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  • A Hunger for Justice: Guantanamo Day 100

    May 16, 2013 • 7:24 pm

    SeventhSister

    By SeventhSister

    Today I refused to eat. On this 100th day of the detainee hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay prison, not eating was the least that I could do to acknowledge and claim as my own the detainees’ unimaginable suffering. To be real, it was also the least that I could do to…

  • Kate Geiselman

    Angelina's Choice

    May 14, 2013 • 3:27 pm

    By Kate Geiselman

    When I woke up this morning, the internet was ablaze with kudos to Angelina Jolie for her NYT op ed piece about her decision to have prophylactic bilateral mastectomy. The cheers were loud and immediate. And they made me really, really uncomfortable. Before I get too far, I will say this unequivocally…

  • Bob Simpson

    Why is Corporate 
America inciting violence in Chicago?

    May 8, 2013 • 9:51 am

    By Bob Simpson

    “At times like this when CPS [Chicago Public Schools] is making an attempt to close the most schools at one time in the nation, I don’t think you need another Columbine or Connecticut or another suicide because of bullying.”  Sherise McDaniel, Chicago Public School parent …

  • old new lefty

    Our Incredible Shrinking President

    May 16, 2013 • 4:55 pm

    By old new lefty

    It seems like a long time since January, 2009 when Barack Obama was inaugurated after a campaign of promising that he would be a combination of Abraham Lincoln and FDR to where we are today. A large percentage of the population's disappointment has been palpable.  With the exception of…

  • Richard B. Simon

    The IRS was Right to Scrutinize "Tea Party" Groups

    May 14, 2013 • 2:29 pm

    By Richard B. Simon

    Tea Party Groups want you to pay for their political organizing. (image: REUTERS/ Jonathan Ernst) Richard B. Simon So, let me get this straight. Conservative political organizing groups, formed in electoral opposition to the new presidency of Barack Obama because they are against "government han…

  • Con Chapman

    Great Gatsby Roulette

    May 1, 2013 • 12:25 pm

    By Con Chapman

    It was May of my senior year in college.  Everybody was coasting, knowing either what they were going to be doing the next year, or that they’d be doing nothing.  Except for one guy, Tom. Tom had been accepted at medical school–Harvard, no less–so his future …