National Conversation

Reframing the Argument on Gay Marriage

Jennifer Hamady | Posted 05.11.2012

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Jennifer Hamady

In North Carolina this week, we were distracted yet again by the 'marriage' issue from the real matter at hand: equality. Which we can achieve by demanding the legality of civil unions.

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Change or Be Changed

Christopher Holshek | Posted 01.23.2012

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Christopher Holshek

We Americans have a lot to be thankful for. As a land of inordinate opportunities, our success has not been because we're really any better than anyone else -- but we have been luckier.

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Afghanistan: No More Excuses

Jim Wallis | Posted 07.12.2011

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Jim Wallis

After 10 long years, the national conversation on the war in Afghanistan has changed significantly. And now, the hunt for Osama bin Laden, used for years to justify the war, is over.

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What is America's Story for the 21st Century?

John Milewski | Posted 06.21.2011

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John Milewski

When we ask ourselves why we are committing military might in Libya (or Afghanistan, or Iraq), we're really asking bigger questions. What is our purpose in the world? What is the story that defines our friends and our foes?

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Obama Jerks The White Man's Burden

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 05.25.2011

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Leonce Gaiter

Somewhere amid all these fireworks, we have the classic "uppity negro" archetype-- a black man who doesn't know his place, who dares to pontificate on the pathologies of white men.

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