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Time for Kochs to Resign from ALEC

Robert Greenwald and Jesse Lava | Posted 04.17.2012

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Robert Greenwald and Jesse Lava

Charles and David Koch appear to be pushing their right-wing ideology to the bitter end. And it's time for Americans to stop helping them. The Koch b...

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Is Our Nation on the Titanic?

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 11.23.2011

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Marian Wright Edelman

What is our values compass as we seek solutions to rampant joblessness and poverty among millions of Americans, including 16.4 million poor children?

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The Pledge

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 08.31.2011

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Marian Wright Edelman

Right now, many of our elected officials are letting a no-new-taxes pledge take precedence. They are putting this before the pledge to the flag, and to the republic for which it stands, and to the promise of liberty and justice for all.

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Friday Talking Points [152] -- A Palin-Free Month?

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

With some regularity, this column excoriates the mainstream news media for all sorts of continued idiocy in the way it conducts its business. But eve...

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Pledge of Peace

Judie Fein | Posted 11.17.2011

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Judie Fein

There's this organ in the middle of my chest that obliges me every second of every day by beating. It can be wounded, disarmed and stunned, but it kee...

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Buffett, Gates and The Story of Enough

Woody Tasch | Posted 05.25.2011

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Woody Tasch

"When is enough enough?" Bernie Sanders asked during his filibuster against the Lame Duck tax bill in December. During the speech, he referred to Bi...

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Republicans’ Deficit-Cut Pledge Lacks Specifics

Posted 05.25.2011

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The GOP 'Pledge': What's Not In It

Mother Jones | Posted 05.25.2011

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You can read it yourself. Or peruse the reviews: liberal Ezra Klein dissects its internal contradictions; tea partier Erick Erickson decries the "Pled...

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Prostate Cancer: Not Just An Old Man's Cancer

Gabe Canales | Posted 11.17.2011

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Gabe Canales

Prostate cancer is real, and all men -- of all ages and ethnic groups -- need to know about it. This year, over 32,000 men will lose their battle with prostate cancer.

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March 24, Ada Lovelace Day, Celebrates Women's Tech And Science Achievements

Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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Finding Ada is calling on people to participate in the second annual Ada Lovelace Day. Ada Lovelace (1815-1852), the daughter of Romantic poet Lord...

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The F Word: Pledge to Save Journalism

Laura Flanders | Posted 05.25.2011

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Laura Flanders

It's pledge time at many noncommercial, listener and viewer-supported television and radio stations and you may already be feeling irritated by the p...

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Creating a Nation of Philanthropists, One Pledge at a Time

Ashton Kutcher | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ashton Kutcher

We have gathered a group of individuals who share the courage to pledge to our president, and the world at large, what it is that they are willing to do, give, or sacrifice, in an effort to help their fellow man.

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Small Donors are Going on Strike: A Strike for Change

Lawrence Lessig | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lawrence Lessig

We're giving Congress a choice: you can either have our money or money from special interests, but not both. We'll reward the reformers. But those who oppose reform won't get any money from us.

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