Status Quo

Real Life Lesson from Real Life DoGooders: Reject the Status Quo to Solve Critical Problems

Marc Ozburn | Posted 05.09.2012

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Marc Ozburn

The underlying theme to America's central struggles over recent years is that they're problems created over time and ignored as they grew in size and scale.

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Making Sacrifices When Change Is Inevitable

Allessandra Bradley-Burns | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Racism, Apartheid, Capitalism, Status Quo, Cuba, Ideological Beliefs, Latino Voices News
Allessandra Bradley-Burns

This is not a story about race, although it may seem so at first. I will leave that reflection for another day. Instead, it is about how a country chooses to embrace and create solutions when faced with something that has impacted each of us personally.

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Why Herman Cain Won, and Why You Might See Rick Perry in Mickey Mouse Slippers Next Week

Christopher Ingram | Posted 11.26.2011

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Christopher Ingram

Voters are looking for someone who calls a socialist president a socialist, not whatever euphemistic poll-tested answer Mitt Romney calls President Obama.

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MEDIA: Mainstream-Embracing Disappointingly Ignorant Advocates

Robin Koerner | Posted 10.16.2011

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Robin Koerner

The extraordinary lack of coverage of Ron Paul following his statistical tie for first place in Iowa is a remarkable story in itself -- worthy of the best efforts of serious investigative journalists.

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How Do You Let Go While You're Hanging On?

Lisa Arie | Posted 09.05.2011

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Lisa Arie

We hold onto our stories long after they've served their purpose and we're ready to move on. Our ability to move beyond what we know, to have foresight and to adapt are critical to our existence.

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Witnessing Revolutions

Ann Medlock | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ann Medlock

With all the news of uprisings, I've been rocketed back in time and space to the Congo, to Vietnam, where I got some first-hand experiences of what it's like when people make such dramatic moves.

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Why I Am Not A Defender Of The 'Status Quo' In Education

Sue Peters | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sue Peters

The current crowd of education reformers like to dismiss any of us who disagree with their agenda as "defenders of the status quo." Nothing could be further from the truth.

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Why Our Nobles Betray Us

Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.25.2011

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Cenk Uygur

It's profoundly naive to expect politicians and mainstream media to fix things. Why is a television anchor making hundreds of thousands of dollars a year going to look to change the system? He loves the system. The system pays the bills.

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Health Care: Keep Your Eyes on the Prize

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Wallis

We've recently seen the abortion rhetoric really heat up to ridiculous proportions. Those with opposing views are being stereotyped and demonized. And facts are taking a back seat to sound bytes.

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Chris Cillizza: The Political Dangers Of Passing A Health Care Bill

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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The White House -- as we wrote yesterday -- is dead set on passing the health care bill and will stop at nothing politically to get it done. But, ...

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Two Scholars Ask: What if Marriage Is Bad for Us?

Bella DePaulo | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Social Security, Singled Out, Divorce, Civil Rights, Sociology, Middle Class, Matrimania, Pop Culture, Race, Cultures, Laura Kipnis, Happiness, Friendship, Isolation, Institutions, Politics, Mate Choice, Singlism, Wealth, Retirement Benefits, Love, Health Care, Status Quo, Family, Advocacy, Benefits, Marriage, Lifelong Singles, Domestic Gulag, Myths, Hollywood, Loneliness, Work, Health, Single, Health Insurance, Blaming the Victim, Single With Attitude, Healthy Living News
Bella DePaulo

Marriage is not for everyone, and people who want to stay single should not be targeted with singlism because of it.

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If You Like The Health Insurance You Have Now....

D. Brad Wright | Posted 05.25.2011

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D. Brad Wright

There's nothing standing between us and being uninsured other than an employer who woke up this morning feeling like they could still afford to provide you and I with insurance.

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South African Women Still Second-Class Citizens

Alex Matthews | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alex Matthews

South Africa has a crisis of values in which men are brought up to believe they are entitled to treat women as objects to abuse, hurt, exploit, rape, harass, control and patronize.

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We'll Always Have Tara

Gerald Sindell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gerald Sindell

When we finally do achieve health care restructuring, I hope that some of us will take a moment to look at that powerful human preference for the status quo over anything else.

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Will Financial Crisis Lead To Real Changes?

Danny Schechter | Posted 05.25.2011

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Danny Schechter

Are any of these reforms really about change, or are they just restoring a flawed and failed system?

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Education Reform's Big Stake

Marc Lampkin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marc Lampkin

As we approach the 55th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the reality is there are still great inequities in the quality of education delivered to students.

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Sam Stein

Zeke Emanuel, Obama's Health Care Alchemist

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ezekiel Emanuel has a fear of failure. Months into the administration, the prominent bioethicist and brother of chief of staff, Rahm, has emerged as a...

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Obviously Obama

Michael DeJong | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael DeJong

With a smart president now at the helm, we'll be entering a new era that'll offer decency over hubris, peace over war, intelligence over beliefs, openness over secrecy, and creativity over the status quo.

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