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Catholic Church Shows Its Influence In Health Care Fight

Wall Street Journal | Peter Wallsten | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mike Doyle, Gop, Social Justice, Communion, Catholic Congress, Nancy Pelosi, Lobbyists, Obama, American Catholics, Bishops, John Kerry, White House, Universal Health Care, Vatican, Health Care, Abortion, Church, Poverty, Public Option, Lobbying, Catholic, Democrats, House, Catholics, Religion, Senate, Catholic Church, Barack Obama, Health Insurance, Stupak Amendment, Health Care Reform, Christianity, Health Bill, Anti-Choice, Republicans, Politics News

Injecting itself aggressively into the health-care debate, the Roman Catholic Church in America has emerged as a major political force with the potent...

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Food Stamps Will Feed Half Of US Kids, Study Says

AP | LINDSEY TANNER | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: How Many Kids Are on Food Stamps, Welfare, Social Justice, Poverty, Food Stamps, Children, Economy, Parenting, Food Stamp Statistics, Recession, Kids on Food Stamps, Black Children, Usda, Food Research and Action Center, Education, Nutrition, African Americans, Food, Income Gap, US Department of Agriculture, How Many People Are on Food Stamps, Food Stamps Study, Sociology, Food Stamps Data, Poverty Line, Minorities, Politics News

CHICAGO — Nearly half of all U.S. children and 90 percent of black youngsters will be on food stamps at some point during childhood, and fallout...

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What Catholics Want in Healthcare Reform

Jon O'Brien | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Catholics, Social Justice, Ethics, Contraception, Catholics for Choice, Poll, Healthcare Reform, Pro-Choice, Healthcare, Politics News
Jon O'Brien

American Catholics can picture themselves as patients, and want to be able to get birth control and condoms at their doctor. They also think they can speak for themselves.

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Civil Society Sounds Off on IFC Policies in Istanbul

Chad Dobson | Posted 10.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Transparency, Istanbul, Social Justice, Environmental Policy, Environmental Justice, Economic Development, World Bank, International Finance Corporation, International Financial Institutions, Indigenous Rights, Civil Society, Indigenous People, Business News
Chad Dobson

One German participant summarized: "The IFC places all of the burden of environmental and social safeguards on the client ... The whole world is re-regulating and you should too."

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A New Social Movement

Jay Mandle | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Social Justice, Progressive Movement, Activism, Campaign Finance, FECA, Center for Responsive Politics, BCRA, Barack Obama, Campaign Finance Reform, Politics News
Jay Mandle

Progressives have typically avoided addressing the way the electoral system is financed. They have concentrated on the outcome of politics, but not on the political process.

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A Faith Declaration for Health Care Reform

Jim Wallis | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Bill, Dialogue, Public Policy, Social Justice, Debate, Religious Beliefs, Misinformation, Dignity, Abolition, Religious, Biblical, Community, Health-Care Debate, Healing, Biblical Principles, Legislation, America, Civil Rights, Ten Commandments, Moral Values, Insurance Company, Abortion, Profits, Common Good, Principle, Civil Rights Movement, Faith Community, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Gospel, Health Care, Politics News
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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U2's Music and Mission and My Kid's First Rock Concert

Jim Wallis | Posted 10.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Fedex, Social Justice, Washington, Music, Campaign, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Power, Desmond Tutu, Aung San Suu Kyi, Rock Band, President Bush, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Justice, Love, Human Rights, Democracy, Africa, Activism, Politics, Willie Williams, 360, Aung San Suu, Myanmar, Amazing Grace, Teenager, Burma, U2, U2 Tour, Beautiful Day, Singing, Partisan Politics, D.C., Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Rock and Roll, Entertainment News
Jim Wallis

What I love about a U2 concert, headlined by the Irish tenor with the sunglasses, is how it achieves such a powerful combination of art and social justice, music and message; and all with such fun.

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MacArthur Genius Award-Winners: Foundation Awards Grants

AP | By DON BABWIN | Posted 09.22.2009 | Home

Read More: Macarthur Foundation, Social Justice, Sciences Health, Arts, Science, MacArthur Genius Award, Justice, Journalism, MacArthur Grants, Home News

CHICAGO (AP)-- A newspaper reporter who refuses to forget decades-old murders and a law professor trying to get people to forget the way they think ab...

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Straight Talk About Health Care Reform and Abortion

Judi Jennings | Posted 09.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Reproductive Health, Politics, Social Justice, Women's Issues, Women's Health, Politics News
Judi Jennings

It's going to take a lot of straight talk and a commitment to finding common ground about what is best for women and their families to achieve health care reform.

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Monopoly With Liberty and Social Justice For All?

D. Brad Wright | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Philosophy, Liberty, Social Justice, Income Inequality, Equality of Opportunity, Health Care Reform, Monopoly, Equal Opportunity, Health Care, Civil Rights, Politics News
D. Brad Wright

Is the path from opportunity to outcomes guided by a set of rules that can be considered fair?

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Obama's Health Care Speech: Hope Over Fear

Jim Wallis | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: President, System, Social Justice, Debate, Economic Crisis, Abortions, Politics, Kennedy, Social Transformation, Moral Principle, Community, Democrat, Reform, Congress, Democrats, Ted Kennedy, America, Republican, Moral Issues, Abortion, Hope, Members of Congress, Faith Community, Change, Health Insurance, Republicans, Justice, Health Care, Policy Arguments, Politics News
Jim Wallis

In his speech last evening, Obama made the commitments that a broad coalition in the faith community had asked for -- reform as a moral issue, affordable coverage for all, and no federal funding of abortion.

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Christian Poveda: French Filmmaker Killed In El Salvador; 1 Arrested

AP | MARCOS ALEMAN | Posted 10.19.2009 | World

Read More: Guadalajara Film Festival Memory Award, Film, Christian Poveda, San Salvador, Central America, U.S. Prisons, French Filmmaker, Violence, Social Justice, Gangs, El Salvador, France, Reporters Without Borders, Journalism, Guadalajara Film Festival, GDocumentary Film, Poverty, Photojournalist, Media, Tonacatepeque, World News

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — A French filmmaker who spent years documenting the brutality and desperation of a Salvadoran street gang has been fo...

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The Time Is Now for Kennedy Care

Joan E. Dowlin | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ted Kennedy's Legislative Triumphs, Universal Health Care, Social Justice, Ted's Memorial Tributes, Obama Care Myths, Civil Rights, Politics News
Joan E. Dowlin

I was wrong. A few weeks ago I wrote that maybe now is not the time for health care reform, after two stimulus packages and a cap and trade bill. I have since changed my mind.

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Women's Rights and Human Rights

Judi Jennings | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Globalization, Women's Rights, US History, Social Justice, Feminism, Women's Equality Day, Politics News
Judi Jennings

By understanding the history behind Women's Equality Day, we can clarify the interconnectedness of the forces that maintain global systems of oppression by denying human rights, and we can shape new strategies effective in countering those global forces.

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What if the Right was Right? A Reflection on the "Christian States of America."

Cynthia Boaz | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Citizenship, Fundamentalism, Social Justice, President Obama, Teabaggers, Islamists, Secularism, Violence, Globalization, Gun Control, International Law, Obama, Christian Nation, Religious Right, Guns, Nation-State, Politics, Gandhi, Us Constitution, Moral Majority, Christ, Taxation, Health Care, Spirituality, Taxes, Christian Right, Jesus, Terrorism, War, Democracy, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Iraq War, Terroists, Nonviolence, Jesus Christ, Far Right, Progressive Christianity, Health Care Reform, Town Halls, Christianity, Socialism, World, Gospels, Politics News
Cynthia Boaz

I am not saying that Jesus was a Stalinist or even a communist, just that it's very clear from his teachings that he believed that people were happier and healthier when they shared with each other.

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Talking about Personal Finances -- the Final Taboo?

Tanene Allison | Posted 09.06.2009 | Business

Read More: 401(K), Social Justice, Economics, Income Inequality, Money, Retirement, Working Women, Saving Money, Personal Finance, Recession, Equal Pay, Business News
Tanene Allison

Over the last forty years, we have turned a lot that was once taboo into less taboo conversation topics. And yet, it is still rare to hear open conversations about financial details.

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He Might Have Been A Sports Legend

Stephen Herrington | Posted 08.20.2009 | Living

Read More: John F. Kennedy, The Beatles, Social Justice, Moon Landing, Baseball, Cherokee Nation, Martin Luther King, Football, Lunar Landing, Tulsa Oklahoma, July 20 1969, Apollo Project, Living News
Stephen Herrington

On this anniversary of our Lunar achievement and the graduation of my class of 1969, I wonder if there is any more immutable thing than the ephemeral moment of a winning touchdown.

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When Social Media and Social Justice Intersect

Billy Shore | Posted 08.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Social Media, Hunger, Social Justice, Poverty, Homelessness, Social Issues, Media News
Billy Shore

Social media can't ensure social justice. But it can affect the invisibility that is the first barrier to achieving it.

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What Would Dumbledore Do?

Andrew Slack | Posted 08.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Literature, Cultrual Acupuncture, Social Justice, Gay Rights, JK Rowling, Harry Potter, Harry Potter Alliance, Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Entertainment News
Andrew Slack

The confidence demonstrated by Harry Pottercharacter Albus Dumbledore, is something that has been exhibited by the Dr. Kings, the Gandhis, the Aung San Suu Kyi's in facing great tyrannies.

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Archbishop Tutu's Dream for the Future

Michelle Cote | Posted 07.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Purpose Project, Leadership, Social Justice, Civic Participation, Social Change, Civic Engagement, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Desmond Tutu, Youth Activism, Civic Generation, Generation Gap, Living News
Michelle Cote

"I'm comiiiiinggg!" Tutu sings out from the adjacent room, the words rolling off his tongue in a playfully high-pitched refrain, before he comes wheeling and teetering -- all 5'2" of him -- around the corner of his suite at the Atlanta Grand Hyatt.

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Speaking Out on Segregated Proms

Rosalind Wiseman | Posted 06.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Ethical Leadership, New York Times, Racism, Education, Social Justice, Prom, Segregation, Georgia, Living News
Rosalind Wiseman

What happens if you have a tradition that by its very nature makes people in your community feel alienated?

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Pfleger Continues Upside Down Flag Crusade: 'It's Worth Every Bit Of Grief We Take'

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 06.25.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Religion, Social Justice, Father Pfleger, William Vanecko, Pfleger Flag, Michael Pfleger, St. Sabina's, Chicago Gun Violence, Us Flag Code, Pfleger Upside Down American Flag, Chicago News

Raising the U.S. flag upside down is supposed to mean you're in trouble, not cause more of it. But for the Rev. Michael Pfleger, who has been flying ...

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FDA Approval Of Medical Devices Not Enough

Les Weisbrod | Posted 06.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Trial Lawyers, Supreme Court, Social Justice, Tort Reform, Fda, Preemption, Riegel v. Medtronic, American Associaton for Justice, Food and Drug Administration, Medtronic, Medical Device Safety Act, Riegel, Living News
Les Weisbrod

The Medical Device Safety Act would restore patients' right to hold the manufacturer responsible when their products are defective.

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We Need a Green New Deal

Norman Solomon | Posted 06.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Foreclosures, Green New Deal, Social Justice, President Obama, Carbon Emissions, New Deal, Iraq, Democrats, Ice Caps, Economic Equity, Arctic, Environment, Afghanistan, Republicans, Global Warming, Senate, Green News
Norman Solomon

Seventy-five years after the start of the New Deal, and nearly 40 years after the first Earth Day, the need for basic change on behalf of social justice and ecology is clear.

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Post Turkey: Obama's Challenges and Opportunities in the Muslim World

John L. Esposito | Posted 05.16.2009 | World

Read More: Obama and the Muslim World, Obama Middle East Policy, Social Justice, Al Arabiya, Kurds, Blue Mosque, Secularism, Secularizaion, Guantanamo, Obama Muslim, War-on-Terror, Modernization, G-20, g20, Lieberman, Muslim Heritage, Al-Arabiya, Headscarves, Shariah, Turkish Armenian Conflict, Palestinian-Israeli Conflict, Haglia Sophia, Turkey, Palestinian-Israeli-Negotiations, Mustafa- Kemal- Attaturk, Barack Obama, War on Terror, Mustafa Kemal, Jewish Settlements, Turkey-Armenia-Conflict, Turkish-Armenian Relations, Attaturk, Ntanyahu, World News
John L. Esposito

Obama's performance in Turkey was flawless; he met the expectations of his admirers and won approval from many skeptics.

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