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Tough

Craig K. Comstock | Posted 07.26.2011

Read More: Toughness, Frederick Kempe, Berlin Crisis, John Kennedy, Brent Scowcroft, Berlin Wall, Nikita Khruschev, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vienna Summit, Bay of Pigs, World News

Does a new U.S. President need to show he is tough by threatening or committing a violent act? Some say it's dangerous not to.

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Obama Is America's Third Greatest Presidential Orator in Modern Era

Richard Greene | Posted 05.25.2011

Just six and one half years ago, a young state senator spoke for 16 minutes and 11 seconds (just 4 seconds longer than the real "King's Speech," Marti...

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It Is Social Entrepreneurs Who Carry the Kennedy Mantle Today

Paul Orzulak | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: JFK Inaugural, John Kennedy, Peace Corps, Sargent Shriver, Ask Not, Commonwealth Club, Jeff Skoll, Ghana, Skoll Foundation, War on Poverty, Politics News

It may be hard to see the words of John Kennedy reflected in our current political debate today. But it's nice to see that the principles they espoused are hard at work across the globe.

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Witness Heroes

Jack Schimmelman | Posted 05.25.2011

I heard Martin Luther King's dream that hot day in August and was never the same. Growing up in the civil rights era without being able to participate as a young child felt like a reed being buffeted by the wind.

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Ted Sorensen, Behind the Scenes

Bill Barol | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sorensen was the kind of discreet, all-but-unseen professional political operative who doesn't exist much any more, or who has been so thoroughly eclipsed by the talking heads that he seems invisible.

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